Fish Biriyani

Ingredients

3cups cleaned and washed basmati rice
1/2kg King fish or seer fish
1tbsp chilly powder
1/2tsp turmeric powder
1cup oil
2tbsp ginger,garlic and green chilly paste
4nos cardamom seeds
4nos cinnamon pieces
4nos cloves
4nos pepper
4-5 sliced onion
1 chopped tomato
1tsp garam masala powder
1tbsp curd
1/4cup thick coconut milk
1cup chopped coriander leaves
Ghee
Salt to taste


Preparation Method

For rice
Heat 2tbsp ghee in a pan add cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and pepper stir it, then add onion fry for 5mins, add basmati rice stir for 5mins, pour boiled water and salt, cook till it done

For fish
Marinate fish pieces with chilly powder, turmeric powder and salt for 1hour. After an hour fry those fishes in oil. Take a pan and heat the same oil which we used to fry the fish, add sliced onion fry it in a low flame till it become slightly brown, then in medium flame, add ginger, garlic and chilly paste and tomato, stir it for 6 mins then add curd, coconut milk, coriander leaves and salt. Stir it for 5mins and then add fried fish pieces keep it in a low flame till it get boiled. Take a deep bottom vessel layer put rice and fish masala, then pour 2tbsp ghee and tightly cover with a lid and keep it in a very low flame for 10mins. Garnish it with roasted nuts and raisins.

For Fish Biriyani bonesless fish is the best choice. For that you can choose fish like tuna, salmon, akoli.... etc, but it will be very tasty if we use king fish.