TOMATO BIRYANI| TOMATO RICE | TOMATO BIRYANI WITHOUT COOKER

TOMATO BIRYANI| TOMATO RICE | TOMATO BIRYANI WITHOUT COOKER

Tomato biryani is a good lunch recipe. Best side dish is onion raita , puthina thuvayal.Biryani is the favourite food for many. For them it is the good choice. I prepare this in a healthy manner, mainly not in cooker. If you wish you can do this in cooker. Taste will not change. I fully done this with homemade ingredients. You also try this . I had not used any purchased powder.

Ingredients:

• Onion               - 2 big size
• Normal Rice    - 3 cup(ponni)
• Onion                - 2 big size
• Tomato            - 8 big size (2 cup)
• Ginger.            - 3 tbsp
• Garlic              - 12 cloves
• Green chilli    - 3
• Red chilli        - 6
• Small onion   - 10
• Cinnamon      - 1
• Cloves             - 4
• Bay leaves      - 2
• Cardamom     - 2
• Star anise       - 1
• Turmeric powder    - 1/2 tbsp
• Hand of coriander and mint leaves
• Ghee                     - 3 tbsp
• Oil.                        - 1/4 cup
• Salt as required.
• Water.                  -  8 cup.

Method:

• Grind ginger,garlic,small onion,green chilli,red chilli, few coriander and mint leaves into fine paste.
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• Heat the vessel with heavy bottom. add ghee,oil, now add the spices one by one. (Cinnamon,clove,cardamom, bay leaves, star anise)
• Add sliced onion and cook until it becomes golden brown, now add that paste and stir until it's raw smell goes.
• Now add turmeric, sliced tomato, salt and cook until tomato get mashed.
• Now add water and after it get to boiling stage add rice and cover until water dries up.
• After that in low flame keep it for 5 min and stir occasionally. Now tasty tomato rice is ready. 
• Enjoy it with onion raita

Note: you can add  curd.