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

1. Wash rice cleanly then soak it in 380ml water for 30 minutes and keep aside
2. Chop onion lengthwise, grate coconut, chop the tomatoes, chop coriander leaves, chop ginger and garlic finely and keep aside
3. Chop mint leaves, grate coconut, grind coconut and extract milk from it and keep aside
4. 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
5. Again take the blender and add tomatoes grind them like paste and keep aside.
6. 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
7. Add cinnamon, cloves, bay leaf, stone flower, star flower and fry for 1 minutes
8. Add onions, green chillies, saute for a minute
9. After that add tomatoes, curry leaves and salt and fry for 2 minute
10. Then add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, coriander powder, pepper powder, asafoetida for 2 minutes
11. Then add prepared green paste, curd and 50 ml water mix them well allow them to cook for 2 minutes
12. Once it starts bubbling, add lime juice, coconut milk boils them for 5 minutes
13. After add rice and 500ml water
14. Cook for 5 minutes then close the pressure cooker tightly and allow them to cook for 10 minutes in low flames
15. Turn off the flame, leave it till the pressure release completely
16. Fluff the rice gently and garnish with coriander leaves for nice look
17. Now the tasty Tomato Briyani is ready for serve