2 hours ago, ElsieD said:I thought it strange that it was an Asian recipe, that it used tomatoes and no rice.
I'm not sure why you find Asian use of tomatoes so strange. They are widely used.
China and Japan not so much maybe as say, southern Asia, but they are used. The one dish every Chinese student can make is scrambled egg with tomato. See here. In fact, China grows more tomatoes than the rest of the world put together.
And we don't eat everything with rice!
That said a recipe for any dish won't necessarily mention the accompanying rice. I might give you a recipe for chicken with mushrooms and take it as a given that you will eat it with rice. No need to mention it. Just the same as me giving you my method for grilling a steak but not mentioning the potatoes I expect you will eat with it.
