Vegetable tomato rice is a nutritious and delicious dish that is perfect for a wholesome meal. This rice dish is packed with the goodness of vegetables. It has the rich flavor of tomatoes. It’s a great way to incorporate more vegetables into your diet. It is easy to make and can be customized with your favorite vegetables and spices to suit your taste preferences. Enjoy vegetable tomato rice as a main course or as a side dish to complement your favorite protein.
This vegetable tomato rice is a delicious and satisfying choice for lunch or dinner. It pairs well with pickles, potato chips, or appalams (papads). Enjoy this flavorful meal as a tasty and convenient meal choice.
Vegetable Tomato Rice
4
servings10
minutes15
minutesLike other mixed rice dishes, this vegetable tomato rice makes for an excellent lunch or dinner choice. It pairs well with pickle, potato chips, or appalam (papad).
Ingredients
Cooked Rice – 1 big bowl (enough to serve 3)
Tomato – 2
Onion – 1
Mixed vegetables – 2 cups
Green Chilies – 2
Garlic flakes – 4 to 5
Red Chili Powder – 1/2 teaspoon
Turmeric Powder – 2 pinches
Oil – 3 to 4 teaspoons
Mustard – 1/2 teaspoon
Red Chilies – 2
Curry Leaves – few
Coriander Leaves – few
Salt – 1 teaspoon or as per taste
Directions
- Finely chop the tomato, onion, and garlic.
- Slightly slit the green chilies.
- For vegetables you can add carrots, green peas, potatoes and such. Cut vegetables into desired sizes and boil them until they are half-cooked.
- In a thick-bottom kadai, heat the oil. When it is hot add mustard seeds. Once the seeds start popping, add red chilies curry leaves and chopped garlic. Fry until the garlic light brown.
- Then add the chopped onion and fry for a few seconds. Add the chopped tomato and fry for a few more seconds. Then add the green chilies and turmeric powder. Fry until the tomatoes are well mashed.
- Add the boiled vegetables along with red chili powder and salt. Mix well. Add 1/2 cup water and cook on medium flame for 5 to 7 minutes.
- Add the cooked rice and mix well.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
Nice to see a different recipe, I use to create only by adding tomato, but never tried this combination, this is also nice.
Thank you for writing. Adding vegetables make this rice more tasty and healthy.
Thankyou very much for sharing this variety vegetable Tomato rice. Today made for lunch boxes. Nice taste. With less spicy very good ideal recipe for kids lunch box. As you said it is true very healthy recipe for kids.
Thank you Lakshmi for your kind feed back.
I usually learn and cook to your comments in the preparation. it is really excellent
Thank you Margaret Carolin.
Nice dish .thanks for the post
very nice, thank you Kamala.