Sunday, 11 August 2013

White Brinji ( Coconut milk Brinji )



Ingredients:

  • Basmathi rice - 1 1/2 cup
  • Coconut milk - 1 cup
  • Onion - 2 nos
  • Green chilli - 2 nos ( large )
  • Ginger garlic paste - 1 1/4 tspn
  • Bay leaves - 1 no ( large )
  • Cinnamon stick ( 1 inch ) - 2 nos
  • Cloves - 3 nos
  • Butter - 2 tspn
  • Oil - 2 tblspn
  • Salt - to taste
  • Water - 3 cups
  • Briyani essence - few drops (optional )

Method:

  • Wash and soak the basmathi rice in water for 15 to 20 mins
  • Drain the water completely and keep it aside
  • Cut the onion thinly as in briyani
  • Slit the green chilli vertically into two halves don't chop in to pieces
  • Heat oil and butter in a kadai, add bay leaf, cinnamon stick, cloves after it pops out add onion and green chilli
  • After 2 mins add ginger garlic paste, when the raw smell goes add the rice and saute it for 2 mins
  • Transfer this to another bowl, boil 3 cups of water along with salt in the same kadai, when water starts to boil, keep in low flame and add coconut milk
  • Then add the fried basmathi rice , mix it well and close the lid
  • After the rice becomes tender  and water evaporated ( if you are using briyani essence add at this stage ) switch off the stove
  • Serve the tasty white brinji with spring onion garnish





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