Sunday, October 21, 2012

Egg Dum Biriyani

Once a week, even a easy breezy,quick scrambled eggs can make me definitely comfort. Sunday lunch is something special always at our place that too when my betterhalf dont work on weekends. Obviously most of our sunday lunch will definitely goes for pulaos,briyanis or special one pot meals.Egg dum briyani was one of my DH's favourite, also its doesnt need any special side dish or any other gravy to accompany this super flavourful briyani as the eggs itself will definitely replace those side dishes or gravies, eventhough i served this briyani with my lil one's favourite carrot raita.

Give a try once friends, you will definitely fallen in love with this flavourful rice. Eventhough the ingredient list goes for a long list, the cooking process goes for an easy breezy preparation. If you forget to get your meats or fish for your sunday special lunch, dont worry you can make this yummy briyani with eggs.


For cooking rice:
3cups Basmati rice
3nos Cardamoms
4nos Cloves
1inch Cinnamon stick
Salt
1tsp Ghee

For Briyani:
6nos Eggs
2nos Onion (sliced lengthwise)
3nos Tomatoes (chopped finely)
2tsp Ginger garlic paste
4nos Green chillies (slit oepend)
1/2tsp Red chilly powder
1tsp Garam masala powder
1/2tsp Briyani masala powder (i used shakthi masala)
1cup Yogurt
1no Lemon (half)
1/2cup Mint leaves (chopped)
1/4cup Coriander leaves (chopped)
2nos Bayleaves
3tbsp Yellow food colour water
2tbsp Oil
2tbsp Ghee

Wash and soak the rice for 10minutes in enough water,keep aside.

Cook the eggs and peel the skin;poke it with a fork, heat few drops of oil and fry in medium flame until the eggs gets well fried and brown, keep aside.

Heat enough water with the spices given under the list 'for cooking rice', ghee and salt,add the rice and continue to cook until the rice get half cooked,drain the water.

Discard the spices from the rice and keep aside.

Meanwhile heat the oil and ghee in a wide open pan, fry the bay leaves until brown and fry onions until they turns pink, add now the chopped tomatoes,ginger garlic paste, mint leaves,slit opened green chillies and fry for few more minutes.

Now add the garam masala, briyani masala,red chilly powder and fry everything again for few minutes.

Add the fried eggs to the cooking spices, add now the yoghurt and saute until the oil separates.

For Dum:
Take a big pot with a lid, add the half of the egg-spice mixture to it, spread half of the cooked rice on the top.

Sprinkle some chopped coriander leaves,enough food colour water

Repeat the same process until everything get finished. Cover the pan with damp cloth and the lid.

Cook in low flame for 15-20minutes or bake in oven for 20minutes at 350F.

Serve this flavourful briyani with raita.

37 comments:

Srividhya Ravikumar said... Reply To This Comment

fantastic priya....tempting..

Asiya Omar said... Reply To This Comment

mm..delicious looks tempting..

Suhaina said... Reply To This Comment

this looks super yumm Priya. My son says he just wants them right now. I better put him to sleep.

divya said... Reply To This Comment

I'm drooling...

Divya A said... Reply To This Comment

Drool-worthy biryani Priya :)
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Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Looks absolutely delicious :) perfectly made will try this soon

Faseela said... Reply To This Comment

lovely tempting biriyani.....

fimere said... Reply To This Comment

un plat appétissant plein de saveurs à tester
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Jaya M said... Reply To This Comment

That is one scrumptious biryani..hugs

Vidya Chandrahas said... Reply To This Comment

Biryani looks absolutely tempting...It is one of the favorite kind at our home

Vidya Chandrahas said... Reply To This Comment

Biryani looks absolutely tempting...it is one of the favorite kind at our home

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Absolutely delicious and looks so tempting!

Angie's Recipes said... Reply To This Comment

A homey and tasty rice dish.

Mélange said... Reply To This Comment

My God,that's a punishment at this time.. Drooling over the biriyani..

Rashida Shaikh said... Reply To This Comment

I like the aroma of so many spices with egg, must have tasted good.
Rice grains are looking beautiful, nice click.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

absolutely divine :)

Asiya Omar said... Reply To This Comment

Thanks for linking this delicious recipe to my event..

Rajani S said... Reply To This Comment

The eggs looks so perfectly done! Fantabulous Biryani, Priya :)

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Tempting rice grains cooked perfectly....

Torviewtoronto said... Reply To This Comment

deliciously done

radha said... Reply To This Comment

An authentic dum biryani recipe. It looks absolutely delicious.

Akila said... Reply To This Comment

Dum Biryani looks delicious

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Reshmi Mahesh said... Reply To This Comment

Yummy and tempting dum biryani...

divyagcp said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious aromatic Biryani.. Looks very inviting!

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Sanoli Ghosh said... Reply To This Comment

Fingerlicking good egg biryani. Absolutely fabulous...

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Vimitha Durai said... Reply To This Comment

Can I stop by Priya... Looks delicious

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

No words....Am drooling Priya:)

Nisa Homey said... Reply To This Comment

Now u are tempting me to make this ASAP...YUM!

kausers kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

mouthwatering...looks delicious..happy to follow u wud b glad if u follow back :)

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

such a delicious appealing dum biryani...

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Cham said... Reply To This Comment

Love one pot meal, the egg biryani is simply delicious one!

Roshni said... Reply To This Comment

yumm yummmm

Nada said... Reply To This Comment

Oh yes to biryani anytime...I like this one!

Amina Creations said... Reply To This Comment

delicious and flavourful biryani... do pass me a plate :)

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

Egg biryani never looked more tempting :)

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

awesome yummy biriyani...
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VineelaSiva said... Reply To This Comment

WOw thw rice is very inviting and yummy.