Tasty Tomato Rice- Recipe

Tomato Biryani is a quick & delicious medium spicy rice dish full of tempting flavour. In this recipe, the rice is cooked along with tomato puree and sauteed along with aromatic Indian spices. This dish adds a tasty twist from your regular rice dishes. It tastes yummy with tomato flavour infused with chilli, onions & garlic. Its very simple to cook and makes a hearty lunch box recipe.

Ingredients

• Basmati rice – 1 & 1/2 cup
• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Ghee – 1 tbsp
• Bay leaf – 1
• Gram dal – 1 tbsp
• Cumin – 1/2 tsp
• Cinnamon – 1
• Cardamom – 1
• Cloves – 4
• Green chilli – 2
• Red chilli – 2
• Garlic – 4
• Onion – 1
• Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp
• Tomato – 3
• Red chilli pwd – 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric pwd – 1/4 tsp
• Garam masala pwd – 1/2 tsp
• Fresh mint & coriander leaves
• Salt to taste

Method

• Wash & soak basmati rice in water for 5 mins.
• Drain water and set aside.
• Heat oil & ghee in pressure pan.
• Add bay leaf, gram dal, cumin, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and saute.
• Allow to crackle.
• Add green chilli, garlic, sliced onions and saute.
• Add salt and saute until transculent.
• Add ginger garlic paste and saute.
• Add mashed tomato and cook until oil separates.
• Add red chilli, turmeric pwd, garam masala pwd and toss.
• Add finely sliced fresh mint and coriander leaves.
• Add basmati rice and toss in the masala.
• Add 2 & 1/2 cups of water and stir.
• Add a tsp of ghee and mix.
• Taste and adjust salt and seasonings.
• Cover and pressure cook for 1 whistle in high flame.
• Simmer the flame for 5 mins and turn off flame.
• Once the pressure goes off, fluff the biryani gently.
• Healthy delicious flavorful tomato biryani is ready.
• Serve hot with onion raitha.

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