Tomato Rice ( Tomato Bath / Thakkali Sadam)

This South Indian dish is a great alternative to your regular rice - super quick to make and a easy on your tummy as well.

Prep time : 10 mins || Cuisine : Indian || Course : Lunch / Dinner || Servings : 4

Ingredients :

• Brown rice, cooked : 4 cups

• Tomato, chopped : 5 pieces

• Onion, chopped : 3 pieces

• Red chili, chopped : 1 tablespoon

• Coriander powder : 1 teaspoon

• Turmeric powder : 3 pinch

• Garam masala powder : 0.5 teaspoon

• Mint leaves, chopped : 3 tablespoon

• Ghee : 2 teaspoon

• Mustard seeds : 0.5 teaspoons

• Salt : As per taste

• Pepper : As per taste

#tip : you can swap the brown rice with red rice, black rice, quinoa, amaranth, foxtail millets.

Method :

• In a kadai, add the ghee - let it heat. Add mustard seeds, mint leaves, onion & tomato and sauté it until the onions & tomatoes are cooked. Don't forget to mash the tomato and onion with a spoon while it is cooking.

• Now add in the masala & red chili and sauté it until you get a nice aroma.

• After that, add in the rice and mix well.

• Serve hot with raita.

- Authored by

Nikita Mitra, Senior Nutritionist