TOMATO YAKHNI PULAO  

          This recipe is prepared with the easily available simple ingredients in our kitchen. The cooking time is hardly half an hour including the preparations. This pulao doesn’t need any curry except a simple raita, pickle or pappad. So let’s begin……

 INGREDIENTS

• Biriyani rice - 1 cup
• Onion- 2 medium sized
• Tomato- 3 medium sized
• potato- 2 medium sized cut into 8 pieces
• Cooking oil
• Ghee- 1 tbsp
• Coconut milk- 1/4 cup(optional)
• Ginger garlic paste- 2 tbsp
• 3 green chilly
• Garam masala whole(3 cardamom, 4 clove, 2 inch  cinnamon stick, 2 bay leaf)
• Garam masala powder-1/2 tspn
• Handful of coriander and mint leaves
• chilli powder- 1tspn
• turmeric powder-1/2 tspn
• Salt

      RAITA

• curd -1/2 cup
• grated cucumber-1 
• crushed green chilli -1/2 tspn
• salt to taste

Mix all the ingredients and sprinkle some chilli powder.

METHOD

• Heat oil in a cooker.
• add whole garam masala, sliced onion 
• stir until brown 
• add ginger garlic paste, green chilli and tomato
• add 1 tspn chilli powder, 1/2 tspn turmeric powder
• add the washed and rinsed rice, potato, garam masala powder, corriander leaves, mint leaves and ghee.
• add salt to taste and stir the rice for 1 minute.
• add coconut milk and 2 1/2 cups of warm water.
• stir well
• close the cooker and wait for 1 whistle.
• switch off the flame and open the lid after 10 minutes.
• Garnish with chopped coriander leaf and serve hot with raita.

TIPS:

Shallow fry the potato and sprinkle some salt for enhanced taste.