Tomato biryani is a tasty one pot recipe. Variety rice are easy to make and a perfect lunch box food. Usually I prepare tomato rice with just tomato and onion. After cooking coconut rice with coconut milk, I want to try coconut milk with tomato rice and prepared tomato biryani. Tomato Biryani Basmati Rice - 1 cup Tomatoes - 3, finely chopped Onion - 1 large sliced thinly Spring onion - 3 Peas - 1/4 cup Thin Coconut Milk - 1/4 cup Water - 1 cup + 1/2 cup Red Chilli powder - 3/4 tsp (Adjust according to your taste) Turmeric Powder - 1/8 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp Coriander Powder - 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder - 1/4 tsp Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp Green Chilli - 1, slitted Salt - as needed Sugar - 1/8 teaspoon (optional) Oil - 1/2 tbsp Cinnamon - 2 inch stick Cardamom - 2 Fennel Seed powder - 1/4 tsp Bay leaves - 1 Star Ansie - 1 Method:
Soak rice in warm water for 10 minutes, drain the water and keep it aside Add oil to the pan. When the oil is hot, add whole spices and cook for 30 seconds. Add the onion and ginger garlic paste and sauté till the raw smell goes off
Add the chopped tomatoes and cook till the tomatoes get mushy. Add all the spice powders, salt and sugar; saute for 2 minutes
Add peas and rice and saute for a minute. In a rice cooker add the rice - tomato mixture, coconut milk and water. After the rice is cooked sprinkle chopped spring onions on top and Serve it with raita/gravy For pressure cooker method used 1 cup of water instead of 1+1/2 cup water and cook for 2 whistles.
checkout my other variety rice,
Vegetable Rice Puliyodharai Mango Rice Kashmiri Pulao Brinjal Rice Semiya Bagala Bath Vegetable Biryani Bisi Bele Bath Coconut Rice with coconut milk
