Ingredients for Stuffed tomatoes 🍅 with Arusha rice 🍚🧄🧅
- 6 tomatoes 🍅
- Salt to taste 🧂
- 2 large chopped onions 🧅
- 1/4 cup dessicated coconut 🥥
- 11/2 tsp kashmiri red chillies powder 🌶️
- 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
- 2-3 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- tomatoes pulp(remove from 6 tomatoes, 🍅)
- 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste 🧄 and green chillies paste
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/8 tsp asafoetida
- 1 tsp coriander & cumin powder
- 1/2 black pepper powder
- For Arusha 🍚 rice:
- 1 cup boiled basmati rice 🍚
- 1 bay leaf, 1 cinnamon stick, 1tsp black pepper corns
- 3-4 medium size onions 🧅
- 3 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
- 2-3 green chillies chopped
- 1 tsp freshly ground cinnamon powder
- 4-5 small cardamom powder freshly ground
Cooking Instructions for making Stuffed tomatoes 🍅 with Arusha rice 🍚🧄🧅
Cut tomatoes 🍅 from top and scoop out the pulp and reserve. In a bowl add 1/2 chopped onions 🧅, dessicated coconut 🥥, kashmiri red chillies powder 🌶️, turmeric powder,garam masala powder, coriander leaves, sugar and mix well, keep aside.
Heat oil, add cumin seeds when start to crackle, add 1/2 chopped onions 🧅, cook for 1 min, add ginger -garlic paste 🧄 and green chillies paste mix well.
Add reserve tomatoes pulp🍅, and mix well, add salt, kashmiri red chillies powder 🌶️, turmeric powder, black pepper powder and mix well.
Add coriander & cumin powder, mix, stir always, when oil comes out, add dessicated coconut mixture 🥥 and mix, remove from flame, let it cool down, fill in hallowed tomatoes 🍅 and use spoon 🥄, press down on the filling gently so you can stuff more filling inside each tomatoes🍅.
Heat oil in a large frying pan, add mustard seeds and allow it to crackle, add asafoetida mix and cook on low flame.
Carefully place the stuffed tomatoes 🍅 in the pan, facing the stuffed side up, cover and cook on medium heat for 5-7 mins, insert a tooth pick and check if tomatoes are soft.
When they are soft, remove from flame and pan, keep aside.
For Arusha rice: boil water add salt, bay leaf, cinnamon stick, black pepper corns, cover and boil for 5 mins, add uncooked rice 🍚,let it boil.when rice is tender, remove from flame, keep aside.
Mix chopped onions 🧅, chopped green chillies, chopped coriander leaves, cinnamon powder, cardamom powder, salt and mix, keep aside, remove all spices from rice, (bay leaf and cinnamon stick).
To assemble: grease your serving bowl, start layering, add rice, press add onion mixture, again add 🍚 rice, use all the rice and onion mixture the same way.
Finally add stuffed tomatoes 🍅 and serve hot.
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