Tomato biryani

TOMATO BIRYANI

INGREDIENTS

• Onion – 1 finely chopped
• Tomato – 2 or 3 finely chopped
• Cooked rice or leftover rice  – 3 or 4 cup
• Ginger garlic paste – 1 ½  tsp
• Few whole garam masala – jeera /pepper /bayleaves /pepper/cinnamon/clove /cardamom
• Garam  masala pwdr – 3/4  tsp
• Turmeric pwdr – ¼ tsp
• Red chilli pwdr – 1 tsp
• Finely chopped green chilli – 1
• Curry leaves – few
• Finely chopped coriander leaves + mint leaves  – ¼ cup
• Jeera – 1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil + ghee – 1 tbsp

PREPARATION

Soak the rice for 20 min and cook it with salt .The grains should be separate OR use leftover rice .

METHOD

Heat oil + ghee, add whole garam masala and let it splutter.[don’t burn]

Add onion + green chilli  and fry till light brown.

Add ginger garlic paste and fry till raw smell leaves .

Add tomato + salt and cook till soft .

Add red chilli pwdr  + turmeric pwdr + garam masala pwdr  and fry for few seconds.

Add coriander + mint leaves and mix well.

Add the cooked rice and mix well.

Cook on low flame for 1 or 2  minute .

Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve hot with any side dish and raita.

NOTES

1. VARIATION :- Instead of garam masala pwdr use 1 tbsp of sambar masala.
2. You can add roasted peanuts or cashew.
3. You can also grind the tomato and add tomato puree instead of chopped tomatoes .
4. You can cook the masala first and add soaked rice and cook it together in pan or cooker. Here you can add coconut milk to enhance the flavour.
5. You can use any rice .
6. You can also add veges.
7. You can reduce red chilli pwdr and add green chilli.
8. ****For more flavour you can cook the rice in stock or while cooking the rice add whole garam masalas like we do for biryani

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