Egg Dum Biryani is a delicious lunch variety, prepared with boiled eggs, cooked rice, fried onion, and other spice powders and whole spices. There are so many varieties in biriyani like it is prepared with vegetables, eggs, fish, and meat. Dum biriyani is more flavourful and tasty as compared to regular biriyani. There are so many varieties in dum biriyani too like chicken dum biriyani is the popular dish all over the world, mutton (goat meat) biriyani is another popular dish.
- 1 cup Basmati Rice (200 grams)
- 2 Bay leaves
- 5 Cloves
- 1 inch Cinnamon
- 2 Javitri
- Salt as required for rice
- 3 tsp Oil
- 2 tsp Cooking oil
- 1 Sliced onion
- 2 tsp Cooking oil
- 6 Boiled eggs
- Salt as required for eggs
- 1/2 tsp Garam masala
- 1/2 tsp Chili powder
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 Onion (finely chopped)
- 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
- 3 Green chilis
- 10 Cashewnuts
- Few Coriander leaves
- Few Mint leaves
- 2 tsp Chili powder
- 1 tsp Garam masala
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1.5 tsp Coriander powder
- Salt as required
- 1 Tomato
- 1/4 cup Curd
- A handful of mint leaves
- A handful of coriander leaves
- 1 Pinch Saffron
- 5 tsp Milk
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In a bowl add 1 cup of basmati rice, rinse soak it for 15 - 20 minutes.
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Once done drain and keep it aside.
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In a pan add 5-6 cups water, and bring it to boil.
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Once done add 2 bay leaves, 5 cloves, 1-inch cinnamon, 2 javitri, required salt and 3 tsp of oil.
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Now add soaked rice and combine well.
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Cook for 7-8 minutes or till 90% done.
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Once done drain water completely and keep it aside.
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In a pan heat 2 tsp of oil, and add 1 sliced onion.
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Cook for 5-6 minutes on low flame or until it becomes golden brown.
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Once done keep it aside.
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In a pan heat 2 tsp oil and add 6 boiled eggs.
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Add required salt, 1/2 tsp garam masala, 1/2 tsp chili powder, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
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Combine everything well and cook for 1-2 minutes.
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Once done keep it aside.
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In the same pan add 1 finely chopped onion and saute for a minute.
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Add 1 tsp ginger garlic paste and 3 green chilis, cook until the raw smell leaves.
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Add 10 cashew nuts, a few coriander leaves, and mint leaves.
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Combine everything well.
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Now add 2 tsp of chilli powder, 1 tsp garam masala powder, 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, 1.5 tsp coriander powder and required salt.
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Mix everything well.
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Now add 1 chopped tomato and cook till tomato becomes mushy.
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Add 1/4 cup of thick curd and mix well.
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Cook covered for 5 minutes.
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Masala mixture for dum biriyani is ready now.
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Save half of the masala mixture for layering.
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Turn the flame low and add 3 eggs to the remaining masala.
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Add half of the cooked rice little by little.
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Sprinkle half of the fried onion.
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Add a few coriander and mint leaves.
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Gently spread the remaining masala mixture.
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Add remaining cooked rice, eggs, fried onion, coriander leaves, and mint leaves.
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Finally, add (1 pinch saffron soaked in 4-5 tsp of milk) saffron milk.
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Cook covered tightly for 15 minutes.
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Once done, mix gently and serve hot.
- Use good quality basmati rice, dum biriyani cannot be prepared with any other rice.
- Cooking rice with perfect texture is the most important thing, cook the rice until 90% done, if it is soft, it may break.
- Once done drain water completely otherwise biriyani may become watery.
- You can shallow fry or deep fry the sliced onion.
- You can add eggs according to your taste.
- Once you started layering turn the flame low.
- I have cooked in a pan directly with a low flame, you can keep the pan on tawa to avoid burning.
- I have just covered it with the lid, you can seal it with aluminium foil or wheat flour dough, or you can cover it with a lid and put some weight (with mortar and pestle) on it.
- Saffron milk is optional you can add saffron water or you can use a pinch of orange food colour with water.