Method
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 500g Tilda Pure Basmati Rice
- 1kg Tomatoes
- 2 Medium Sized White Onion (halved, cored & very finely sliced)
- 4-6 Cloves
- 1 Piece of Ginger
- 5-6 Peppercorns
- 3 Cloves
- 3 Tbsp Sunflower oil
- 1 Litre Hot Water
- 2 Tbsp French Coriander
- Salt (as desired)
How to make Tomato Fried Rice
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Take a saucepan or a casserole large enough to hold all the tomatoes at one time as well as the rice when cooked
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Wash and halve or quarter the tomatoes and add to the pot
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Place on the cooker on a high heat & add approximately 500ml of hot or boiling water and boil for eight to ten minutes
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Meanwhile in a mortar and pestle make a paste of the ginger & garlic and add to the tomatoes
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Either puree the tomatoes or pass through a strainer. A stick blender with puree it fine even with the skins
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Heat the oil in a small pan or kadhai or wok and gently brown the sliced onions
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Meanwhile wash and drain the rice in a strainer
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Remove half on a kitchen towel and to the pan add the peppercorns, cloves
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Add the rice and sauté the rice with the onions and the spices for two to three minutes
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Add all of this into the pureed tomato with the ginger and garlic purees and return to the fire
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Add another 4-500ml of hot water, salt and cover the pot lightly
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As soon as boiling commences stir well and see if anything is stuck at the bottom
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Scrape the edges with a spatula to clean the sides, cover the pot now tightly and reduce the heat
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Let the rice cook on a low heat now for fifteen to twenty minutes
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Stir occasionally if only to prevent sticking at the bottom
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When rice is cooked either remove and serve with the browned onions and coriander sprinkled on the top or blend the fried onions and chopped coriander into the rice
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Tomato rice will also taste good cold served with yoghurt
