CHENNAI STYLE SPICY TOMATO RICE

Chennai style tomato rice tastes more like a biriyani, and it is easy to make in 30 minutes. If you are craving for a biriyani, but running out of time, try making this tomato rice

Ingredients

4 no ROMA TOMATO
2 cup BASMATI RICE
2 cup WATER
1 cup COCONUT MILK
5 tbsp OIL
2 cup ONIONS RAW
4 no GREEN CHILIES
0.25 cup MINT LEAVES
0.50 cup CILANTRO (CORIANDER)LEAVES RAW
0.50 tbsp RED CHILI POWDER
0.25 tsp TURMERIC GROUND
0.50 tbsp SALT TABLE
1 tsp FENNEL SEED
1 no CINNAMON
1 no BAY LEAF
4 no CLOVES
2 no CARDAMOM

Directions

Soak the rice in cold water for about an hour.
In a large pan, heat oil, add fennel seeds, cinnamon stick, cloves, bay leaves and cardamoms.
Add sliced onion and green chilies, cook until onion becomes soft. Add ginger garlic paste and cook until it loses its raw smell. Add chopped tomatoes, salt, red chili powder, turmeric powder and mix well. Cook until tomatoes become soft.
Add mint leaves and chopped coriander leaves. Mix well. Add the soaked rice and mix well, until the tomato mixture coated evenly with the rice.
Add water and coconut milk. Mix well and check for the salt, when it starts boiling, cover the pan with a lid and cook until all the liquid contents get absorbed by the rice. Garnish it with chopped coriander leaves.

40mins