Fish Biryani Recipe
Ingredients
Fish 500g with skinned and filleted
1 tbsp Chilli powder
½ tsp turmeric
2 tsp gram massala
Salt (according to taste)
Vegitable Oil
Marinate the fish with the above spices and fry it in a little oil keep aside.
For the gravi
3 medium onions
30g butter
2 black cardamoms
4 cloves
Cinnamon stick (2 inch)
Green chillies (according to taste)
3 garlic clove (crushed)
30g ginger (shredded)
One small bunch of fresh coriander (chopped)
2 tbsp fresh chopped mint
2 tomatoes
1 tbsp coriander powder
Chilli powder (according to taste)
Water about one cup
For rice
500g rice
20g butter
2 cloves
2 black cardamoms
1 cinnamon stick
1 garlic clove
Ginger (one inch chopped)
1 tbsp fresh chopped coriander
Method:
Marinate the fish fillet with chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and garam massala.
Fry the fish fillet in hot oil until crispy. Set aside Now make gravy for fish.
Heat butter (with few drops of oil so it wouldn’t burn it) in large pan, toss in the cardamoms, cloves and cinnamon. After a few seconds add garlic, ginger, green chillies and onions and fry until golden brown. Add tomatoes, coriander, mint, chilli powder and turmeric powder and fry for few minutes and put little water in it to make nice thick sauce.
When sauce done place the fish pieces in it and cover it with sauce. Cover the pan and leave it side for about ten minutes so that fish absorbs the flavours.
For the rice: heat butter in a large pan toss in cardamoms, cloves and cinnamon. After a minute add garlic, ginger and fresh coriander. Wash the rice and stir in the pan and fry for few minutes. Pour in about 1 litre boiling water and simmer the rice for about ten minutes or until it absorbed all the water.
NOW make one layer of rice then sauce and repeat it again.
Garnishing: you can garnish it with one fried onion ,cashew nuts (100g) and 2tbsp raisins.(fry cashew nuts and raisins as well).
