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Tomato Biryani Recipe / Thakkali Biryani Recipe / Tomato Biryani in Rice Cooker / Tomato Rice Recipe / Thakkali Sadam Recipe – Rice Cooker Recipes

February 27, 2014 By Aarthi 55 Comments

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Tomato Rice is my go to lunch idea. I make it quite often..Since it is so easy to put together and it taste extremely good..I have already made a tomato rice recipe, it is my video recipe..This is a biryani style tomato rice which taste so yummy..

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In addition to that, this recipe is made in a electric rice cooker. So you dont have to baby sit the biryani. Just make the masala and transfer it to the cooker and thats it. That gadget will do the work for you…For those who dont have a electric cooker i have mentioned the steps for making this on stove top too. So try this and let me know how it turned out for you..

And this tomato biryani taste yummy with onion raita…Check out my other raita recipes too..

Tomato Biryani Recipe / Thakkali Biryani Recipe / Tomato Biryani in Rice Cooker / Tomato Rice Recipe / Thakkali Sadam Recipe - Rice Cooker Recipes

Delicious tomato biryani which taste super yummy is very nutritious too. You can make this and enjoy with papad and onion raita.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
servings
Course: Main
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 4 servings
Aarthi
Author: Aarthi

Ingredients

  • Basmati Rice - 2 cups
  • Oil - 3 tblspn
  • Cinnamon / Pattai - 2 inch stick
  • Cardamom / Yelakai - 4
  • Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 2 tsp
  • Onion - 1 large sliced thinly
  • Green Chilli - 2 pricked with a knife
  • Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tblspn
  • Tomatoes - 4 large Chopped finely
  • Kashmiri Chilli Powder- 1 tblspn optional, used for colour
  • Normal Spicy Chilly powder - 2 tsp
  • Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
  • Garam Masala Powder - 1 tblspn
  • Salt to taste
  • Sugar - 2 tsp
  • Coriander Leaves - 1/4 cup finely chopped
  • Mint Leaves - 1/4 cup finely chopped
  • Thick Coconut Milk - 1 cup same cup you used for measuring rice
  • Water - 2 cup / 500 ml same cup you used for measuring rice

Instructions

  • Wash and soak basmati rice for 30 mins. Drain and set aside.
  • Heat oil in a kadai. Add in cinnamon, fennel and cardamom. Let them sizzle for a min.
  • Now add in onions and green chillies. Saute them till golden brown.
  • Add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.
  • Add in all the spice powders, salt and sugar. Give them a 30 seconds stir.
  • Now add in the chopped tomatoes and mix them all with the yummy masala.
  • Let them cook for 5 mins till the tomatoes turn mushy.
  • Add in coriander and mint leaves and give a quick stir. The masala is done.
  • Now take your rice cooker bowl. Add this masala in it, along with drained rice, coconut milk and water. Mix well. Taste the water to check the seasoning.
  • Now put the bowl in your electric rice cooker and switch on it. Cook till done.
  • Once done, fluff it up and serve with raita.

STOVE TOP METHOD:

  • Once your tomato masala is made, add the drained rice and give a quick stir. Now add in coconut milk, water and bring everything to a good boil. Now simmer the flame and cook covered till the rice has absorbed all the water. It will take around 15 to 20 mins. Now turn the stove off and let it sit covered for 5 mins. Open the lid and fluff the rice. You are done..
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Pictorial:

Take all your ingredients
Soak your rice
Heat oil in a kadai
Add in fennel, cardamom and cinnamon
Add in onions and chillies
Cook till golden
Add in ginger and garlic paste
Add in all spice powders, salt and sugar
Mix it up
Add in tomatoes
Mix it up
Cook till it turns mushy
Add in chopped coriander and mint
Mix it up…Masala done
Add this to rice cooker bowl
Add in rice
in goes coconut milk
pour in water
mix it up and check for seasoning
Put it inside rice cooked
Cover and cook
Done
Serve with raita
Enjoy
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About Aarthi

Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  1. Hamaree Rasoi

    February 27, 2014 at 4:51 pm

    Lovely and delicious looking tomato biriyani. Excellent pics.
    Deepa

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  2. Manju Modiyani

    February 27, 2014 at 4:54 pm

    OMG! So colorful! I loved this recipe..sugar, spices, tomato and coconut wud make a great combination of flavors. Will try making it soon 🙂

    Reply
  3. Kavitha Kannan

    February 27, 2014 at 7:37 pm

    Looks very yummy!

    Reply
  4. Anonymous

    February 28, 2014 at 5:37 pm

    I made it yesterday turned out to be great veg biryani yesterday being a Thursday. Thanks for the recipe. I din't have coconut milk on hand instead used whole milk , i slowly stirred in milk little by little to avoid curdling. Turned out great nevertheless.

    Reply
  5. Purnima

    February 28, 2014 at 6:38 pm

    I skipped coconut milk, added few veggies, thks for this keeper recipe, Aarthi!

