Tomato Rice #2 - My Version

Ingredients:

  Tomato - 3 (finely chopped)
  Onion - 1 (finely chopped)
  Garlic pods - 10-12
  Cloves - 2
  Cinnamon - small piece
  Green Chilly - 4
  Ginger - small piece
  Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
  Temper - mustard , cumin seeds
  Salt, Oil, Water - As reqd
  Basmati Rice or Reg Rice - 2 1/2 cups

Method:

• Heat oil in a pan and add cloves, cinnamon, green chilly, ginger and 4 garlic pods.
• Saute this for a while and let it cool and then grind this to a paste.
• Now heat oil in pan and add onion, tomato, garlic pods.
• Saute this for a while.
• In a cooker add ghee and fry the rice, then the paste and above mixture.
• Then add salt, water and turmeric powder.
• Cook in medium range for 5-10 mins(no whistle).
• Serve with raita.