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Tomato Methi Rice Recipe | What Is The Recipe Of Tomato Methi Rice

Cuisine Indian
Author Rashmi Sharma

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup chopped tomatoes
  • 3 cups chopped fenugreek methi leaves
  • 2 tsp oil
  • 1 bayleaf tejpatta
  • 2 cloves laung / lavang
  • 25 mm 1" piece cinnamon (dalchini)
  • 2 cardamoms
  • 2 tsp finely chopped green chillies
  • 1/4 cup onion paste
  • 2 tsp garlic lehsun paste
  • 1 tbsp coriander-cumin seeds dhania-jeera powder
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder haldi
  • 2 tsp chilli powder
  • 3 cups cooked rice
  • salt to taste

Instructions

  1. Heat the oil in a deep non-stick pan and add the bayleaf, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and sauté on a medium flame for 30 seconds.
  2. Add the green chillies, onion paste and sauté on a medium flame for another minute, till the onion paste turns brown in colour. Sprinkle a little water to avoid the onions from burning.
  3. Add the garlic paste and sauté on a medium flame for few seconds.
  4. Add the tomatoes and cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes or till the tomatoes are cooked while stirring continuously.
  5. Add the coriander-cumin seeds, turmeric powder and chilli powder and 2 tbsp water, mix well and cook for few seconds
  6. Add the fenugreek leaves, mix well and cook on a slow flame for 3 to 4 more minutes or till the fenugreek leaves are cooked.
  7. Add the rice and salt, mix gently and cook on a slow flame for another 3 to 4 minutes.
  8. Serve hot with curds or raita of your choice.