Fish
Biriyani
Ingredients
For
fish masala
·
King fish - ½ kg
·
Onion - 2 big
·
Crushed Ginger & garlic - 1
tablespoon each
·
Crushed green chilli - 1 tablespoon
·
Tomato - 3 medium
·
Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
·
Curd - ¼ cup
·
Ghee/dalda - 1 tbsp
·
Oil
For
marination
·
Chilli powder - 2 teaspoon
·
Pepper powder - ½ teaspoon
·
Turmeric powder - 1 teaspoon
·
Ginger & garlic - 1 table spoon
each
·
Small onion - 3,4
·
Fenugreek - a pinch
·
Mustard - a pinch
·
Salt
For
white paste
·
Coconut - 2 tablespoon
·
Poppy seeds - ½ tablespoon
·
Cashew nuts - 1 tablespoon (soaked in
water)
For
rice
·
Basmati rice - 2 cups
·
water - 4 cups
·
Cardamom - 6
·
Cinnamon - 2 medium size stick
·
Clove - 6
·
Ghee - 2 tbsp
·
Lemon Juice - 1-2 tablespoon
·
Salt
Instructions
1. Masala Preparation
2. Grind together all the ingredients for marination into a fine
paste. Marinate the cleaned fish pieces with this paste for half an hour. Grind
together the ingredients for white paste & keep aside. Shallow fry the
marinated fish till it is half cooked. Add 1 tablespoon ghee/dalda to this oil
& saute the onion till it becomes soft. Add the crushed ginger, garlic
& green chilli & saute for 3 minutes. Add coriander powder. When the
oil starts appearing add the tomatoes.When the
tomatoes are cooked well add ¼ cup curd. Mix well. Add the shallow fried fish pieces.Make sure that the fish pieces are covered withgravy.After 5 minutes add the white paste. When the
gravy becomes thick & fish is cooked remove from fire.
3. Rice Preparation
4. Boil 4 cups of water with half of the whole masala ( cardamom,
cloves & cinnamon ) & let it cool. Clean the rice & soak for 25
minutes & drain the water completely. Heat ghee/dalda in a pan.Fry the remaining whole masala and add rice. When
the rice starts cracking add boiled water, salt & lemon juice. Cook the
rice till the water is completely dried.
5. Layering the biriyani
6. Preheat the oven to 180 degree 10 minutes before baking the
biriyani.Butter a baking dish. Spread one layer of fish masala first & a
layer of rice on top of it. Repeat the same.The top layer
should be of rice. You can drizzle ghee & sprinkle coriander leaves in
between the layers. Spread a wet cloth over the dish while baking. Bake in the
preheated oven for 25-30 minutes. (Refer notes for stove top method) Garnish
with fried onions,nuts, raisins.
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