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Tomato Rice (Tamatar Biryani)
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Kate B.
June 4, 2019
I made it to the recipe only substituting dried instead of fresh mace which I've never seen in any speciality grocer. Delicious!!! My husband had seconds and thirds. The left overs will be superb as a side to tomorrow's fish
Regine
September 11, 2018
Let me also add that for me this recipe, at least in my "rice lover" household, cannot be 6 servings but at the most 3. :D)
Regine
September 11, 2018
I made this last night but used only dashes of (actually, several of each) powdered clove, cardamom and cinnamon because this is what I had on hand. My rice came out exactly like in the 2nd picture. It is quite tasty but I had to add a bit more salt to the liquids (which I tasted after I added the rice). It also took me 20 not 10 minutes on my gas oven (with the tight fitting lid) for the rice to be fully cooked. I do agree with Cowpscowper; raita would be good with this rice. Thanks for the recipe.
SoInconvenient
June 28, 2018
We made this tonight and were so thrilled with the result. We didn't have any mace, so we subbed in a few dashes of nutmeg. We made a side of Nigel Slater's spinach with ginger, garlic and garam masala (whole recipe is in the title) and are so content and full and happy.
Brenda
May 14, 2015
I cannot give enough praise to this recipe. It is so yummy...I made it last night and i am still thinking about it. I added broccoli to this dish, but would like to try adding tofu next time as well. :)
Cowpscowper
April 14, 2015
This one's a keeper! I will continue to make this throughout my life: it's that tasty. Aromatic and flavorful. Spicy and sweet. I threw in some chicken. And made some raita on the side. Thanks for the wonderful recipe! :)
Bluejade
November 24, 2014
This is pretty good. I used ground spices instead of the whole spices because I just don't buy them. I did not use the spicy peppers. I substituted with chopping up fresh red bell pepper and a small amount of red pepper flakes. That was fine for us. This recipe, as is, must be really hot. Altho the recipe is not tedious and it came together within according to the directions, it is not exactly simple. Worth trying.
sevenfaces
September 6, 2014
This was great. I'm a big fan of spanish rice - rice cooked in tomatoes - so I knew I would like this too. I counted the number of cloves and cardamom pods I put in so I knew when I had picked them all out and could serve it at the table with confidence!
kimberly.godwin
March 23, 2014
I made this last weekend. Quite good. I used 2 Serrano chilies, but think I should have used 3. (I like a bit more kick.) I even found mace! I did run out of turmeric so I had to do without. I will definitely make this again, and make sure I have turmeric on hand next go round.
Angel
January 26, 2014
This was very good!! Will make again for sure. Thank you for sharing and congratulations on your achievement!
TS
October 29, 2013
I made this for dinner tonight along with some pan-fried padron peppers from my garden - delicious. This is definitely a keeper!
Ham
July 20, 2013
This turned out fantastic. I made it with three serrano chiles and fearfully removed about 3/4 of the seeds. Not necessary! The heat was extremely mild, so next time I will keep the seeds in at least two of the chiles. I also threw 1/4 cup of peas in just after the "crater" step which I thought worked well. I will absolutely make this again.
za'atar
July 8, 2013
This dish has such wonderful flavor. I needed to use up some Thai jasmine rice and didn't have any basmati on hand, so my end result was a little gloppy, but we still loved it. Looking forward to making it again soon with the proper rice.
rupal
November 14, 2013
za'atar, incase you dont have basmati rice or you unsure about the right amount of water to put in for boiling rice so that it doesnt get mushy, you can first boil rice separately in a pan in good amount of water n once you feel the rice is cooked just fine you can remove from the stove and can drain excess water using a sieve...hope that helps :)
rupal
November 14, 2013
and later u can mix this rice with the rest of the cooked ingredients and can let it warm of couple of mins on the stove.
HaLi H.
May 15, 2013
I made this before and we loved it! If I want to double the recipe, do I need to add 2 cans of tomatoes?
piacere
March 29, 2013
Fantastic aroma filled our home when this was cooking. Great fun to try the new rise rinsing and soaking techinique too. Wonderful flavors and rice texture in the finished dish. The only drawback was needing to eat around the spices. Cinammon sticks could be easily removed. The cardamom pods virtually disintegrated and so did the mace blades so no worries there either. Avoiding the cloves was a bit trickier. :-)
Jann
August 28, 2012
Made this for my cooking club and Indian Night and it was very good. My husband loved it the next night with black beans! Really tasty recipe. Thank you.
dymnyno
August 27, 2012
It's great to see this recipe featured! I can hardly wait for my trip to India this December.
ubs2007
January 13, 2012
Incredible! "Wow...this is amazing" said my 4 yr old. I'm Indian so I've always been skeptical about Indian recipes. This recipe was scrumptious, authentic (at least the way my Kashmiri mother use to make it). Thank you very much for the meticulously detailed, delicous recipe...may be one day I'll enhance my repertoire of northern Indian dishes:)
JSaez
October 11, 2011
Wow! Fabulous. I made this recipe today and it was so good. I even used brown rice instead and still amazing. Thank you!
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