This variation of tomato rice starts with grinding onion, tomatoes, red chilly, ginger and garlic together and boiling the rice together with the masala. Try this recipe and I’m sure you will love it. Ingredients: Basmati rice - 1 cup Onion - 2 Tomato - 2 Red chilly - 8 Ginger - an inch Garlic - 4 pods Cinnamon - 1 small piece Cloves - 4 Cardamom - 2 Bay leaf - 1 Curry leaves - few Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp Coriander leaves - a handful Mint leaves - few Curd - 1 tbsp Water - 2 cups Method: 1. Wash and soak the basmati rice for an hour. 2. In a mixer jar, take 1 onion, tomatoes, red chilies, ginger, and garlic and grind it to make a paste. 3. Take a wok or pan, heat some oil and ghee together and add cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and bay leaf. Add 1 chopped onion and fry until it gets translucent. 4. Add curry leaves. Add the ground masala and rinse the mixie jar with a little water and add it back to the pan and fry until the raw smell leaves and the mixture come together. 5. Add turmeric powder, coriander leaves, mint leaves, curd, and mix. Add water, salt and bring it to a boil. 6. Add the rice and cook it in a medium flame for 5 minutes. 7. Then open it and mix gently and switch off the stove, cover it with foil, close the lid and rest it for 15 minutes. 8. Tomato rice is now ready. For more recipes: Spicy Garlic Chutney: • 2 Minutes Chutney Recipe | பூண்டு கார சட்ன... Tapioca Fingers: • Easy Evening Snack | மரவள்ளிக்கிழங்கு பிங்... Asoka Halwa: • திருவையாறு ஸ்பெஷல் அசோகா அல்வா | Thiruvaiy... Salem Arisi Halwa: • சேலம் அரிசி அல்வா | Salem Rice Halwa in Tamil Chocolate Ellu Urundai: • சாக்லேட் எள்ளு உருண்டை | Chocolate Ellu Ur... Thanjavur Sweet Somas : • தஞ்சாவூர் ஸ்வீட் சோமாஸ் | Thanjavur Sweet ... Badam Pudding: • Easy Almond Pudding | பாதாம் புட்டிங் | Ba... thakkali sadam | thakkali sadam in tamil | tomato rice | tomato rice in tamil | variety rice | how to make tomato rice | variety rice recipe in tamil | how to make tomato rice in tamil | tamil cooking | south indian lunch | south indian lunch box recipe | lunch box recipe | thakkali | tomato | thakkail recipes | tomato recipes | tomato recipes in tamil | vegetable biriyani | kuska | how to