Egg Biriyani

Ingredients

1. Basmati rice - 2 cups
2. Eggs - 2 No:s,hard boiled
3. Onion - 2 No:s,medium size,chopped
4. Green chillies - 3 No:s,chopped
5. Cinnamon- 1 inch length
6. Cloves - 3-4
7. Bay leaf - 1
8. Cardamom - 2Nos
9. Black pepper corns - 5- 6 No:s
10. Tomato - 1 chopped
11. Carrots - 2, chopped
12. Chilly powder - 1 tspn
13. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tspn (1/4  + 1/4)
14. Garam masala - 1/4 tspn
15. Salt to taste
16. Ghee - 1 tspn
17. Oil - 1tspn
18. Water - 3 cups + 1/2 cup
19. Biriyani essence - 2 drops

For seasoning

1. Ghee - 1/2 tbspn
2. Onion - 1 ,thinly sliced lengthwise
3. Cashewnuts - 6-7 No:s
4. Raisins - 6-7 No:s

How to make

     Heat ghee in a pressure cooker , add 5- 9 ingredients and saute till fragrent. Add choped onion(1) and green chillies(2 No:s) chopped and saute til the onion is translucent. Add cleaned rice, turmeric powder(1/4 tspn ) and saute for 3 minutes. Add chopped carrot,water and salt .Cook for 3 whistles. Open the pressure cooker when the pressure is fully released and spread the rice on a plate to cool.

      Meanwhile, heat oil in a wok / kadai, add the remaining onion and green chillies and saute till the onion is translucent. Add chopped tomato,chilly powder,turmeric powder and garam masala powder.Saute till the raw smell leaves. Add 1/2 cup water.Make slits on the hard boiled eggs using a knief. Add salt and eggs to the wok and saute well so that the masala is well coated on the egg. Now layer the egg masala in a biriyani dish. On top of it layer the cooked rice. Then again layer the egg masala  over rice. Cover it with the remaining rice.Cover with a lid and simmer for a few minutes.

    Fry the onion in ghee. Make sure the onion turns golden brown in color and set aside. Fry the cashewnuts till they get a golden brown color. Set aside. Fry the raisins. Add the fried ingredients to the biriyani and add biriyani essence and keep it covered for 5 minutes. Serve with raita.

Enjoy!!!

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Soya chunks fry

Ingredients

1. Soya chunks - 2-3 cups
2. Shallots(small onion) - 10-15 No:s(Crushed)
3. Garlic - 2 cloves(Crushed)
4. Ginger - half a small one(Crushed)
5. Crushed chilly - 2 tablespoons 
6. Coriander powder - 1 teaspoon
7. Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon
8. Pepper powder - 1 teapoon
9. Coconut - grated 1 cup
10. Salt - to taste
11. Chilly powder -  1/2 tablespoon
12. Coconut oil
13. Curry leaves
14. Whole red chilly - 2 No:s
15. Mustard seeds 

How to make

Soak the soya chunks for about an hour. Squeese well the soya chunks while removing from water.Marinate the soya chunks with ingredients 2 - 10. Keep aside for 20 mins. Pressure cook the marinated soya chunks with 1 cup of water. Cook for 2 -3 whistles. If there is water in it after cooking, cook in low flame till it dries out. Take a bottom heavy pan. Add cocnut oil 4-5 tablespons, add whole red chilly,splutter mustard seeds and curry leaves.Fry for a few seconds. Add the cooked soya and chilly powder to it and fry well in low falme.
Add oil as needed and stir well in between till it becomes dark brown in color. 

Goes well with chapathi and rice

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Spicy Fried Rice

Ingredients

Basmati rice - 2 cups

Green peas - 1/2 cup (Soak it for atleast 2 hrs)

Carrot - 1 medium size

Potato - 1 medium size

Onion - 1 big finely chopped

Green chilly - 2-3 No:s (big)  finely chopped

Turmeric powder - 1/2 - 1 teasppon

Chilly powder - 1 1/2 teaspoon

Pepper powder - 1/4 teaspoon

Ghee - 2  teaspoons 

Cumin seeds(Jeerakam) - 1/4 teaspoon

Black pepper - 10-15 No:s

Coconut oil - 3 teaspoons

Curry leaves

Mustard seeds

Whole red chilly - 2 no:s 

Salt - to taste

Water - 3 cups 

Preparation

Cut carrot and potatos in medium sized square pieces. Heat  2 tablespoons of ghee in a pressure cooker. Add cumin seeds, black whole pepper ,onion and green chillies and saute for 2 mins. Wash the basmati rice properly and add the diced carrots , rice and green peas. Add turmeric powder and saute well for 3 mins.Add 3 glasses of water(1cup rice to 1 1/2 cups of water is the ratio). Pressure cook it for 4 whistles. Take another bottom heavy pan. Add 3 teapoons of oil and splutter mustard seeds. Add whole red chillies and curry leaves. Add the diced potatoes.Cover it with a lid and cook it until the potatos are fully done.Add 1 teaspoon chilly powder,salt to taste. Make sure the potatoes become crsipy.When the rice is done move it to a serving dish . Add the cooked potatoes and sprinkle chilly powder,pepper powder. Mix it well with the rice and serve.

Side dish

Ingrediants

Onion - big

Tomato - 1 

carrot - 1

cucumber - 1/4 th of a big one 

Curd - 1 cup

Salt- to taste 

Preparation

Chop the onion ,tomato,carrot and cucumber in meidum sized square pieces.Add curd and salt to it.Goes well with the spicy fried rice.

Happy Meal :) 

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