    Reply
  6. Anil Sharma

    March 8, 2014 at 1:46 pm

    As a bachelor, I found this biryani recipe very useful. Thanks for you once again Aarthi. Restaurants in Chennai

    Reply
  7. bavya

    April 26, 2014 at 4:53 am

    Very nice biryani…..

    Reply
  8. rashmi

    June 18, 2014 at 4:32 pm

    Hi arthi
    U r helping out so many girls for example newly wedded womens and one who does know the abcd of cooking its really nice job.

    Reply
  9. Anonymous

    July 9, 2014 at 7:13 pm

    Thanks aarthi….. What is the correct proportion of water for basmathi rice and normal puzhungal rice

    Reply
  10. Aarthi

    July 10, 2014 at 6:05 am

    @AnonymousFor making biryani pulav, you have to wash rice well and then soak it for 30 mins. For basmati rice, use 1.5 cup of water for 1 cup of rice. And for normal puzhungal rice, add 2 cups of water for 1 cup of rice.

    Reply
  11. Uma Vikkinerasa

    August 23, 2014 at 6:27 am

    Hi Yummy Tummy, Thanks for sharing your yummylicious recipes ya..It is simply superb.I did the tomato biryani.It is very nice..My first time cooking biryani…
    A query – My 3 cups of water comes up to 550ml..
    Is the measurement of water right or do i need to add in additional 200ml so it totals up to 750ml as your indication.Thank You.

    Reply
  12. Aarthi

    August 23, 2014 at 6:52 am

    @Uma VikkinerasaHai Uma..The ratio is for 1 cup of rice you have to use 1.5 cup of water measured the same cup.thats it.

    Reply
  13. MonuTeena RecipesPassion

    September 3, 2014 at 7:26 am

    first time on your blog dear such a lovely baryani yummmy 🙂
    Do visit my place when time permits 🙂

    Reply
  14. Dhivya

    October 3, 2014 at 11:56 am

    Superb biryani

    Reply
    • Kavitha

      November 23, 2018 at 8:30 am

      5 stars
      Too yummy Aarti . Thanks for your fabulous recepie

      Reply
  15. r a d h i k a

    October 24, 2014 at 5:06 am

    Hi Aarthi… i tried out this recipe last night and it was absolutely delicious! everyone at home loved it! 🙂 thanks a lot for sharing!

    Reply
  16. r a d h i k a

    October 24, 2014 at 5:07 am

    Hi Aarthi! I tried this recipe last night and it turned out to be absolutely delicious! Everyone at home loved it! Thanks for sharing! 🙂

    Reply
  17. Coral crue

    March 12, 2015 at 12:31 pm

    I am making this right now, the masala has already turned out so yummy. thank you thank you . i'm always looking for great flavours in vegetarian cooking. this is brilliant!

    Reply
  18. Coral crue

    March 12, 2015 at 12:32 pm

    I am making this right now, the masala has already turned out so yummy. thank you thank you . i'm always looking for great flavours in vegetarian cooking. this is brilliant!

    Reply
  19. sangeetha

    March 19, 2015 at 1:56 pm

    Helo aarti, tis loks so yummy. I mak it exactly the same bt I use curd inside of coconut milk. . Thx a lot fr ur receips.. I lov ur baby blog. I hv a 11 month old baby so I hv tried almost all ur baby blog recipes.

    Reply
  20. safiya

    April 13, 2015 at 3:47 pm

    Ayyo…..where is ur tomato rice recipe??
    i cant find it…
    Whenvr i make it i follow ur recipe…

    Reply
  21. Aarthi

    April 14, 2015 at 12:28 pm

    @safiyai deleted the video. will share it soon

    Reply
  22. Anonymous

    April 20, 2015 at 6:41 am

    Thanks for the recipe Aarthi..

    Reply
  23. Anonymous

    April 21, 2015 at 5:29 am

    Superb it's vry gud to taste…i hve preprd as of now..its yammy..no wrds to express…its wrkd gud…mouthwatering…….yaaah….brillent…!! Tq arthi…

    Reply
  24. Anonymous

    May 20, 2015 at 3:13 am

    Thanks Arthi for this easy recipe. I have a problem using rice cooker where I find the bottom is extra cooked and turns dark brown. Yesterday when it was almost done i stirred the rice to prevent the bottom from sticking to cooker, but the problem is this breaks the beautiful long rice. Please advise!! THanks.

    Reply
  25. Aarthi

    May 21, 2015 at 2:52 am

    @AnonymousI think it is problem with the cooker.

    Reply
  26. Akansha Sinha

    June 5, 2015 at 8:50 am

    Hi Aarthi…I am one of your recipe follower and I always try your recipes as your recipes are really awesum and made of all homely ingredients nothing too much flashy..just like you even I have a passion for cooking..in this particular recipe instead of coconut milk can put something else??

