Paneer and Egg Biryani

Name: Paneer and Egg Biryani
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: For the Paneer and Egg Sabzi; 6 boiled eggs; 6 eggs; 1 cup ( leftover paneer masala sabji (optional you can make also or skip also); 1 cup chopped onions; 4 tbsp oil; 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste; 2 tbsp Biryani masala; 1 tsp green chilli paste; 1 tbsp red chilli powder; 1/4 tsp turmeric; 1/2 tsp garam masala; to taste Salt; 2 tsp besan; For Rice; 2 cup long grain rice (preferably Basmati); 1 tsp oil; 1 bay leaf; 1 petal of star anise; 1 inch cinnamon; 1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera); Pinch salt; 4-5 black pepper; 4-5 cloves; For optional garnish; Pinch saffron soaked in 2 tbsp warm milk; As needed Golden fried onions; As needed Chopped mint leaves

Sonia Batra @cook_9666573

Delhi

#Biryani
Today I made biryani with paneer and eggs. I have leftover panner masala sabzi, and make egg burji and some full boiled eggs. It's my innovative Biryani with different combination, believe me it's taste so yummy and very different with regular Biryani.

Sonia Batra @cook_9666573

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Ingredients

For the Paneer and Egg Sabzi
6boiled eggs
6eggs
1 cup( leftover paneer masala sabji (optional you can make also or skip also)
1 cupchopped onions
4 tbspoil
1 tspginger-garlic paste
2 tbspBiryani masala
1 tspgreen chilli paste
1 tbspred chilli powder
1/4 tspturmeric
1/2 tspgaram masala
to tasteSalt
2 tspbesan
For Rice
2 cuplong grain rice (preferably Basmati)
1 tspoil
1bay leaf
1petal of star anise
1 inchcinnamon
1 tspcumin seeds (jeera)
Pinchsalt
4-5black pepper
4-5cloves
For optional garnish
Pinchsaffron soaked in 2 tbsp warm milk
As neededGolden fried onions
As neededChopped mint leaves

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Steps

1

Heat 1 tsp oil in a pot. This is to help roast spices a well as to help prevent the rice from sticking to each other.
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Add the whole spices (listed under ingredients for rice) and sauté for 1/2 a min.
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Add in the long grain rice; mix the rice well so that all the grains are coated well with oil.
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Add water, cover and cook.
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Heat 3 tbsp oil in another pan, add the chopped onions and Sauté for 5 min
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Add ginger-garlic paste, green chilli paste, red chilli salt, kashmiri mirch, biryani masala and mix well and sauté for a min or two.
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Beat 6 eggs and mix well and cook for 5 min.
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While you are cooking the egg bhurji, do keep an eye on the rice that is cooking.
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When the rice is almost done, not full cooked, turn off the heat. Strain the rice and set aside.
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Take a biryani pot, Fill alternate layers of rice and add spread panner sabzi and layer of rice and spread the egg burji. The topmost layer has to be rice.
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Take a another pan, add 1 tsp oil, salt, mirch and besan and saute for 2 min and add full boiled egg and saute for 2 min.
Now place the fried eggs on top of the rice.
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Garnish the rice with the saffron milk and a strand of saffron, fried onions and chopped mint leaves.
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Serve Hot with a side of Raita (yogurt-vegetable mixture)