Prawns Biriyani

Ingredients:

For Prawns Masala

King Prawns - 25 to 30 nos

Chopped Onion-1,big

Chopped Tomato - 1,big

Ginger-garlic paste - 1tbsp

Green chillies - 2

Turmeric powder - 1/4tsp

Red chilli powder - 2tsp

Biriyani Masala - 2tsp, see below

Coriander leaves

Mint leaves
Salt

Biriyani Masala

Cinnomon  - 1big piece

Cardmom - 3

Cloves -3

Nutmeg -1

Caraway seeds- 1/2tsp

Fennel seeds -1/2tsp

Cumin seeds-1/2tsp

Mace-2

Dry roast all together and grind to a fine powder.

For Rice

Basmati rice - 2cups

Ghee - 2tbsp

Cinnamon - 3pieces

Cardmom - 2

Cloves - 3

Star Anise - 1

Water

Salt

For Garnishing

Saffron strands soaked in 2tbsp milk

Fried Cashews and raisins

Fried onions

Biriyani Masala - 1tsp

Coriander leaves

Method:

Preparing the rice

1 Soak the rice for 30 minutes.

2 In a pan add 2tbsp ghee , cloves,cinnomon ,Star anise and cardmom.saute well for a minute.

3 Add the washed rice and saute it for sometime.

4 Pour 3cups of water and salt to the rice.

5 Cook  rice till soft and all the water is absorbed.Keep it aside.

  

Preparing Prawns Masala

1 Marinate the prawns with little turmeric,chilli powder and salt.Keep it aside for 1 hr.

2 Heat 2tbsp of oil in a pan.Put the marinated prawns to this.Shallow fry it for 10 minutes.

3 In a pan heat oil and saute Onion,ginger-garlic paste and red chillies for 5 minutes.

4 Add tomato and mint leaves.Cook the tomato .

5 Add all spice powders and mix well.

6 Add the fried prawns ,mix well.Cover it and cook it on medium flame till the prawns are done.

Layering and Final Cooking

1.Take a big vessel and add the Prawns masala .

2.Add the cooked rice on top of that.

3.Sprinkle the saffron milk, biriyani masala and fried cashews and raisins.

4.Add  fried onions and coriander leaves.

5.cover it tightly and cook it on low flame for 10 minutes.

6.Serve hot with pappadam,pickle and onion raita :)