Tomato rice recipe – Easy lunch box recipe with step-by-step pictures – Thakkali sadam recipe
Simple tomato rice recipe, I personally love this recipe. Amma packs this for the school lunch box and whenever we travel on buses and trains. All my friends in school/college are great fans of my mom’s thakkali sadam. This pairs well with a simple potato curry.
I have posted another version of village-style tomato rice . Also check out other easy lunch box recipes – Kathirikkai sadam, cabbage rice, carrot rice
 
Cook the rice and spread it on a plate to make it cool.
Do not overcook the rice or mash it.
In a pan, add oil and throw in the mustard seeds and curry leaves.
When it splutters add chopped onions and saute for a minute.
- Then add the chopped tomato and add the sambar powder, turmeric powder, salt, and garam masala to this.
- Saute nicely in a medium flame till the raw smell goes.
- Switch off the flame and add the rice to this and mix well.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
Note:
- Sambar powder can be replaced with red chili powder and coriander powder.
- Ginger garlic paste can be added in the beginning before adding onions.
- I used parboiled rice, and sona masoori rice or basmati rice can be used.
Tomato rice recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup cooked rice
- 1 onion
- 1 tomato
- 1 tsp sambar powder
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 3 tsp oil
- ½ tsp ghee optional
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- Few curry leaves
- ½ tsp garam masala
Instructions
- Cook the rice and spread it on a plate to make it cool.
- Do not overcook the rice or mash it.
- In a pan, add oil and throw in the mustard seeds and curry leaves.
- When it splutters add chopped onions and saute for a minute.
- Then add the chopped tomato and add the sambar powder, turmeric powder, salt, and garam masala to this.
- Saute nicely in a medium flame till the raw smell goes.
- Switch off the flame and add the rice to this and mix well.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
