Vegetable tomato rice is a nutritious and delicious dish that is perfect for a wholesome meal. Packed with the goodness of vegetables and the rich flavor of tomatoes, this rice dish is 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 option for lunch or dinner. It pairs well with pickles, potato chips, or appalams (papads). Enjoy this flavorful meal as a tasty and convenient meal option.
Vegetable Tomato Rice
4
servings10
minutes15
minutesSimilar to other mixed rice dishes, this vegetable tomato rice makes for an excellent lunch or dinner option. It pairs well with pickle, potato chips, or appalam (papad).
Ingredients
Cooked Rice – 1 big bowl (sufficient to serve 3)
Tomato – 2
Onion – 1
Mixed vegetables – 2 cups
Green Chillies – 2
Garlic flakes – 4 to 5
Red Chilli Powder – 1/2 teaspoon
Turmeric Powder – 2 pinches
Oil – 3 to 4 teaspoons
Mustard – 1/2 teaspoon
Red Chillies – 2
Curry Leaves – few
Coriander Leaves – few
Salt – 1 teaspoon or as per taste
Directions
- Chop tomato, onion, garlic finely.
- Slit the green chillies slightly.
- For mixed vegetable – you can add available vegetables like carrot, beans, green peas, potato etc. Cut the vegetables into desired size and boil it till it is half cooked.
- In a thick bottomed kadai put the oil. When it is hot, add mustard. When the mustard starts popping up add red chillies, curry leaves chopped garlic and fry till the garlic turn light brown. Then add chopped onion and fry for few seconds. Put chopped tomato and fry for few more seconds and then green chillies, turmeric powder and fry till tomatoes are mashed well.
- Add boiled vegetables along with red chilli powder and salt. Mix them 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.