Egg Pulao(ডিমের পোলাও)

Ingredients:

1. Basmati rice-2 cup
2. Egg-5 beaten (for polao)
3. Egg-2 hard boiled(for garnish)
4. Tomato-3 medium(chopped)
5. Onion-3 medium(chopped)
6. Green chili-5 (whole)
7. Red chili powder-1 ts
8. Cumin powder-1 ts
9. Ginger paste-1 Tbs
10. Garlic paste-1 Tbs
11. Cardamom-4/5 pieces
12. Cinnamon stick-2 pieces
13. Bay leave-3 pieces
14. Nutmeg powder-1/2 ts
15. Coconut milk-2 cup
16. Food color-1 pinch(dissolve with 2 Tbs water)
17. Ghee-2 Tbs
18. Oil- 2ts
19. Salt-1 and 1/2 ts or according to your taste
20. Water-around 3 cup

Procedure:

1. Wash rice and drain water.
2. 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.
   
3. 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.
4. 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)
5. Cook until the rice gets well cooked.
6. Slice the hard boiled egg. Garnish and serve.(before serve mix gently)