Egg Biriyani

Ingredients

• Egg-5
• Basmati-2 cups
• Small Onion -20
• Big Onion-2
• Ginger-one big piece
• Garlic-3 pods
• Green chilly-2
• Tomato-2 medium
• Chilly powder-1/4tsp
• Turmeric powder-1/4tsp
• Coriander powder-1tsp
• Garam masala-2 pinch
• Salt- to taste
• Lemon juice -1 tbsp
• Ghee
• Cinnamon-one small piece
• Cloves-3
• Cardamom-3
• Mint leaves -handful
• Coriander Leaves-handful
• Cashew nuts-15
• Kismis-20
• Curd-1tbsp
• yellow colour
• Pineapple essence

Method 

• Boil the eggs , remove shell and keep aside
• Soak rice for 20 minutes
• Add cinnamon,cloves ,salt and cardamom to the water and boil well
• To this boiling water add soaked and drained rice
• When 3/4th cooked add lemon juice and 1 tsp of ghee
• Remove from the fire and strain ..Keep aside
• Roast cashew nuts and kismis in ghee and keep aside
• Heat oil and fry one big onion (sliced ) till light golden brown ..drain and keep that also aside
• For the gravy
• 
• Crush small onion-green chilly-ginger and garlic together.
• Heat oil and sauté this mix till light brown colour
• Now add sliced big onion
• Saute well.When become golden colour add all the powders
• mix well and sauté for 5 minutes in low flame
• Then add tomato and cook by closing the pan (in low flame)
• When done add curd and mix well
• Then add few cashew nuts,kismis,mint and coriander leaves
• Finally add boiled egg(prick each egg with a fork b4 adding) and mix well
• Add 2 cups of water and boil well
• Cook until the gravy become very thick .
• Check the salt
• 
• Now the main part 
• Take a non stick(deep bottomed) sprinkle ghee and place one layer of rice .
• Then add egg and gravy .place another layer of rice ..
• Put some cashews ,kismis,chopped mint,coriander leaves ,pineapple essence (add pinch of yellow colour and pineapple essence to 1/4th cup of water) .sprinkle ghee ..
• Again place and gravy and do the same thing until u finish the rice and gravy …
• On the top layer should be rice ..Decorate with the same things and add 1 tsp of ghee in all the sides and close the pan tightly ..
• If u have a tight lid then fine ..Otherwise close with a lid and place anything with good weight and dum for 1 hour in very low flame .
• So ur egg biriyani is ready ..
• Serve with onion-tomato raita and pickle

Love 

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Veena