" Egg Biryani "

Till date, My blog has stayed away from rice recipes but how long could I stay away from it :P From where I come, the lunch is incomplete without rice. So, I decided to put away the restrains for a while and to indulge in a delectable treat of Biryani. The best of it I had tasted in Bangalore, but had never tried to cook it at home. 

…and the idea to cook it at home filled my senses with the enticing aroma of Biryani cooked with whole grain spices. Moreover, it’s the best rice dish having a brilliantly engaging combination of aroma, colour and taste. So, I delved into the cooking frenzy and guess what… I added my favourite ingredient eggs to have a complete dinner delight. I’m a big egg fan and can eat it anytime. I can eat egg in every form boil, half boil, scrambled, porch, omelette anything and everything. You can also cook it easily and will sure love the fragrance of spices during its cooking. So here goes the recipe of egg biryani which i've minimally adapted from Sailu's Kitchen…

Ingredients:

Hard boiled eggs - 4 to 5

Onions – 2 to3 large finely sliced

Green chillies – 4 to 5

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp

Cloves – 2 to 3

Cardamoms - 1

Cinnamon - 1/2″

Bay leaves - 1

Desi ghee – 5to 6 tbsp

Red chilli powder as per taste

Turmeric powder – 1 tsp (one can avoid this n use saffron and milk)

Salt as per taste

Biryani Masala – I used Everest biryani powder

Ingredients for cooking rice:

Basmati rice - 2 1/2 cups

Cloves - 2

Cardamoms - 1

Cinnamon - 1/2″

Bay leaves - 1

Salt – 1/ tbsp

Oil – 1 to 2 tbsp

Water as per requirement

Method :

1. Cook rice in enough water along with other spices. Don’t forget to add oil so that they won’t stick to each other while cooking. Drain out excess water.

2. In a heavy bottom Pan heat the ghee, put the whole masala like bay leaf, cardamom, cinnamon etc. Add sliced onions and fry them till golden brown. Remove half of fried onions and keep aside.
3. Now add sliced green chillies, then put ginger garlic paste and saute it for 2-3 minutes. Add coriander powder, chilli powder, salt and biryani masala and cook them till oil separates. Add 4 sliced eggs and fold them into masala 

4. Now take a pan to prepare the biryani. Drizzle some ghee all over, add half of the rice as a first layer followed by the egg masala and then another layer of rice and remaining egg masala and drizzle 1 tbsp of ghee all over.

5. Cover it with the lid. Cook on medium heat for 2-3 minutes and let the aroma spreads.

Spread the remaining fried onions and eggs. Decorate with coriander leaves and serve.

Enjoy!