Ingredients:
- Basmati rice-2 cup
- Egg-5 beaten (for polao)
- Egg-2 hard boiled(for garnish)
- Tomato-3 medium(chopped)
- Onion-3 medium(chopped)
- Green chili-5 (whole)
- Red chili powder-1 ts
- Cumin powder-1 ts
- Ginger paste-1 Tbs
- Garlic paste-1 Tbs
- Cardamom-4/5 pieces
- Cinnamon stick-2 pieces
- Bay leave-3 pieces
- Nutmeg powder-1/2 ts
- Coconut milk-2 cup
- Food color-1 pinch(dissolve with 2 Tbs water)
- Ghee-2 Tbs
- Oil- 2ts
- Salt-1 and 1/2 ts or according to your taste
- Water-around 3 cup
- Wash rice and drain water.
- Heat oil in a pan. Saute 1/3 chopped onion. Whisk egg with 1/4 ts salt. Add the whisk egg to the onion and make scrambled. Remove from the pan and keep aside.
- Heat ghee in a deep bottom pan. Add bay leaves, cinnamon and cardamom. Stir for a while. Add 2/3 onion and fry until it turns light golden. Add ginger and garlic paste, tomato, salt, all powder ingredients and coconut milk, and stir it until oil separate. Then add rice and mix it carefully with the gravy around 5 minutes.
- Add 3 cup hot water,stir. When it start to boil, cover the pan with lid. When the rice is almost done add scrambled egg,toss gently. Add food color and keep it in a very low heat.(If needed you can add little hot water to the rice)
- Cook until the rice gets well cooked.
- Slice the hard boiled egg. Garnish and serve.(before serve mix gently)
reads delicious! but can please tell me, how do i get milk out of a coconut?
ReplyDelete-Moni
Hi Moni,
ReplyDeletethanks for your comment.You can find ready coconut milk in can. If you want to make it at home you can follow the following steps:
1. Grate your coconut,
2. Now blend it with some milk or water in a blender.
3. Then squeeze it in a cheese cloth or any kind of white cotton cloth to get coconut milk.