Egg Pulav

       Egg pulav:

It is a delicious, tasty and yummy pulav easily made by using pressure cooker.

Ingredients :

·        Rice – 1 cup

·        Boiled eggs – 3(boil and cut into pieces)

·        Water – ½  cup

·        Coconut milk - 2

·        Onion – 2 chopped

·        Green chilli – 5 chopped

·        Carrot , beans, potato – 1 ½ cup (cut into small pieces)

·        Peas – ¼ cup

·        Capsicum – 1 cup (optional)

·        Turmeric powder – ¼ spn

·        Salt as needed

·        Coriander leaves  for garnish

·        Roasted cashews – 5 for garnish

For seasoning :

·        Ghee / oil – 3  spn + 2 spn

·        Cinnamon – 2 bits

·        Star anise – 2

·        Bay leaf – 1

Preparation :

·        Wash and soak the rice in water for 30 mins .

·        Wash ,peel and cut the veggies.

·        Boil the eggs with little salt. Then allow it to cool. After that peel the skin and cut into pieces of your desired shapes.

Method :

·        In a pressure cooker, add ghee then add the cinnamon, bay leaf ,star anise one by one.

·        Then add onions,  green chilli , and  sauté well for few mins.

·        Then add the veggies one by one and sauté well for 5 mins.

·        Next add  turmeric powder and mix well.

·        Next add  coconut milk , water, and salt. Allow it to boil.

·        Next add the soaked rice(discard the water) and mix well. Check the salt.

·        Then again add coriander leaves  on the top of the rice . add few more dropes of ghee.

·        Cover the lid of the cooker.

·        Pressure cook it for 2 whistles. Switch off the flame.

·        Once the pressure released, fluff the rice with fork. Then add the small pieces of eggs and roasted cashews. Done !

                                   

Yummy and colourful  Egg pulav  is ready.. serve hot J