Tomato Briyani – தக்காளி பிரியாணி
Ingredients
- Tomato – 500g
- Bashmati Rice – 250g
- Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
- Fennel seeds – 1 tsp
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Red Onion – 2
- Turmeric Powder – 1 tsp
- Red chilli Powder – 1 tsp
- Garam masala Poweder – 1 tsp
- Coriander powder – 1 tsp
- Pepper powder – 2 tsp
- Green Chillies – 7
- Ginger – 1/2
- Garlic cloves – 6
- Asafoetida – A pinch
- Cinnamon – 1
- Cloves – 4
- Bay leaf – 1
- Stone flower – 1
- Star Flower – 1
- Coconut – 1
- Coriander leaves – Few
- Curry leaves – Few
- Mint leaves – Few
- Coriander leaves – Few
- Ghee – Required
- Oil – Required
- Salt – Required
How to Prepare
Total Preparation time: 30-35 minutes
- Wash rice cleanly then soak it in 380ml water for 30 minutes and keep aside
- Chop onion lengthwise, grate coconut, chop the tomatoes, chop coriander leaves, chop ginger and garlic finely and keep aside
- Chop mint leaves, grate coconut, grind coconut and extract milk from it and keep aside
- Take a blender, add coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chillies, ginger and garlic and small amount of water and grind them well like smooth green paste and keep aside
- Again take the blender and add tomatoes grind them like paste and keep aside.
- Take a pressure cooker, add 2 tsp oil and 1 tsp ghee once oil heats up, add cumin seeds, add mustard seeds, add fennel seeds
- Add cinnamon, cloves, bay leaf, stone flower, star flower and fry for 1 minutes
- Add onions, green chillies, saute for a minute
- After that add tomatoes, curry leaves and salt and fry for 2 minute
- Then add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, coriander powder, pepper powder, asafoetida for 2 minutes
- Then add prepared green paste, curd and 50 ml water mix them well allow them to cook for 2 minutes
- Once it starts bubbling, add lime juice, coconut milk boils them for 5 minutes
- After add rice and 500ml water
- Cook for 5 minutes then close the pressure cooker tightly and allow them to cook for 10 minutes in low flames
- Turn off the flame, leave it till the pressure release completely
- Fluff the rice gently and garnish with coriander leaves for nice look
- Now the tasty Tomato Briyani is ready for serve