Tamatar Pulao | Tomato Pulao Recipe | Tomato Rice Recipe in One-Pot

Tomato Pulao, is a very easy to make Pulao  with just tomatoes, onions and mild spices. This is a one-pot pressure cooker method of making Tomato Pulao. For morning busy with kids lunch box, I always found this tomato pulao to be so quick and hassle free to make. We can relish with any raita of your choice. Generally whenever I pack tomato Pulao for lunch box, I will give plain raita separately and boondi separately for the kids to add it later to the curd. They love having this pulao with Boondi Raita.

Tips for making Tomato Pulao:

1. I have used two big tomatoes – I have  chopped one tomato and add it with Pulao and  pureed the other tomato. We can chop both and use it as it is also. Or we can make a puree of both the tomatoes and use only the puree. Some kids doesn’t like to eat tomato or they are so picky and take every piece of tomato to discard. For them, we can boil the tomatoes, remove the skin and make a puree and use it
2. We can add green peas or green bell pepper to enhance this rice with more flavor
3. Instead of red chili powder and coriander powder, we can use sambar powder
4. While pressure cooking Pulav, cook in low flame for 20 mins. In low flame we will not get any whistle from the cooker. Even if sometimes we get a whistle, it won’t be a problem. For this method, i have soaked the basmati rice for about 20 minutes and cooked it in low flame for 20  mins. For other rice varieties, the cooking time may slightly vary.
5. The ratio of water & rice would be 1 cup water : 1 cup rice. This ratio worked well for Basmati Rice. But this ratio can change if you use other rice varieties. Look out for the instruction given in the package and add the water accordingly.

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Tomato Pulao Recipe | Easy Tomato Pulav Recipe | Kids Lunch Box Recipes

Course: Rice Varieties

Cuisine: Indian, South Indian

Equipments Needed

• Mixer Grinder
• Pressure Cooker

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Calories: 150kcal

Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam

Tomato Pulao, a delectable and easy Lunch Box recipe for kids and adults. Ripe tomatoes are cooked with onion and mild spices to get fluffy and tasty pulao. This is a easy one-pot recipe where we are the pulao directly in a pressure cooker.

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Ingredients

• ▢ 1 Cup Raw Rice Basmati rice is preferrable but we can use any raw rice
• ▢ 1 cup Water for cooking the Raw Rice
• ▢ 2 Tomato 1, Roughly chopped
• ▢ 1 Onion Finely Chopped
• ▢ 1 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
• ▢ 1 tsp Red Chili Powder
• ▢ 1 tsp Coriander Powder
• ▢ 1 tsp Salt Adjust As Needed
• ▢ 1 Pinch Turmeric Powder
• ▢ 5 Mint Leaves
• ▢ 1 tbsp Coriander Leaves
• ▢ ½ tsp Kasoori Methi (Dry Fenugreek Leaves)

For Tempering

• ▢ 1 tbsp Oil
• ▢ 1 tbsp Ghee (Clarified butter)
• ▢ 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
• ▢ ½ inch Cinnamon Stick
• ▢ 3-4 Cloves
• ▢ 1 Bay Leaf
• ▢ 2 Green Chili Slit

Instructions 

Soaking Rice

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  Wash and soak the raw rice for about 20 mins. While the rice is soaked start the other process for making Pulao

Preparation

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  Wash and roughly chop one tomato. Take it to mixer jar and grind it to pulp and set it aside
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  Finely chop the Onion. Also roughly chop the other tomato and keep it ready.

Cooking the Pulao

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  Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker. Add cumin seeds, cinnamon, cloves and bay leaf. Give a mix
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  Then add slit green chili and curry leaves. Give a mix
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  Next, add chopped onions to the pressure cooker. Also add ginger-garlic paste. Saute the onions and ginger-garlic paste till onions turn translucent
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  Once the onions are translucent, add the chopped tomatoes and the tomato puree we ground and give it a good mix
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  To the pressure cooker, add red chili powder, salt, coriander powder and turmeric powder. Stir well. Allow the onion-tomato-spices to cook for a minute
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  Then, add the mint and coriander leaves. Also crush the kasoori methi and add it to the Pulao mixture
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  Now, drain water from the soaked rice and add it to the pressure cooker. Give a gently mix not breaking the rice
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  Then add a cup of water to the cooker. Give a mix. Close the pressure cooker with a lid and cook in low flame for 20 mins.
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  After the pressure is fully released, open the cooker lid. Tomato Pulao is ready. Gently mix. Garnish with coriander leaves

Serving Time

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  Serve the delicious Tomato Pulao with any Raita of your choice and relish this delectable Pulao!

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Notes

• Cooking Time - For Basmati Rice, which is soaked for about 20 minutes can be cooked in low flame for 20 minutes to get fluffy Pulao
• Water Ratio - For Basmati Rice, it would be 1:1 (1 cup water for 1 cup rice). But for this ratio, please make sure that the rice is soaked in water for about 20 minutes

The ratio and cooking time may vary for other types of rice.

Nutritional Info

Nutrition Facts

Tomato Pulao Recipe | Easy Tomato Pulav Recipe | Kids Lunch Box Recipes

Amount Per Serving (100 g)

Calories 150 Calories from Fat 63

% Daily Value*

Fat 7g11%

Carbohydrates 18g6%

Protein 2g4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Sowmya Venkatachalam

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