TOMATO BIRIYANI

HOW TO MAKE TOMATO BIRIYANI

Ingredients: 

• Basmati Rice - 2 cups
• Ginger Garlic paste  - 2 tsp
• Big Onion (Chopped or sliced) - 2
• Tomato (Chopped) - 3
• Green Chilly - 2 ( Medium size)
• Coriander leaves - 1  small bunch
• Mint leaves - I  (equally small bunch)    
• Coconut Milk - 1 cup
• ghee - 1 tsp
• ​oil - 3 tsp
• salt         

For seasoning:

• Bay leaves - 3
• Cinnamon stick - 1 inch
• cloves -3
• Cardamom -1 or 2
• Fennel seeds - 1 tsp

​Masala:

·         Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp

·         Chilly Powder - 2 tsp

·         Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Steps:

1. Finely chop the onion, tomato, green chilly, Coriander leaves and Mint leaves.
2. Use freshly grinded Ginger Garlic paste and freshly prepared coconut milk for better taste. 
3. In pressure cooker heat the oil and ghee, add the given seasoning ingredients for 30 secs then add the onion and fry for 2 min until the oil lightly separates then add the ginger garlic paste and fry for 2 mins until the smell goes out then add the green chilly.
4. Add all the masalas and salt and with out burning the masalas add the tomatoes with in a minute.
5. Cover and let it cook until the tomatoes get smashed.
6. Add one cup of water and one cup coconut milk.
7. Finally add the rice, mix well and put whistle.
8. Switch off the stove immediately after one or two whistle
9. Garnish with Coriander leaves and serve with Raita. 

Pictorial Representation:

Finely Chop the onion and Green chilly and freshly prepare Ginger Garlic paste

Finely chop the Tomato, Coriander leaves and Mint leaves

Seasoning Ingredients

Fry the seasoning ingredients and Onion

Add the chopped ingredients and Ginger Garlic paste...add the Tomatoes as last

Take One cup of Coconut milk

Pour one cup of water and one cup of Coconut milk in to the Mixture

Finally add 2 cups of Basmati rice and Pressure cook for 1 or 2 whistles

Garnish with Coriander leaves and serve hot with Raita

Nutritional information:

One medium sized-tomato provides over a third of the recommended daily allowance of vitamin C, and nearly a third of the recommended daily allowance of vitamin A.Tomatoes are also a great source of fiber, carbohydrate, potassium and iron. Tomatoes are an outstanding source of the antioxidant.

But those who have kidney stone problems are recommended to reduce the consumption amount of Tomatoes.