This is a quick-fix spicy tomato rice, that works best with leftover rice. Slightly different from the traditional recipe for "tomato bhaath" as it is called in South India, this one works in a jiffy when you have just a pot of leftover rice and no vegetables or meat to cook it with. Uses a handful of simple, everyday ingredients found in Indian kitchens, can be thrown together in a jiffy and for something so simple, it results in a wonderfully fragrant, spicy, hearty meal. Not overly spiced with too many masalas (as is usually the case with Indian Biryanis) it is heavy on the natural tang of tomatoes and a dash of lime takes that up a notch. The flavours and fragrance comes mostly from the basic aromatics. Just the kind of lovely outcome to get from leftovers.

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