Egg Biryani
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Recipe type: Main
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Serves: 3-4
 
A very easy and delicious egg bityani
Ingredients
  • Eggs: 6
  • Onions: 2 medium sliced
  • Tomatoes: 2 medium chopped
  • Ginger Paste: 1 tsp
  • Garlic Paste: 1 tsp
  • Coriander: 2 tbsp chopped
  • Coconut milk: ½ cup
  • Chilli Powder: 2 tsp
  • Chicken Masala: 1 tsp
  • Turmeric Powder: ¼ tsp
  • Ghee: 1 tbsp
  • Salt: to taste
  • Basmati Rice: 1 and ½ cups
  • Cinnamon: 1 inch
  • Cardamom: 2
  • Cloves: 3
  • Green food color: 3-4 drops (optional)
  • Orange food color:3-4 drops (optional)
  • Onion: 2 sliced
  • Cashew nuts: ½ cup broken into pieces
Instructions
  1. Boil around 5-6 cups of water. Add cardamom, cloves ,cinnamon and salt.
  2. Add rice to the boiling water and let cook till done. Drain and keep aside
  3. Divide rice into three portions.
  4. Add orange color to one of the portions and mix well to cover the rice.
  5. Add green color to another portion and mix well to cover the rice.
  6. Leave the third rice white. Keep aside for 10-15 minutes.
  7. Mix the three portions together.
  8. To make gravy, Boil the eggs and cut into quarters.
  9. Heat ghee in a pan and sauté the onion till translucent. Add ginger garlic paste and sauté for a minute. Add tomatoes and coriander and sauté.
  10. Add chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and chicken masala and mix well.
  11. Add coconut milk, 1 cup of water and eggs. Cover and let the gravy cooks till it becomes dry.
  12. To make garnishing, Heat oil in a pan. Fry onion till golden brown. Drain on absorbent paper.
  13. Fry cashew nuts till golden brown. Drain on absorbent paper.
  14. Grease a baking tray. Arrange a layer of rice on the tray.
  15. Arrange a layer of egg gravy on the rice.
  16. Repeat with another layer of rice and egg gravy.
  17. Finally arrange rice as the final layer and garnish with fried cashew nuts and onions.
  18. Seal the tray with aluminium foil.
  19. Cook in a pre-heated oven at 170 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes. Serve hot.
Recipe by YourHungerStop at https://www.yourhungerstop.com/egg-biryani/