    Reply
  27. Aarthi

    June 5, 2015 at 3:30 pm

    @Akansha Sinhacoconut milk is what gives flavour. You can use water

    Reply
  28. Shiny Tinu

    July 1, 2015 at 6:46 am

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    Reply
  29. priyaas

    September 24, 2015 at 2:59 pm

    U said 1:1.5 ratio . But u used 3 cups of water and 1 cup of milk . So it comes to 4 cups for 3 cups of rice . Clear the doubt aarthi.

    Reply
  30. Aarthi

    September 25, 2015 at 4:52 am

    @priyaasokay that is a typo use 2 cups of water and 1 cup of coconut milk..Thanks for telling me this, i have edited

    Reply
  31. sathak

    January 9, 2016 at 1:12 pm

    I tried dis recipe today… It came out very well… I also added milk along wit coconut milk… Served wit fish fry…Its really yummy…thank yu so mch fr yr recipes…

    Reply
  32. jiji

    February 9, 2016 at 9:08 am

    Hi Aarthi, i tried this reciepe… it came out very well. All my officemates liked the taste.

    Reply
  33. Shalini and Malini

    March 16, 2016 at 10:02 am

    Hey tried it ..tasted it yummy .Thank u ..I din add coconut milk yet very tasty.

    Reply
  34. Anonymous

    April 6, 2016 at 10:15 pm

    What if I don't have a rice cooker?

    Reply
  35. Unknown

    April 7, 2016 at 10:26 am

    Hi Aarthi… i was a great follower of all ur baby recipes..my daughter loves it…
    the question i have here is.. how long do we keep in the electric cooker for it cook. i will be trying this sometime really soon.

    Thanks in advance for the reply.

    Reply
  36. Anonymous

    April 16, 2016 at 4:54 pm

    What s the need to add sugar…what flavour it adds to tomato rice madam..reply me..also suggest me how much salt we should add..is there any ratio for that..

    Reply
  37. richa

    May 4, 2016 at 10:09 am

    Wow recipe…. Thanks for sharing

    Reply
  38. pooja

    May 5, 2016 at 5:38 am

    Hi aarti!
    This is one my goto surehit recipes. I have made it a couple of times now and everytime it has been a hit. Sometimes when I dont have mint, I use a bit of kasuri methi. Once I even used fresh methi.
    This is in my recipebook an I always reach for it when I need to wow the crowd with something different. Thanks for an amazing and yummy recipe.

    Reply
  39. Samidha Kashettiwar

    May 14, 2016 at 4:20 pm

    Your tomato rice has been loved by everyone i made it for. I've got many fans because of your recipe. Thank u so much. This recipe is really awesome!

    Reply
  40. Anonymous

    July 15, 2016 at 6:12 am

    Hi. Can this be made in a pan? I mean the water, rice and coconut milk ratios will stay the same?

    Reply
  41. Anviya Aan

    August 1, 2016 at 11:37 am

    Hi,
    This blog is looking very nice…. i like Homely Biriyani very much..

    Reply
  42. Anonymous

    October 3, 2016 at 8:24 am

    Hi i have a doubt should I put the distilling plate in the rice cooker or not bcos if i put the plate all the oil and that juicy consistency goes down the plate and this makes the biriyani very dry(I didn't try ur recipe but usually this happens with the rice cooker. that's why i am asking before trying

    Reply
  43. pooja

    November 15, 2016 at 5:59 am

    Hi aarti,

    This is the best tomato rice recipe ever. I have made it lots of times and its always a hit. I even made it for a party once and everyone just raved. Very very good recipe. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  44. Anonymous

    December 2, 2016 at 11:04 am

    Ur recipes are sooooooooooo spicy….how your kid manage this spice level?????

    Reply
  45. Samrudhi

    January 3, 2017 at 3:45 pm

    Hello aarthi!! The recipe is quite easy but can v make it more can make tomato puree instead of cutting as is it make any taste difference?? Do reply😊

    Reply
  46. Unknown

    March 29, 2017 at 4:28 am

    super

    Reply
  47. Sireesha

    September 12, 2017 at 10:36 am

    Hi aarthi ,yesterday I tried this recipie,it comes out awesome, thank u

    Reply
  48. Sireesha

    September 12, 2017 at 10:40 am

    Could u share hyd mutton dum biryani,it is not in ur blog.

    Reply
  49. Priya

    July 3, 2018 at 2:27 pm

    5 stars
    I tried.it came out well.thank you for sharing this recipe.

    Reply
  50. Anu

    November 7, 2018 at 3:09 pm

    5 stars
    Tried this on deepavali day 2018. It turned out fabulous. Thank you for this recipe. Could you share pudina chicken recepi.

    Reply
  51. havee

    December 26, 2018 at 11:04 am

    Can i add only water without milk?

    Reply
  52. Laxmi

    October 2, 2019 at 5:58 pm

    5 stars
    Hi thanks for sharing..
    Look at this video for clear streaming
    https://youtu.be/SGsgwEXZCGA

    Reply
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  54. Esther

    July 20, 2020 at 5:51 am

    5 stars
    Absolutely delicious… The young n old enjoyed it 🙂 thank you!!

    Reply

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