Restaurant Style EGG BIRYANI – The story of Nupur Choudhary
A woman driven by passion for cooking, baking, creating content around food, Nupur is a homechef and food blogger. We met her at an event in Bangalore which had invited brilliant culinary minds to address newcomers in the food space. Not only was the event fruitful and enjoyable, it helped us connect with enthusiastic people who love food as much as we do! Nupur was one such person whom we were interested to connect with for shooting a recipe video. And, a few weeks later, we did!
She writes food blogs and runs an Instagram page under ‘nupurs.kitchen’, all of the content created at home, with assistance, at times, from her husband, Shiben. The pictures are an absolute treat to look at, considering the time spent in ideation of the same. A Bengali who loves experimenting with unique dishes, Nupur tries to whip up something new everyday for herself and her food lover husband. A healthy twist to classic recipes is also her specialty, considering the health conscious world we are living in currently.
It was such a memorable experience shooting the recipe of Egg Biryani with her. Biryani is an old and classic recipe that can be prepared in a million forms but at the end of the day, it requires practice, expertise and passion to serve a plate of delicious Biryani! And, this is what, we ate at Nupur’s house after the video shoot. Not only was the Biryani homemade, the masala used in it, was too. Let us learn how to make this restaurant style Egg Biryani at home.
As the biryani has 3 important parts, we will divide the ingredients accordingly.
For the gravy
Egg : 6nos
Onion: 2 medium size
Ginger paste : 1 tbsp
Garlic paste : 1 tbsp
Green chilly : 3 nos
Fresh coriander leaves
Fresh mint leaves
Curd : 4 tbsp
Biryani Masala : 3 tbsp
Jeera powder : 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder : 1 tsp
Red chilly powder : 1 tsp
Coriander powder: 1 tsp
Sugar – 1 tbsp
Salt as per taste
Mustard oil : 4 -5 tbsp
Hing : a pinch
For Rice:
Water : 4 cups
Rice : 2 cups
Bay leaf : 2 nos
Cardamon : 4 nos
Clove : 4 nos
Pepper corns : 8 nos
Star anise: 1 nos
Mace : 1/2 inch
Cinnamon: 1/2 inch
Salt : 1tsp
For layering & garnish
Ghee – 1 tsp for each layer of rice
Saffron strands : 8-10
Milk 1/4th cup
Orange color : 4-5 drops(optional)
Biryani Masala- 1 tbsp
Coriander and mint leaves
Fried onions
Biryani Masala
Green Cardomon : 6-8 nos
Black cardomon : 2 nos
Cinnamon: 1/2 inch Cloves : 3/4 tsp
Mace : 2 nos
Pepper corn : 1/2 tsp
Fennel seeds : 1/2tsp
Jeera : 1/2tsp
Dry roast all the ingredients for 4-5 mins on medium flame and then transfer it into a chutney jar and make a smooth powder.
METHOD: –
-Boil the Eggs, put a slight slit on them, coat in Biryani Masala, turmeric powder, chilli powder and shallow fry them.
-Keep the fried onions and Biryani Masala ready(recipe given above)
-Make the Biryani gravy as shown in the video
-Layer the Biryani on the pan as shown in the video
-Let it cook for 35-40 minutes on medium flame.
-Serve hot with Raita.
This is a one pot meal that you can make at home with a little advance planning and preparation. Trust me, you will love this Biryani!
