Egg Biryani-Muttai Biryani
Prep Time : 15 mins
Serves: 2
Recipe Category: Lunch-Rice-Eggs
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Adapted from Vahrehvah
Ingredients needed
Basmati Rice – 1 cup
Onion – 2 medium or 1 Large
Cashew nuts -10
Green chillies – 2
Ginger-garlic paste – 1 1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves – fistful
Mint leaves – fistful
Thick curd/plain yogurt – 3 tbsp
Fried Onions – 2 tbsp
Salt needed
Spice Powder
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Chilli Powder – 1 tsp
Biryani Masala Powder – 1 tbsp
Garam Masala Powder – 1 tsp
For the Eggs
Eggs -3
Red chilli powder -1/2 tsp
Gram flour/besan -1 tsp (optional)
Salt needed
For the seasoning
Oil – 2 tbsp
Ghee – 2 tsp
Cinnamon – 1 inch piece
Cardamom – 1
Cloves – 2
Shah jeera – 1 tsp
Sea Weed/Kadal pasi – little (optional)
For Garnishing
Fried Onions – 1 tbsp
Coriander Leaves – 1 tbsp finely chopped
Mint leaves – 1 tbsp finely chopped
Ghee/clarified butter -1 tsp
Saffron – 3-4 strands
Milk – 1 tbsp
Preparation
Wash and soak Basmati rice in water for 30-40 minutes.
After 30 minutes, drain the water completely and saute basmati rice in a tsp of ghee for a few seconds. This step is optional but adds flavor to the biryani.
Cut onion lengthwise and keep it ready. Wash and finely chop mint and coriander leaves.
For Fried Onions – Cut onion lengthwise, dry it a little and deep fry in oil on medium flame until brown.
Soak saffron in a tbsp of warm milk.
Keep all the ingredients ready.
Method
Heat oil + ghee and add the ingredients mentioned under seasoning.
After cumin seeds sizzles, add thinly sliced onion and saute until it turns golden brown. Add salt to speed up the process.
Add cashew nuts, slit green chillies and saute for a few more minutes.
Add ginger-garlic paste and saute until the raw flavor of the ginger goes.
Add mint and coriander leaves.
Add chilli powder, turmeric powder, biryani masala, garam masala powder and salt needed. Saute well on medium flame until the raw flavor of the spice powder goes.
Add yogurt/curd and cook for a further 3-4 minutes.
Add fried onions and mix well.
Add 1 1/2 – 1 3/4 cup of water. When water starts boiling, add basmati rice. Mix well and cook covered. Check for salt by tasting the water. If it is slightly salty, it will be perfect once rice is cooked.
When rice is three fourth done, you will see holes appearing on the surface. Add a tbsp fried onions, coriander leaves, mint leaves kept for garnishing, saffron soaked in milk and a tsp of ghee.
Reduce the heat to low and cook covered for another 5 minutes or until all the water is absorbed and the rice is soft.
How to prepare eggs for egg biryani
Hard boil 2 eggs, peel the shell and keep it ready.
In a bowl, break an egg, add chilli powder, salt need and gram flour (besan/kadalai mavu). Mix well.
Make 3-4 lengthwise slits on the boiled eggs. Coat the egg in the above mixture.
Heat a tsp of oil and add the mixture along with the coated boiled eggs. Add finely chopped coriander leaves and cook until the mixture scrambles.
Add the hard boiled eggs and the egg scramble to the rice and mix well gently.
Serve hot with onion raitha. I served with onion raitha and Brinjal Masala Muslim style. The combination was awesome.
| Egg Biryani-Onion Pachadi-Brinjal Masala for biryani (Muslim style) |
View Comments (42)
Wow. .just reading the recipe made my mouth water!
The pictures look awesome Padhu. how do I cook this biryani in rice cooker?
thanks
1.You can do the same steps as mentioned above directly in the rice cooker .
or 2. you can do it in a kadai, then after adding water, transfer the contents to the rice cooker and switch it on. Check in between. As the rice is soaked for 40 minutes, it gets cooked within a few minutes.
Tried this recipe today and it came out fabulous. Thxs for sharing
Super padhu my son loves briyani I will try this today
Looks yummy..
Wowww.... This Sunday special will be Egg Biriyani at my home.. Thanks for sharing Padhu :)
hi padhu, how the dish tastes without milk and saffron ?
Hi padhu, which brand biryani masala powder did u use
I used Sakthi Biryani Masala powder
Hi Padhu, tried this yesterday and it turned awesome. Can you please share brinjal side dish too. It looks tempting
Thank you for this awesome recipe. Could you please share the brinjal side dish as well? Would love to try it together. Thanks !!