Saturday, September 27, 2008

Egg Briyani


This is a very simple recipe for egg briyani still making the meal very special and delicious. Thanks to my friend Soumya for this briyani. This really helps me in last minute cooking as it does not really require lots of ingredients.

Ingredients

Sona Masoori Rice - 2 cups
Boiled eggs - 4
Onions cut lengthwise thin - 1/2 cup
Tomatoes chopped - 1/2 cup
green chillies - 10
garlic - 4 pieces
ginger - same quantity as garlic
cloves - 5
cinnamon - 4 sticks
elachi - 2
ghee and oil - 3 tbsp

Briyani:

1. Grind green chillies, garlic, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, elachi
2. Heat ghee and oil in a pan, add onions saute till it turns translucent
3. Add the ground masal, fry for 2 min
4. Add the tomatoes. turmeric powder and salt
5. Fry the raw rice separate in oil or ghee
6. Add the fried rice to the pan
7. Add water ( for 2 cups of rice take 4 cups of water)
8. Cook for 1 whistle
9. Decorate it wth the boiled eggs and cilantro




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