EGG DUM BIRYANI !!!!!

I adapted this recipe from KUDPIRAJ'S GARAM TAWA. And i just loved this recipe. But i slightly made changes in proportions according to my sons taste. And i made changes in cooking method too.

INGREDIENTS:-

eggs -6
onions - 4 sliced & browned with the oil
basmathi rice - 1 cup
water - 2 cups
kishmish - 2 tbl sp
cashew nuts - a handful
mint leaves - a handful chopped
coriander leaves - a handful chopped
curds - 4 tbl sp
green chillies - 2
ginger-garlic paste - 2 tsp
red chilly pow - 1 tsp
pepper pow - 1 tsp
green cardamom - 2
cloves - 2
cinnamon - 1/2 inch
star anise - 1
bay leaf - 1
mace(javethri) - a pinch
saffron - a pinch dissolved in milk (optional)
ghee - 2tsp
oil - 2tsp

METHOD:-

1. Boil the eggs for about 10 mins. Allow them to cool. Peel them, Cut them half or put gashes on them.
2. In cooker, put ghee and fry all the dry spices. Add washed basmathi rice + lil salt + 2 cups of water. Take 2 whistles. & transfer to a platter, spread it and allow it to cool.
3. Fry cashew nuts in ghee and keep it aside.
4. In a kadai, put oil and add ginger-garlic paste & 3/4th of browned onions & fry.
5. Add raisins, minced green chillies( i used slitted green chillies) and the greens and fry till a nice aroma emanates.
6. Add curds, red chilly pow, pepper pow and salt to taste. Fry well till the gravy becomes thick.
7. Simmer the heat.
8. Place eggs on gravy, top up with cooked rice, sprinkle the saffron in milk over it. Cover & cook on slow fire for 5 mins.
9. Open the cover, garnish with browned onions & fried cashew nuts. Mix the rice with gravy before serving.

HAPPY COOKING :))))))