The Popular Fragrant Nasi Tomato

Tomato Rice

Other than the Nasi Lemak, I like Nasi Tomato (Tomato Rice) which is as flavourful and tasty. In Malaysian, this type of fragrant rice are usually popular in Malay weddings because there is no necessity for any extra dishes to go with the tomato rice cuisine. It can be served and eaten as is. The Nasi Tomato are more Malaysian original than the Nasi Briyani because the briyani rice actually originated from Pakistan and the surrounding area. I would usually cook Nasi Tomato when the fresh tomatoes in the fridge were about to expire. Instead of wasting them to the food waste bins, I rather cook them all before they spoil.

Nasi Tomato

Yesterday, my wife decided to cook Nasi Tomato and we started preparing the ingredients for the cuisine early in the morning before leaving for work. Because we were pressed for time, I cooked the rice first, otherwise we can put everything into the rice cooker with the rice to cook in the rice cooker itself.  While the rice was cooking in the rice cooker, we prepared four large tomatoes and one large onions, both cut into one inch wedges, and chicken breast meat also cut into wedges of bite sizes. In the hot wok, drop about three spoons of cooking oil and throw in the cut chicken meat wedges.

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Once the chicken meat was cooked, add curry leaves, the cut tomatoes, the cut onions, several slices of ginger, about five anise star, a dozen cloves, a handful of raisins, four spoons of ketchup, three spoons of thick coconut milk and several screw pine leaves. Once the rice is cooked, mixed with the rice and the gravy together. And reintroduce into the rice cooker to keep warm. For additional taste and flavour, add fried shallots and mint leaves. Serve when it is still warm. I actually, prepared the tomato rice for lunch at work.