Quick Tomato Biriyani Recipe

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Tomato Biriyani is a simple one pot biryani recipe made with tomatoes. This quick dish can be made easily on a busy day for dinner and it also goes well in the lunch box. It is best served with a simple raita. Follow this recipe.

Ingredients

2 cupsBasmati Rice
2 (sliced)Onion
3Tomato
1 1/2 tbsp + 1 1/2 tbspOil / Ghee
1Bay leaf
3Cloves
2Cardamom
Saltto taste
1 tspChili powder
1 tspBiryani masala powder
1/4 tspTurmeric powder
a handfulMint leaves
a handfulCoriander leaves
2 cupsCoconut Milk & Water

To grind into a paste

1Green Chilly
1 inchGinger
5 clovesGarlic

Directions

Take green chilly, ginger and garlic in a mixer and grind it into a paste.
Heat a pressure cooker with oil and ghee and temper with bay leaf, cloves, and cardamom.
Add sliced onions and saute until transparent.
Add the chili, ginger, garlic paste and saute until raw smell goes off.
Add chopped tomatoes, salt, chili powder, turmeric powder, biryani masala powder and mix it well.
Cook in low medium flame until oil separates from it.
Add the cleaned and washed mint and coriander leaves. Add washed basmati rice and mix gently.
Add coconut milk and water and adjust the quantity of the salt according to your taste. Pressure cook for 15 min and simmer for 5 min.
Switch off the flame and once the pressure releases, fluff it with a fork.
Spicy and flavored Tomato Biryani is ready.
Serve hot with any raita.

Tips:

Do not skip mint leaves as it gives a unique flavor.
Adding coconut milk gives a rich flavor. You can add a half and a half or skip it if you don't want it.
You can soak the rice for 30 min and if so reduce the amount of water/coconut milk accordingly.

Also, Read Tomato Pulao

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