Traditional Tomato Sadam
Cooked rice mixed with sauted tomato and other ingredients
Prep Time 40 minutes mins
Total Time 40 minutes mins
- 3/4 cup Raw white rice
- 1 cup Tomato chopped
- 1/2 cup Onion sliced
- 2 nos Green chillies sliced
- 1/2 tsp Ginger minced
- 2 nos Dry red chillies cut in half
- 1/2 dsp Black gram dhal Uzhunnu parippu
- 6 nos Pepper corns finely crushed
- 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
- Curry leaves Few
- Coriander leaves chopped
- 1 dsp Ghee
- Oil As reqd
- Salt As reqd
For preparing traditional tomato sadam, first heat oil in a pan and fry mustard seeds, black gram dhal, broken dry red chillies and curry leaves.
Add onion pieces, ginger and green chillies. Saute well.
Add tomato pieces and required salt. Saute until tomato pieces are crushed into a paste form.
Meanwhile, boil 1 1 /2 cup water and add the cleaned rice. Cover with a lid and cook rice until done.
Mix the tomato paste to the cooked rice and add a dash of fresh ghee for a better flavor.
Traditional tomato sadam, a tasty and quick dish is ready. Serve hot garnished with coriander leaves.