Spicy & Easy South Indian Style Tomato Rice / Thakkali Satham !!

Tomato rice is one of my favorite recipe. It is most popular & simple rice dish in South India. This is a perfect comfort & best take out food. It taste like tangy & spicy.

If you are not interested to add rice, don’t worry this tomato sauce goes well with chapathi, bread, idly, dosa and or crepes etc.,

Ingredients:

Ripen tomatoes – 2 large chopped

Red Onion – 1 no.

Shallots – 2 large finely sliced

Ginger – 1/2 tsp finely chopped

Garlic cloves – 7-10 nos. large chopped

Green chilies – 3-5 nos. as required

Hing / asafoetida – 1/8 tsp

Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp

Cooked rice – 1 cup

Salt as required.

Tempering:

Oil – 2 tsp

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Cumin seeds – 1 tsp

Method:

• First cook the rice, make it cool & keep aside.
• Heat oil in kadai & start to tempering with mustard, cumin & curry leaves.
• Now add the chopped garlic cloves, giner, green chilies and saute it for 30 seconds.
• Add sliced onions, shallots & cook it until soften.
• Now add the turmeric, hing & saute it for a minute.
• Add the juicy tomatoes, salt & cook until the tomatoes get mushy.
• Cook the mixture for 3- 5 minutes or until oil floats on top.
• Finely garnish with cilantro.
• Now switch off the flame, add the cooked rice & mix it throughly.
• Serve the tomato rice with onion raith / potato fry / pappad.