Tomato Biryani Recipe with step by step pictures. Delicious thakkali biryani recipe made in a rice cooker or pressure cooker.
Tomato Biryani
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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About this Recipe
Tomato Biryani Recipe with step by step pictures. Delicious thakkali biryani recipe made in a rice cooker or pressure cooker. Tomato biryani recipe is made with rice, tomatoes, onions, spices and coconut milk.
In addition to that, this recipe is made in an electric rice cooker. So you don't 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 don't have an 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.
How to Make Tomato Biryani in Rice Cooker
- 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.
How to Make Tomato Biryani on Stove Top
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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Tomato Biryani Recipe | Thakkali Biryani Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups Basmati Rice
- 3 tbsp Oil
- 2 inch Cinnamon / Pattai
- 4 Cardamom / Yelakai
- 2 tsp Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf
- 1 large Onion sliced thinly
- 2 Green Chilli pricked with a knife
- 2 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 4 large Tomatoes Chopped finely
- 1 tbsp Kashmiri Chilli Powder optional, used for colour
- 2 tsp Normal Spicy Chilly powder
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi
- 1 tbsp Garam Masala Powder
- Salt to taste
- 2 tsp Sugar
- ¼ cup Coriander Leaves finely chopped
- ¼ cup Mint Leaves finely chopped
- 1 cup Thick Coconut Milk same cup you used for measuring rice
- 2 cups Water 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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Tomato Biryani Recipe Step by Step Pictures
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Soak your rice |
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| Heat oil in a kadai |
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| Add in fennel, cardamom and cinnamon |
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| Add in onions and chillies |
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| Cook till golden |
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| ginger and garlic paste |
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| Add in all spice powders, salt and sugar |
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| Mix it up |
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| Add in tomatoes |
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| Mix it up |
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| Cook till it turns mushy |
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| Add in chopped coriander and mint |
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| Mix it up...Masala done |
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| Add this to rice cooker bowl |
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| Add in rice |
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| in goes coconut milk |
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| pour in water |
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| mix it up and check for seasoning |
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| Put it inside rice cooked |
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| Cover and cook |
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| Done |
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| Serve with raita |
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| Enjoy |
Hamaree Rasoi
Lovely and delicious looking tomato biriyani. Excellent pics.
Deepa
Sara
10th time making this. So so soooooo amazing! Super nostalgia for me. Friend's mom used to make this for her lunch at school. At times I add small grated carrots for my toddler. Doesnt change taste of this biryani. Fantastic recipe. Nothing beats our indian foods.
Manju Modiyani
OMG! So colorful! I loved this recipe..sugar, spices, tomato and coconut wud make a great combination of flavors. Will try making it soon 🙂
Kavitha Kannan
Looks very yummy!
Anonymous
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.
Purnima
I skipped coconut milk, added few veggies, thks for this keeper recipe, Aarthi!
Anil Sharma
As a bachelor, I found this biryani recipe very useful. Thanks for you once again Aarthi. Restaurants in Chennai
bavya
Very nice biryani.....
rashmi
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.
Anonymous
Thanks aarthi..... What is the correct proportion of water for basmathi rice and normal puzhungal rice
Aarthi
@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.
Uma Vikkinerasa
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.
Aarthi
@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.
MonuTeena RecipesPassion
first time on your blog dear such a lovely baryani yummmy 🙂
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Dhivya
Superb biryani
Kavitha
Too yummy Aarti . Thanks for your fabulous recepie
r a d h i k a
Hi Aarthi... i tried out this recipe last night and it was absolutely delicious! everyone at home loved it! 🙂 thanks a lot for sharing!
r a d h i k a
Hi Aarthi! I tried this recipe last night and it turned out to be absolutely delicious! Everyone at home loved it! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Coral crue
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!
Coral crue
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!
sangeetha
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.
safiya
Ayyo.....where is ur tomato rice recipe??
i cant find it...
Whenvr i make it i follow ur recipe...
Aarthi
@safiyai deleted the video. will share it soon
Anonymous
Thanks for the recipe Aarthi..
Anonymous
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...
Anonymous
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.
Aarthi
@AnonymousI think it is problem with the cooker.
Akansha Sinha
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??
Aarthi
@Akansha Sinhacoconut milk is what gives flavour. You can use water
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priyaas
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.
Aarthi
@priyaasokay that is a typo use 2 cups of water and 1 cup of coconut milk..Thanks for telling me this, i have edited
sathak
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...
jiji
Hi Aarthi, i tried this reciepe... it came out very well. All my officemates liked the taste.
Shalini and Malini
Hey tried it ..tasted it yummy .Thank u ..I din add coconut milk yet very tasty.
Anonymous
What if I don't have a rice cooker?
Unknown
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.
Anonymous
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..
richa
Wow recipe.... Thanks for sharing
pooja
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.
Samidha Kashettiwar
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!
Anonymous
Hi. Can this be made in a pan? I mean the water, rice and coconut milk ratios will stay the same?
Anviya Aan
Hi,
This blog is looking very nice.... i like Homely Biriyani very much..
Anonymous
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
pooja
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.
Anonymous
Ur recipes are sooooooooooo spicy....how your kid manage this spice level?????
Samrudhi
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😊
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Sireesha
Hi aarthi ,yesterday I tried this recipie,it comes out awesome, thank u
Sireesha
Could u share hyd mutton dum biryani,it is not in ur blog.
Priya
I tried.it came out well.thank you for sharing this recipe.
Anu
Tried this on deepavali day 2018. It turned out fabulous. Thank you for this recipe. Could you share pudina chicken recepi.
havee
Can i add only water without milk?
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Esther
Absolutely delicious... The young n old enjoyed it 🙂 thank you!!
Sara
The best thakkali biriyani recipe ever! I make it frequently. Sometimes I add grated carrots for my extremely picky toddler. But im happy she enjoys our indian food. Its one of my fav! I make it with your onion raita recipe you posted with potato chips on side. Excellent! Nostalgia back home everytime!