Fish Biriyani

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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