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How to make Tomato Rice | Thakkali Sadham Recipe

The tomato rice or the so called thakkali sadham is very easy and tangy recipe which you can prepare in just 15 minutes of time and tastes awesome when eaten with just some potato chips.

This rice I have prepared with pure South Indian Style especially Tamil Nadu and there is another version of this, which you can prepare like this Spicy Tomato Pulao that is of North Indian Version.

Here I have added little jaggery to the rice, to give very light sweet taste to the tomato rice. So the rice would be a combination of spiciness, tanginess and mild sweetness.

Also you can increase the spiciness as per your family spice level. There is also another version of tomato rice, which my mother used to prepare and that I will post soon.

If you like rice recipes in South Indian Style then, do check some recipes below

• Cabbage Rice
• Capsicum Masala Rice
• Capsicum chitranna
• Sweet corn rice in South Indian Style
• Potato Rice

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Tomato Rice | Thakkali Sadham

Tomato Rice | Thakkali Sadham is one of my favourite and easy recipe which can be prepared in your morning hurry burry and can be packed for your husband and kids lunch box. Some simple potato chips itself goes well with this tomato rice recipe.

Course Main Course

Cuisine South Indian, tamil nadu

Keyword thakkali sadham, tomato rice

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Total Time 20 minutes minutes

Servings 3

Calories 300kcal

Author Akila

Ingredients

To Prepare rice

• cooked and cooled rice – 3 cups
• salt – 2 pinch
• oil / ghee – 1/2 to 1 tsp

To prepare Masala

• Oil – 2 tsp
• ghee – 2 tsp
• mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp
• cumin seeds – 1/4 tsp
• Black gram/urud dal – 1/2 tsp
• Bengal gram/chana dal – 1/2 tsp
• ginger – 1/4 inch
• garlic – 6 cloves chopped
• green chilli – 2
• mint levels – handful optional
• curry leaves – handful
• onion – 1 big
• tomato – 2 big
• chilli powder – 1 tsp
• turmeric – 1/4 tsp
• garam masala – 1/4 tsp
• salt as per taste
• palm sugar/white sugar – 1/2 tsp
• coriander leaves for garnishing

Instructions

Prepare the rice

• Add the cooked cooled rice in a plate. I have used normal plain rice only. If you want you can use, biryani rice for a more flavorful tomato rice. To this add little salt.
• also add ghee or oil and mix thoroughly . This is done so as to prevent the rice sticking together while mixing.
• Keep the rice aside.

Prepare the tempering

• Now let us start preparing the tempering. For that, add oil or ghee in a pan or a mix of both. adding ghee gives a nice flavor to the rice.
• when the oil or ghee is hot, add the mustard and cumin seeds.
• urud dal and chana dal and fry them for a while or till the dal becomes light brown in colour.
• once the lentils becomes light brown, include the chopped ginger and garlic cloves. You can also add ginger and garlic paste if you want.
• throw in some curry leaves and fry them.
• add in the mint leaves and green chilli now. Mint leaves also gives a nice flavor and is purely optional.

Make the tomato rice

• Once we have prepared the tempering and initial process, let us now add in some onions and saute them nicely.
• When the onions becomes translucent and soft, add the chopped tomatoes. saute them until soft.
• When the tomatoes are soft, add the turmeric, salt
• chilli powder, garam masala and mix them well..
• add the palm sugar or the white sugar now. adding the sugar , gives a mild sweet taste to the rice. but this step is purely optional.
• allow them to cook nicely and let the oil oozes out.
• Add the rice now and mix it thoroughly in the masala without breaking the rice.
• Garnish with some coriander leaves and your flavorful rice is ready.

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Notes

Check the below notes

Ingredients

To Prepare rice

• cooked and cooled rice – 3 cups
• salt – 2 pinch
• oil / ghee – 1/2 to 1 tsp

To prepare Masala

• Oil – 2 tsp
• ghee – 2 tsp
• mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp
• cumin seeds – 1/4 tsp
• Black gram/urud dal – 1/2 tsp
• Bengal gram/chana dal – 1/2 tsp
• ginger – 1/4 inch
• garlic – 6 cloves (chopped)
• green chilli – 2
• mint levels – handful (optional)
• curry leaves – handful
• onion – 1 big
• tomato – 2 big
• chilli powder – 1 tsp
• turmeric – 1/4 tsp
• garam masala – 1/4 tsp
• salt as per taste
• palm sugar/white sugar – 1/2 tsp
• coriander leaves for garnishing

Step by step instructions for Tomato Rice

Lets see the step by step instructions.

Prepare the rice

Add the cooked cooled rice in a plate. I have used normal plain rice only. If you want you can use, biryani rice for a more flavorful tomato rice. To this add little salt.

also add ghee or oil and mix thoroughly . This is done so as to prevent the rice sticking together while mixing.

Keep the rice aside.

Prepare the tempering

Now let us start preparing the tempering. For that, add oil or ghee in a pan or a mix of both. adding ghee gives a nice flavor to the rice.

when the oil or ghee is hot, add the mustard and cumin seeds.

urud dal and chana dal and fry them for a while or till the dal becomes light brown in colour.

once the lentils becomes light brown, include the chopped ginger and garlic cloves. You can also add ginger and garlic paste if you want.

throw in some curry leaves and fry them.

add in the mint leaves and green chilli now. Mint leaves also gives a nice flavor and is purely optional.

Make the tomato rice

Once we have prepared the tempering and initial process, let us now add in some onions and saute them nicely.

When the onions becomes translucent and soft, add the chopped tomatoes. saute them until soft.

When the tomatoes are soft, add the turmeric, salt

chilli powder, garam masala and mix them well..

add the palm sugar or the white sugar now. adding the sugar , gives a mild sweet taste to the rice. but this step is purely optional.

allow them to cook nicely and let the oil oozes out.

Add the rice now and mix it thoroughly in the masala without breaking the rice.

Garnish with some coriander leaves and your flavorful rice is ready.

Tasty and Tangy Tomato RIce | Thakkali Sadham is ready to be served.

Notes

• Adding sugar or palm sugar is purely optional. But I recommend to add as it gives a nice mild sweetness to the tomato rice.
• Try to get very tangy tomatoes (naatu thakkali) for the best taste
• Along with cumin seeds, you can also add 1/2 tsp of fennel seeds
• Adding mint leaves also optional, but they give nice flavor.

*Original recipe posted on July 23rd 2010. Updated with step by step pictures.

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