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Lakshadweep · Breakfast

Tomato Rice

Traditional 51. Tomato Rice recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• Cooked rice: 200g
• Tomato: 2 small (100g), chopped
• Onion: 0.5 small (30g), minced
• Turmeric: 0.5g
• Chili powder: 1g
• Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
• Coconut oil: 15ml
• Curry leaves: 8 leaves
• Salt: 3g
• Jaggery: 8g

👩‍🍳 How to make Tomato Rice

1. Heat oil (160°C), add mustard seeds (crackle 10 sec).
2. Add curry leaves, fry 15 sec.
3. Add onion, cook 1.5 min until golden.
4. Add tomato, cook 2 min until mushy and juices release.
5. Add turmeric and chili powder, stir 20 sec.
6. Add jaggery, stir until dissolved (15 sec, sweet-sour balance).
7. Add rice, toss for 1.5 min. Add salt. Visual cue: Rice red-tinted from tomato, grains separate, balanced sweet-sour-spicy aroma.
8. Serve hot.
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