Arroz con tomate o receta de thakkali

Ingredientes

• 1 cup Basmati rice
• 3 Tomatoes
• 1 Onion
• 15 Garlic small cloves/ flakes
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder
• 2 Green chillies
• 1/8 tsp Turmeric
• Salt as per taste
• 1 tbsp Coriander leaves
• 1 tbsp Oil
• 1 tsp Ghee
• 1/2 tsp Mustard
• 1 tsp Urad dal
• 2 tsp Chana dal
• 1 tsp Fennel seeds ( or cumin seeds)
• 1 sprig Curry leaves

Preparación

1. 1

   Wash and soak basmati rice firstly (or any cooking rice) in hot water preferably for 10 mins.

2. 2

   After that, pressure cook rice for three whistles in medium flame with 1 & 1/2 cup water.

3. 3

   Once pressure is released by itself, transfer the rice to a broad vessel, add a tsp of ghee or sesame oil and let it cool.

4. 4

   Separate the grains gently once cooled. You can use left over rice too for this.

5. 5

   After that, heat a kadai with oil, ghee and temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table.

6. 6

   Then add thinly sliced garlic (into circles), slit green chillies and give a fry.

7. 7

   After that, add sliced onion and fry till translucent.

8. 8

   Add chopped tomato, required salt and fry until it turns mushy.

9. 9

   After that, in goes all the powders -red chilli, garam masala, turmeric and the coriander leaves.

10. 10

    Fry furthermore until tomatoes gets in to mushy gravy for 4-5 minutes until oil separates but still it remains moist and semi gravy.

11. 11

    Finally mix this gravy with the cooked rice along with sesame oil or ghee if needed and give at-least some 10 minutes standing time.