HOW MANY OF YOU LIKE FISH BIRIYANI

INGREDIENTS

King Fish - 1/2 kg

Onion

(medium) - 6 nos

(finely chopped)

Tomato

(medium) - 4 nos

(finely chopped)

Garlic paste - 2 tbsp

Ginger paste - 2 tbsp

Green chilly paste - 1 tbsp

Garam masala powder - 1 tbsp

Yoghurt/Curd - 4 tbsp

Corianderleaves

- 1 cup

Mintleaves

(Pudhina) - 1/2 cup

Ghee

- 1/2 cup

Lime juice - 4 tsp

For marinade:-

Turmericpowder

- 1 tsp

Red chilly powder - 2 tsp

Ginger

-garlic paste - 2 tsp

Fennelseeds

(Perinjeerakam) powder - 1/2 tsp

For rice:-

Basmati rice - 2 1/2 cups

Turmericpowder

- A pinch

Cardamom

(Elakka) - 2 nos

Cloves

(Grambu) - 3 nos

Cinnamon(Karugapatta) - 2 nos

Ghee

- 1 spoon

DIRECTIONS

Step 1. Marinate fish fillets with turmeric powder, red chilly powder, ginger-garlic paste and fennel seeds powder for 1 hr in a refrigerator.

Step 2. Fry the marinated fish fillets in ghee.

Step 3. Remove them to a plate and heat up the same pan.

Step 4. Add onion and fry, till it turns golden brown.

Step 5. Add ginger-garlic-chilly paste and fry for 2 mins.

Step 6. Add tomato, garam masala, salt, coriander leaves and mint leaves and cook for a few mins.

Step 7. Add yoghurt.

Step 8. Put the fried fish fillets in this masala.

Step 9. Boil water in a vessel.

Step 10. Add enough salt, turmeric powder, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and ghee.

Step 11. Cook rice until it is done and drain.

Step 12. :- Make sure the rice doesn`t get sticky.

Step 13. Heat a little ghee in a pan.

Step 14. Put a little of cooked rice and spread 1 tsp of lime juice over it.

Step 15. Put one layer of the fish masala above that and repeat the process till the rice and masala are over.

Step 16. :- Take care not to break the fish fillets.

Step 17. Close the lid tightly and heat on a low flame for about 10 mins.

Step 18. Mix before serving.

Step 19. :- Serve with yoghurt and chutney or pickle.