Tomato rice recipe with step by step photos. Easy tomato rice recipe south Indian way. Tomato rice is known as thakkali sadham in Tamil. Tomato rice is staple everyday food In Tamil cuisine. Tomatoes are always in stock and so is rice. So if you do not have time or energy to cook a full meals or no vegetables in hand, this quick tomato rice recipe comes to the rescue. Spicy, tangy and delicious tomato rice with a nice potato fry or raita or papad is one complete meal.

Tomato rice for dinner or lunch is usually preferred even by bachelors. This thakkali sadham is a very popular one course meal in small mess, hotels too along with lemon rice, coconut rice, curd rice etc.

To make tomato rice recipe usually basmati rice is not used. We use the regular raw rice to make this tomato bhath. Even leftover rice can be used in this recipe. Just make sure the grains are separate and rice is cold before adding to the cooked tomato masala.

This south Indian tomato rice is the quickest meal you can make on a busy day. Tomato rice is served with raita but spicy potato fry also tastes best with tomato rice.

Usually we make variety rice like lemon rice, coconut rice, pudhina rice, eggplant rice etc when we have some leftover rice. Ideally cooked and thoroughly cooled rice is best suited for such rice recipes.

There are many variations in tomato rice recipe, in few home peanuts are added along with cashew nuts. You can add boiled green peas in tomato rice if you like. You can add garlic-ginger to flavor the rice. You can even add coarsely ground roasted sesame seeds. Here I have kept the recipe simple with basic ingredients. Spice powders like garam masala are not added in tomato rice. Vegetables are not usually a part of tomato rice recipe.

I have already posted a no onion garlic version of tomato rice here. This is a more common version of tomato rice prepared in south Indian homes.It is best to use desi tomatoes for such recipes as they cook fast and full of flavor.The best combination for this tomato rice is spicy potato fry. You can even serve tomato rice with raita, chips. This tomato rice recipe is also very popular among bachelors in mess, small eateries as well as restaurants.

If you are looking for more easy rice recipes do check easy potato pulao, veg pulao in pressure cooker, easy fried rice, vangi bath, beetroot pulao.

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