EGG BIRIYANI | BIRIYANI

EGG BIRIYANI

Serve your loved ones some tasty egg biriyani with raita .

Serves - 2

BEST TIME TO HAVE?

As your Lunch or Dinner.

HOW TO MAKE EGG BIRIYANI?

INGREDIENTS:

• Basmati Rice - 1 cup 
• Boiled Egg- 2
• Star Anise – 1
• Cinnamon stick – 1 cm
• Peppercorn – 3 no
• Cloves – 3 no
• Cardamom – 2 no
• Shahjeera or caraway seeds – ½ tsp
• Oil – 5 tbsp
• Bay leaf – 1
• Onion – 1 medium size
• Green chili – 3 no
• Ginger garlic paste – 1/2  tsp
• Tomato – 1 small size.
• Kashmiri Chili powder – 1 tsp
• Chili powder – ½ tsp
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Mint leaves – handful
• Coriander leaves  - handful
• Curd – ¼  cup
• Salt – as per your taste.

METHOD:

1. Wash and soak the rice for 20 min.
2. Roast star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, peppercorn and caraway seeds until it release it flavor. Then grind it to a fine powder.
3. Heat 4 tbsp in a pan and add the Bay leaf. Add the thinely sliced onion and saute till transparent.
4. Now add the silted green chili and ginger garlic taste and saute till the raw smell disappears.
5. Now add the Kashmiri chili powder and turmeric powder and the prepared masala. Saute for a min in low flame.
6. Now add the tomato and cook till done.
7. Mash the tomatoes once cooked well with the spoon/spatula.
8. Now add the beaten curd with enough salt and mix well.
9. Now add 1 ¾ cup of water with enough salt to cook the rice and let it boil. Add the soaked rice, both the leaves and cover cook it for 10 min.
10. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan add ¼ tsp of turmeric, chili powder and mix well in low flame. Peel the hard shell of the egg and roast the egg in it till light brown appears – 3 min approx.
11. Now add the roasted egg to the cooked rice and mix well. Cover cook it for another 2 min.

Serve hot