Plain Biriyani

Ingredients

4 cups rice(basmati), 1 tomato chopped, 2 tbsn plain yogurt, turmeric powder, 1 tspn chillie powder, 1/4 cup chopped onions ,1 large onion thinly sliced for deep frying, 1 tbsn Biriyani paste, 2 cloves, 2 cardamoms, 1 stick cinnamon, curry leaves, cilantro(coriander leaves, Mint leaves, 1 cup coconut milk (optional), 1 Soup cube (optional), Margarine

How to cook?

Deep fry the thinly sliced onions. Blend 1/2 of the fried onions and leave the other half for later. Fry the mint and cilantro leaves lightly and set aside. Heat a pan and add a 1 tbsn margarine. When it's heated add the chopped onions. When it's light brown add the chopped tomatoes, 1 tspn chillie powder, salt and turmeric powder and stir well. Now add the spices, biriyani paste, yogurt and blended onions. You will get a nice brown color Paste. Now add the washed rice and 1 cup coconut milk or add sufficient water. Add a soup cube to the rice and cook well (optional). You can transfer this to a rice cooker and cook it until well done.
When the rice is cooked serve the rice into a platter and add the fried onions, cilantro and mint leaves and mix well. If you want you can add fried cashews and raisins as well.