Monday, September 01, 2008

Tomato Briyani

Ingredients
1 cup Rice
1 Onion, chopped lengthwise
4 to 5 Tomatoes
1 stick Cardamom
2 Bay leaves
2 Cloves
4 pods Garlic
1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
Few Curry Leaves
3 Red chilly
Little Turmeric Powder
Few Corriander Leaves
Salt
3 tsp Oil
Method
Grind garlic, cumin seeds, red chilly and curry leaves to a fine paste and keep aside.
Grind tomatoes and keep aside.
Heat oil in a pressure cooker, add cinnamon, cloves and bay leaf. Now add onion and fry till it becomes golden brown, then add the grinded garlic, cumin, chilly paste to it and fry for 2 mins. Then add grinded tomatoes to it and cook till the raw smell goes off. Now add rice and enough water to it. Add turmeric powder, corriander leaves and salt mix well. Close the pressure cooker and cook until 3 whistles. Serve hot.

4 comments :

Indian Khana said...

I do the same way tomato rice when in hurry...it's always faster to make and taste yum than the traditional way of tomato rice...nice post dear

delhibelle said...

Lovely colour..my aunt makes a similar biryani with coconut milk instead of water.

A_and_N said...

Looks great! Red and spicy...just the way I like it :)

Dori said...

This sounds good, I will try it sometime :)