Ingredients Required for Preparing Tomato Rice

• 3 cups rice-soaked
• 5 medium sized tomatoes
• 1 medium size onion-chopped
• 3/4 cup chopped carrot and beans
• 1 cup green peas
• 2 green chillies-sliced
• 1 inch cinnamon stick
• 4 cloves
• 3 cardamoms
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 1 tbsp ghee
• 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
• 4 tbsp oil
• salt – to taste

Method for Preparing Tomato Rice

1. Boil the Tomatoes and squeeze out the juice, add water to make 6 cups of tomato juice.
2. Pour oil in the pressure cooker and heat it over the stove.
3. Add bay leaves, cardamom, cloves and cinnamon stick and fry till they change color.
4. Add onion, chillies, chopped carrot and green peas and fry for 3-4 minutes on high flame and then add ginger garlic paste and fry for another 1 minute.
5. Add soaked rice and fry for a minute or so and then add salt and prepared tomato juice and close the cookers lid and let it cook under pressure till 2 whistles.
6. Before serving, add ghee and chopped coriander leaves to hot tomato rice.