Breakfast
Tomato rice
Cooked rice tossed in a mustard and curry-leaf tomato masala with peanuts. A homestyle breakfast rice, simpler than Karnataka tomato bath.
35 min
0 of 4 steps done
3 servings
Heat: Medium
Approximate nutrition
A rough guide per original serving, not a lab test.
- Energy360 per serving
- Protein7g per serving
- Carbs62g per serving
- Fibre4g per serving
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