Ingredients

• 3 - big onions, sliced finely
• 3 or 4 - green chillies, sliced lengthwise
• 2 tbsp - ginger paste
• 2 tbsp - garlic paste
• 3 - big tomatoes, chopped
• 4 tbsp - coconut paste or 1 pack coconut milk
• 1/2 cup - fresh mint leaves
• 1/2 cup - coriander leaves
• 1 cup - curd
• 1 tsp - turmeric powder
• 2 - bay leaves
• 4 - cloves
• 4 pieces - cinnamon
• 4 - cardamoms
• Salt to taste
• 10 - eggs, boiled and shelled
• 1/2 kg - biriyani rice or basmati rice
• 4 tbsp - oil
• 3 tbsp - ghee
• 2 tsp - chilli powder

How to Make Mint flavored Egg Biryani

• Wash rice and soak in water for about 20 mins
• Heat oil and ghee in a suitable vessel or rice cooker and add spices and bay leaves and fry for a few mins
• Now add onions, ginger paste, garlic paste and saute for some time
• Add boiled eggs, turmeric, mint leaves, coriander leaves and chilli powder and fry for a while
• Next add chopped tomatoes and salt and keep on frying till the oil separates from the masala
• Add curd, slit green chillies, coconut and salt and simmer for 10 to 15 mins
• Add 4 cups of water and boil
• Now add the rice and cook on low heat till done, stirring once or twice
• Serve with curd chutney and chicken or meat curry
• Recipe Courtesy: Anglo-Indian Recipes