Thakkali Sadam ( Tomato Rice )

Open Sesame is the brain child of famous duo

Divya and siri.I missed out the first event.This time

I chose OS Box 2 . I could not guess the ingredient

on my first reading.But the second time i guessed it

right..Its TOMATO.Here is the riddle I got.

I think I am a pleased woman since I blush

I am so soft and shiny to your delicate touch

But look what I have for relatives , so different with no common string

one used for smoking , one for hotness , one used to refer idler and one referred as veggies king

I am not what you refer to me most often

I am fruit of labor but never called one so

I am neither a wolf nor a peach in the scale of one to ten

But then why do you think I am called one as so?

I can guess with envy or completely red with anger

A little crown on my head makes with my walk look like a swagger

You cant do without me as your day to day cooking

Tell me what veggie I am without too much thinking.

Tomato rice is all time favorite to my kids.Here goes the recipe.

Ingredients

Basmati Rice - 1 cup

Tomato puree - 1 cup

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp

Chilli powder - 1 tsp

Garam masala - 1/2 tsp

Coconut milk - 1 cup

Ginger - Garlic paste - 1 tsp

Onion - 1 chopped

Cardomom - 2

Cloves - 2

Bay leaf - 1

Cinnamon - 2"

Salt to taste

Oil - 2 tblsp

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Coriander leaves to decorate

Method

• Soak the rice for atleast 1/2 hr in water.
• Heat oil in the pressure cooker.Add onion fry well.Add all the whole spices.
• Now ginger - garlic paste and saute well.
• Add all the powders ,Tomato puree and Coconut milk.
• Drain the water from the rice and add in the cooker.
• Add salt.Let it boil.
• Now close the lid of the cooker and cook it on the medium flame for 3 whistles.
• Switch off the flame and garnish it with coriander leaves.

I am sending this to Easycrafts Mixed Variety Rice too.