Fish biriyani

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My mom’s special kerala style fish biriyani recipe. It is very easy and tasty flavoured biriyani recipe. No words!! Really yummy. Try this delicious malabar special fish biriyani.

Ingredients

1. For Fish
2. 1 . King fish – 5 (You can use any fish)
3. 2 . Red chilli powder – 2 tbspn
4. 3 . Turmeric powder – 1/2 tspn
5. 4 . Lemon juice – 1 lemon
6. 5 . Salt
7. 6 . Oil for frying – 4 – 5 tbspn
8. For Masala
9. 1 . Onion – 3 big sliced
10. 2 . Tomato – 3 sliced
11. 3 . Ginger-garlic-greenchilli paste
12. (ginger – 1 inch, garlic – 4 big cloves, greenchilli – 6 or 7)
13. 4 . Garam masala – 1 tbspn
14. 5 . Salt
15. 6 . King fish – 1 slice (fresh)
16. 7 . Oil – 3 tbspn
17. 8 . Lemon juice -1/2 lemon
18. 9 . Coriander leaves
19. For Rice
20. 1 . Jeerakasala rice – 2 cup
21. 2 . Cardamom – 4
22. 3 . Cloves – 4
23. 4 . Water – 3 cup
24. 5 . Salt
25. 6 . Ghee – 2 tbspn
26. 7 . Sunflower oil – 1 tbspn
27. For Layering
28. 1 . Ghee – 1 tbspn
29. 2 . Saffron milk
30. (soak saffron in 4 tbspn milk)
31. 3 . Garam masala for sprinkle
32. 4 . Some coriander leaves
33. 5 . Fried onions
34. (Slice 1 onion and deep fry until golden brown)
35. 6 . Roasted cashews
36. 7 . Lemon juice – 1/2 lemon

Steps

1. For Fish : Marinate fish with above ingredients for 30 minutes.
             * Heat oil in a pan and fry the fish pieces just till done. Keep it aside.

        

2.    For masala : Heat oil in a deep pan. Add sliced onions and saute till soft. Add salt and combine well.
           * Add ginger-garlic-greenchilli paste to the onion and saute till raw smell disappears.
           * Add sliced tomato and cook till soft
           * To this Add Garam Masala powder and saute well.
           * Add 1 piece king fish and cover and cook till done.
           * Add lemon juice and coriander leaves and combine well.
   Masala ready.

3. For Rice : Wash and clean jeerakasala rice. Keep it aside.
           * Heat ghee and oil in a deep pan. Add cardamom and cloves. Mix well.
            * Add water and bring it to boil.
            * Add salt and rice. Combine well.
            * Cover and cook it until water dries off on medium flame.
            * And mix well. Cover and cook it on very low flame until rice cooked completely.

4. Layering : Take a deep wide pan, add 1 tbspn ghee and prepared masala layer first.
       *  Then add half of the cooked rice layer, sprinkle garam Masala, half fried onions, roasted cashews, saffron milk and few chopped coriander leaves over it.
       * Add remaining rice, sprinkle garam masala, remaining fried onions, roasted cashews, saffron milk, chopped coriander leaves and lemon juice.
       Cover it with Aluminium foil along with lid and cook it on very low flame for about 15 minutes.

5. Serve hot with raita or chutney. Delicious Kerala special fish biriyani is ready to be served. Enjoy!

   

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