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Thalassery Egg Biryani, How to make Malabar Dum Style

Malabar or Thalassery

Sandhya Riyaz · sandyathome.com · 2025 · 4 servings

Against 319 biryani recipes

More spices than 98% of recipes and more ghee or oil than 83%.

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How it compares

Against the typical pot: the median of 319 biryani recipes, per 100 g of uncooked rice.

  • More spices than 98% of recipes: 17% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 4.6%, about 3.5 times as much.
  • More ghee or oil than 83% of recipes: 26% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 14%.
  • More onions than 78% of recipes: 97% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 59%.
  • More mint and coriander than 79% of recipes: 3.1% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about 4.5 times as much.
Meat, fish or egg: 81%, 33rd percentileYogurt: 17%, 37th percentileOnions: 97%, 79th percentileGhee or oil: 26%, 84th percentileMint and coriander: 3.1%, 80th percentileSpices: 17%, 99th percentilePotatoes: 0%, 40th percentileSalt: 0%, 27th percentileMeat, fishor eggYogurtOnionsGheeor oilMint andcorianderSpicesPotatoesSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (27)

  • 2 cups, Jeerakasala / Kaima rice (washed and soaked 20 min)≈ 370 g
  • 5 - 6 cups Water (or enough to cook rice 90% done)≈ 1304 g
  • 2 nos. Clovesn/a
  • 2 nos. Cardamom≈ 0.5 g
  • 1 nos. Bay leaf≈ 0.2 g
  • Salt, to tasten/a
  • Mint leaves, fewn/a
  • 2 tablespoon, Ginger≈ 12 g
  • 3 cloves Garlic≈ 9 g
  • 4- 5 nos. Green chillin/a
  • 6 nos. Eggs (hard-boiled, shells removed)≈ 300 g
  • 1 teaspoon, Red chili powder (optional, adjust to taste)≈ 2.7 g
  • 3 nos, Onion (medium, thinly sliced)≈ 330 g
  • 2 nos. Tomato (medium, chopped)≈ 240 g
  • ½ teaspoon, Turmeric powder≈ 1.5 g
  • ½ teaspoon, Garam masala≈ 1.3 g
  • ¼ cup, Curd/ Yogurt≈ 61 g
  • ¼ cup, Coriander leaves (chopped)≈ 4 g
  • ¼ cup, Mint leaves (chopped)≈ 5 g
  • 3 tablespoon, Oil/ Ghee≈ 41 g
  • 2 pods, Cardamom≈ 0.5 g
  • ½ stick, Cinnamon≈ 57 g
  • ½ cup, Fried onions (I tawa cooked in 3 tbsp oil)≈ 28 g
  • 2 tablespoon, Cashews (fried in ghee)≈ 15 g
  • 2 tablespoon, Raisins (fried in ghee)≈ 19 g
  • 4 tablespoon, Ghee≈ 54 g
  • 2 tablespoon, Mint (chopped)≈ 2.4 g

uncooked rice 370 gin all 2857 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of uncooked rice

Grams per 100 g of uncooked rice, and where that falls among all 319 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Meat, fish or egg81% · 33rd percentile
  • Yogurt17% · 37th percentile
  • Onions97% · 79th percentile
  • Ghee or oil26% · 84th percentile
  • Mint and coriander3.1% · 80th percentile
  • Spices17% · 99th percentile
  • Potatoes0% · 40th percentile
  • Salt0% · 27th percentile

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