Spiced Tomato Rice

Name: Spiced Tomato Rice
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 22 min
Total time: 24 min
Cuisine: Asian, Indian
Ingredients: 4 scallions sliced; 1 tbsp grated ginger; 1 tbsp grated garlic; 2 tbsp cumin seeds; 2 carrots grated; 1 pepper diced; 1 1/3 cups basmati rice washed; 400 ml vegetable broth; 1 bay leaf; 3/4 cup peas; 2 cups cherry tomatoes halved

4 steps

Prep:2minCook:22min

This rice is wonderfully flavorful and very quick to prepare . Gently spiced but not spicy and lovely and sweet with the tomatoes ! It’s loved by everyone in our house even the little ones . Enjoy .

Updated at: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 10:49:57 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories270.5 kcal (14%)

Total Fat1.6 g (2%)

Carbs57.3 g (22%)

Sugars6.9 g (8%)

Protein7.6 g (15%)

Sodium331.8 mg (17%)

Fiber5.2 g (19%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

4scallions

sliced

1 Tbspgrated ginger

1 Tbspgarlic

grated

2 Tbspcumin seeds

1 ⅓ cupsbasmati rice

washed

400mlvegetable broth

1bay leaf

¾ cuppeas

2 cupscherry tomatoes

halved

Instructions

Step 1

Add oil to a pan then fry garlic ginger and the white parts of the spring onions ( reserve the green parts for garnish) add black and regular cumin seeds and cook 2 minutes

scallions4

grated ginger1 Tbsp

cumin seeds2 Tbsp

Step 2

Add in the grated carrot diced pepper and washed rice . Make sure you have washed the rice until the water runs clear .

carrots2

basmati rice1 ⅓ cups

Step 3

Add in the tomatoes bay leaf and peas season with salt and black pepper to taste then cover with a good quality vegetable broth and bring to a boil. Cover with a lid reduce the heat to low and cook for 15 minutes .