Make Delicious Indian Tomato Rice 

New Delhi: Tomato rice is an easy yet tasty dish in which rice cooked with sweet plum tomatoes and aromatic spices, this rice dish is perfect alongside roast chicken. 

Ingredients 

• 1 cup basmati rice, rinsed until water runs clear 
• 1⁄4 cup oil 
• 1 tsp. black mustard seeds 
• 1⁄4 tsp. ground turmeric 
• 6 fresh or frozen curry leaves 
• 3 chiles de árbol, stemmed 
• 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 
• 1 small yellow onion, minced 
• 3 plum tomatoes, cored and roughly chopped 
• 1⁄4 tsp. asafoetida 
• Kosher salt, to taste 

Instructions 

1. Bring 6 cups water to a boil in a 4–qt. saucepan.
2. Add rice; cook, stirring occasionally, until rice is tender, 10–12 minutes.
3. Drain rice and transfer to a bowl. Add oil to pan; heat over medium-high.
4. Cook mustard seeds, turmeric, curry leaves, and chiles until seeds pop, 1–2 minutes.
5. Add garlic, onion, and tomatoes; cook until tomatoes begin to break down, 6–8 minutes.
6. Add asafoetida and salt; stir into rice.