Tomato Rice Recipe for Babies, Toddlers and Kids
Author: Jayalekshmy Velswamy
- Rice - 2 and half tablespoon
- Tomato -1
- Cashew nuts -2
- Onion – ½ (optional, I have not added but adding onions will give a nice flavour)
- Garlic - 1 clove
- Turmeric powder - a pinch
- Garam masala powder- ¼ teaspoon
- Salt as per your baby’s taste
- For Tempering:
- Ghee -1 tbsp
- Clove-1
- Cinnamon stick -a small one
- Bay leaf-a small one
- Cardomom-1
- Fennel seeds -less than ¼ tsp
- Cumin seeds -less than ¼ tsp
- Soak cashew nuts in hot water before you start cutting tomatoes and onion
- Wash rice thoroughly and soak rice in water for few minutes
- Cut tomatoes and onions
- In a mixie jar take chopped tomatoes, garlic pod, cashew nuts and grind to a fine paste
- Drain the rice and keep it aside
- In a pressure cooker heat ghee, add all the ingredients listed under 'for tempering'
- If you wish to include onions add at this stage and saute until transparent
- Add the tomato paste to this, mix well and saute a little
- Add in the turmeric powder, garam masala powder and salt as required
- Add the required amount of water (rice:water -1:2 ratio)
- Bring to boil and add in the rice
- Put lid and whistle on cooker
- Allow 3 to 5 whistles.
- Once it's done switch off stove
- Open after a while, your tomato rice is ready. If you want garnish it with coriander leaves.
1. I used to give five whistles to make it mushy (if your kid doesn’t like too mushy go only for three whistles)
Recipe by Bumps n Baby at https://bumpsnbaby.com/tomato-rice-recipe-babies-kids/
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