Egg Biryani
Egg biryani is a delicious rice preparation made with basmati rice cooked with aromatic spices and boiled eggs. This is a one-pot, protein-rich dish made with basic staple ingredients available at home.
Ingredients
- 4 cups Long Grain Basmati Rice
- 6 Boiled Eggs
- 2 tbsp Oil For Frying Onions
- 1 cup Fried Onions
- 1 tsp Sugar
- FOR MASALA
- 3 tbsp Oil
- 1 Bay Leaf
- 7 Black Pepper Corns
- 5 Cloves
- 1/2 inch Cinnamon Stick
- 2 Medium Sized Onion (Finely Chopped)
- 1 tbsp Ginger-Garlic-Green Chilli Paste
- 1 Medium Sized Tomato (Finely Chopped)
- 1 tsp Cumin Powder
- 2 tsp Coriander Powder
- 1 tbsp Chicken Masala OR Biryani Masala
- 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
- 4 tbsp Curd / Yogurt
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp Ghee
Instructions
- In a thick bottom kadai/ pan, heat oil. Once the oil is hot, add the bay leaf and whole spices.
- Add finely chopped onion and saute for about 3-4 minutes.
- Add ginger-garlic-green chilli paste and saute till onions become translucent.
- Add the finely chopped tomatoes and let this onion-tomato mixture cook till tender.
- Once the onion and tomatoes are cooked, add turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, salt and chicken masala powder (you can use biryani masala too). Mix well.
- Now add whisked yogurt and cook the mixture stirring continuously on the low flame until the mixture comes to a boil.
- Once this base mixture is ready, keep some of this masala aside as we will require it when we will layer this biryani.
- Place the first layer of half-cut eggs onto the masala and coat them with this aromatic onion tomato masala.
- Add the cooked long-grained basmati rice. Sprinkle fried onions, half a teaspoon of garam masala powder and some finely chopped coriander leaves.
- Repeat the same layer with the remaining rice and eggs.
- Drizzle a tablespoon of ghee all over the biryani.
- Cover and let the biryani get nice steam for about 7-8 minutes on the lowest flame.
- Simple homestyle egg biryani is ready to serve.
- Serve it with raita. salad or salan of your choice.
Notes
You can use biriyani masala instead of chicken masala. Biryani masala is easily available at any grocery stores.
