Recipe
Middle Eastern Fried Tomato Rice
Keep your kids active all day by adding this Middle Eastern fried tomato rice to their lunchbox.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 Onion
- 2 clove Garlic
- 0.25 tsp Chili Flakes
- 400 g Can Crushed Tomatoes
- 2 tbsp Raisins
- 2 cup Sunwhite Medium Grain Rice, cooked
- 3 tsp Butter
- Salt
Method
- Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a non-stick pan over medium heat. Add 1 chopped onion and a pinch of salt. Fry the onion gently until the onion is soft and slightly translucent.
- Add 2 cloves of garlic and ¼ teaspoon of chili flakes to the pan with the onions. Stir in a can of tomatoes and 1 teaspoon of butter. Season to taste with salt. Simmer the tomatoes with the lid on for 15 minutes.
- When the tomato sauce is thick and fragrant, add 2 tablespoons of raisins and cooked tomato sauce to the rice. Stir well with a spoon or spatula and taste to adjust seasoning.
Medium Grain
Medium grain rice has short, plump grains that cook up soft, moist and slightly sticky — the grains cling together gently, making it easy to serve and eat. Sunwhite® medium grain Calrose rice is grown in Australia and loved across the Middle East for everyday family meals.
Its tender texture makes it ideal for dishes where the rice soaks up rich flavours — kabsa, mansaf, maqluba and machboos — as well as sushi, paella and creamy rice desserts.