My brief stint in Bangalore (I can never call it Bengalooru – ugh!) saw me frequenting Sukh Sagar, Koramangala and other such veg restaurants randomly named with a suffix of ‘Sagar’. I used to have a lot of these different kinds of flavoured rice – tomato rice, lemon rice, vangi bhath (brinjal rice), puliogre (tamarind rice), khara bhath (spiced rice), bisi bele bhath (hot rice & lentils) & curd rice ~ each of them delicious & different in their own way although I had my personal favourites. But as much as I loved them during those days, I never attempted making them in my kitchen. This was my perfect chance to bring back some old memories. One spoonful of tomato rice and I was transported back to the time when I did my month long project work in Bangalore as part of my post-grad curriculum. I used to stay as a paying guest (P.G) along with my friend Rinkuย (of Rinku’s Kitchen Treats) and we would leave every morning to our particular work places (where we did our project work) and many a time we had our lunch alone at such veg restaurants, with only the menu card for company ๐ We would wait to get back in the evenings during that cold month of November and have some delicious meals cooked by the aunty who ran the place. With little money in our pockets, we had to ‘kaam chalao‘ (make do) with simple food picking from the variety mentioned above for a whole month (or as long as the project lasted). These along with many other remain to be my most cherished memories of my college days. I am sure you will agree Rinks!
Tomato Rice
Serves 1-2
You Need:
- 2 cups cooked rice (any long grained rice)
- 1 heaped cup finely chopped tomatoes
- 1 small green chilli (I skipped this)
- 1 tsp or 1 inch finely chopped ginger
- 1/2 cup chopped onions
- 1 sprig or 7-8 curry leaves
- 1/2 tsp mustard (rai)
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp black gram dal (urad)
- 1/4 tsp asafoetida (hing)
- 1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds (methi)
- 1/4 tsp turmeric (haldi)
- salt to taste
- 2 tsp oil
Priya says
Super flavourful rice,simply inviting.
Sayantani says
I love such dishes from Bangalore too. now that you have reminded me am gonna try this tomorrow itself.
Sumee says
Ahhh one of my fav tomato rice..! Can't get enough of bangalore.. Going home in a month. So excited. :o)
sangee vijay says
wow…very flavorful and spicy recipe…nice way to finish left over rice..looks simply inviting!!
Sobha Shyam says
a comfort food for me, looks super delicious..
Neha says
Yummy …
julie says
Super quick yummy delicious rice..
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Manju says
So right, flavoring rice is probably the easiest way to whip up something good! Tomato rice goes right up on top of that list ๐ great pics!
aipi says
I pack this for lunch for hubs every now n then n he totally loves this tangy masaledar rice ๐
Nice job here!
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soujanya says
flavouful rice…anytime to go…
Radhika says
One of my favorites easy to go for rice.
Charishma says
nice clicks Shireen…this is comfort food for me…will try this out…super simple.
Rinku Naveen says
Aap jaisa koi mere zindagi mein aaye to baath ban jsaaye oho baat ban jaaye..Ghosh I am roaring with laughter here. We had so much fun and loose motion every day remember..
Sharmilee! :) says
Flavourful and yummy…Looks very tempting.Just wanted to inform you I get a warning msg of thread being blocked when I land up in ur site ๐
Prathima Rao says
Comforting & delicious bowl of tomato rice ๐
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Chitra says
Very simple and yummy ๐
jayashree says
The picture looks so inviting that I immediately got down to the preparation. It tasted as good as it looks !!!!
Shireen Sequeira says
Thank you all for the lovely comments!!
Priya Sreeram says
such drool worthy pics shireen – yum !
Anonymous says
I'm at work and was looking for recipes to make Christmas sweets and that's when i came accross this website. I came accross many other recipes too which are so mouth watering that i wanted to leave office and go home and make some of the dishes….hmm hungry
Shalini Lopez-DCosta says
Tried this on the weekend with the chicken ghee roast…. Really enjoyed it with my husband… Thanks Shireen!