Tuesday, June 11, 2013

How to make Spicy Tomato Pulao | Thakkali Pulao | Pulao Recipes | Lunch Box Recipes


Tomato Pulao or Tomato Pulav or Tomato pilaf is a easy and tasty recipe, which can be prepared in 15min time (except the soaking time of rice). When I am in a hurry to pack the lunch for the kids, hubby and for me, I usually go for this Tomato pulao once in a week. Each time, I feel it was better than the next time and my kids too love this very much. This version is a bit spicy version. So people who does not eat spicy food, can reduce the amount for green chillies or chilli powder.

Spicy Tomato Pilaf

So lets see how to make the Spicy Tomato Pulao or Spicy Tamatar Pulao: 

How to make spicy tomato pulao

How to make Spicy Tomato Pulao

Soaking Time: 20 min | Preparation time: 10 min | Cook Time: 20 min | Serves: 5
Recipe Category: Main Course | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian


Ingredients
  • Basmathi Rice - 3 cups
  • Water - 4 cups
  • Tomato - 4 (medium sized)
  • Onion - 2
  • Ghee - 2 tsp
  • Oil - 2 tsp
  • Cloves - 6
  • Star Anise - 3
  • Bay leaves - 2
  • Cinnamon stick - 1
  • Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup
  • Green chillies - 3
  • Fennel Seeds - 1/4 tsp
  • Chilli powder - 2 tsp
  • Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
  • Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp (optional)
  • Salt - as per taste
Spicy tomato Pilaf

Method

1. Soak the rice for 30 min. Meanwhile, start doing the preparations steps.
2. Grind 4 tomatoes in a food processor and make a tomato sauce and keep aside.
3. In a pressure cooker, add oil and when it is hot add cloves, star anise, bay leaves, cinnamon stick and fry for a min. Add onion and fry again till it becomes tender. Add salt at this stage.
4. Add the ginger garlic paste and coriander leaves and saute well. Add the tomato sauce/paste now. Also add chopped tomato (the 4th one - into small pieces) and saute well.
5. When the raw smell goes off from tomato and ginger garlic, add the chilli powder, and turmeric powder. Add the water and allow to boil. Add the rice when the water starts boiling. Check for the seasoning. Give a stir and close the pressure cooker lid and add weight. Keep the flame low.
6. After 10 min, switch off the stove. When the pressure decreases, remove the weight from the lid and add ghee to the pulao and give a stir without breaking the rice.
7. Serve hot with mild side dish (as the pulao is spicy) like Raita and vadam. It had had with Mango Lassi. 

Tomato Pulav

A final look on the yummy Thakkali pulao
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Notes: 
1. If you want mild spiciness, reduce the chilli powder amout or green chillies.
2. Normally Basmati rice and water would be added in the ratio of 1:1.5, but here I reduced the quantity event less, as we grind the tomato into puree and add it.
3. After adding the ghee, give a stir and again close it for a 5 min time, So that the hot steam inside the cooker, makes it to cook finely.

32 lovely comments:

Unknown

pulao looks so yummy..nice presentation

Nava K

Lovely. Just the other I was talking with one of my friends about tomato rice and here it appears in front of me.

This is perfect, in fact a complete meal by its own and even the side dishes can be kept aside.

My meal for the weekend.

Swathi

Delicious tomato pulao.

Sona

Pulao looks very delicious.

Hamaree Rasoi

Delicious and tasty looking pulao. Excellent preparation.
Deepa

Mahi

Perfectly cooked pulao! I never grind the tomatoes..shall try this version soon!

Sangeetha Nambi

Super conforting rice.... Ur clicks are amazing !

great-secret-of-life

perfect one pot meal

Laxmipriya

looks delicious.. my fav.. super clicks..:)

Priya Anandakumar

Wow Akila tomato pulav looks simply awesome, very delicious and yummy.
Very beautiful clicks Akila...

Unknown

very yummy and beautiful presentation..

saraniskitchen

yummy pulao...

Sunanda

wow interesting recipe!! looks yumm n tempting..
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Sunanda

wow interesting recipe!! looks yumm n tempting..
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Sunanda

wow interesting recipe!! looks yumm n tempting..
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Shobha

Delicious tomato pulao.. nicely presented..

Prema

My fav lunch box menu,amma pack this for me with lot of vathal...perfect combo rite:)

Kalyani

wonderful presentation & looks yummy !!!!!

Divya Shivaraman

oh mine rice is cooked to perfection.looks amazing as it shows every single rice...wonderfully done

Sravs

Delicious lunch box item !! looks so yummy !!

Rumana Rawat

Wow!! What a wonderful pulao...

Unknown

wow.. simple and yummy pulao.. looks perfect..

Chitz

Lovely inviting clicks.. looks very yummy... I too make a similar version :)

Chitra

Looks so nice , pass me here:)

Sona - quick picks/pick quicks

yummy yummy yummy Akila..neatly presented as well !

Shabbu

Looks delicious..nice presentation..

Vrinda

Wow!! Looks so yummy!!

Unknown

Very nice pulao Recipe

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Gujarati Zaika

Looks tempting ....

Gajus kitchen

looks delicious and love the way rice is cooked

Gajus kitchen

Looks delicious and love the way rice is cooked perfectly

Nilu A

Tomato rice looks yummy and delicious.. Wonderful clicks Akila :-)

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