Prawns is one of mine and my hubby's favorite seafood..... I have tried a lot of recipes with prawns and surprisingly they all taste heavenly..... This is one them..... Prawns Biriyani have turned to be a common dish now a days where as in our childhood days we have mainly had only mutton or chicken in the biriyani varieties.... This tastes really yummy and do try this!!!
Preparation Time : 15 mins
Cooking Time : 20 mins + Dum Time : 20 mins
Serves : 2
Ingredients:
Mint Leaves
Oil
Ghee
Salt
Method:
Rice:
1. Wash and drain the rice.
2. Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a pan. Sputter cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, nutmeg and bay leaf.
3. Add one sliced onion to this and saute.
4. Add salt. Add the cleaned rice to this and fry for 5 mins.
5. Pour 3 cups of water to this and cook the rice until done. Keep aside.
Masala:
1. Clean the prawns and keep aside.
2. Grind green chilies, ginger and garlic to fine paste.
3. Heat ghee in a pan and fry half of an onion slices, cashews, raisins till golden brown, keep this aside.
4. In the same ghee,sputter cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, nutmeg and bay leaf.
5. Add onion to this and saute well.
6. Add the green chilly,ginger, garlic paste to this and saute well.
7. Now add turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chilli powder, fish masala and garam masala and saute until the raw smell goes off.
8. Add the tomato to this and saute until they become soft.
9. Now add the prawns and chopped coriander and mint leaves to this and mix well.
10. Cover and cook until the prawns and done. (Prawns should not be over cooked). Once done off the flame.
Dum:
1. In a thick bottom vessel pour 1 tbsp ghee.
2. Add about 2 big tbsp of rice.
3. Above this our 1 tsp ghee, add the masala and chopped coriander and mint leaves and also the little of fried cashews raisins and onions.
4. Continue to do this for about 3 layers of rice, that is the topmost layer must be rice.
5. Cover it tightly and cook on low flame for about 20 mins.
6. Yummy Yummy Prawns Biriyani ready.....!!! :) :)
Cooking Time : 20 mins + Dum Time : 20 mins
Serves : 2
Ingredients:
For Rice :
|
|
Jeerakasala Rice (Khaima Rice)
|
1½ cup |
Onions
|
1 |
Cinnamon Stick
|
1 pc |
Cloves
|
3 |
Cardamom
|
3 |
Bay leaf
|
1 |
Nutmeg
|
1 |
Water
|
3 cups |
Ghee
|
|
Salt
|
|
For Masala:
|
|
Prawns
|
½ kg |
Onions
|
4 |
Ginger
|
1 pc |
Garlic
|
5-6 cloves |
Green Chilly
|
6-7 |
Tomato
|
1 big |
Turmeric Powder
|
1 tsp |
Coriander Powder
|
1½ tsp |
Red Chilly Powder
|
1 tsp |
Garam Masala
|
1 tsp |
Fish Masala
|
1 tsp |
Cinnamon Stick
|
1 pc |
Cloves
|
3 |
Cardamom
|
3 |
Bay leaf
|
1 |
Nutmeg
|
1 |
Cashews
|
10 |
Raisins
|
10 |
Coriander Leaves
|
Oil
Ghee
Salt
Method:
Rice:
1. Wash and drain the rice.
2. Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a pan. Sputter cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, nutmeg and bay leaf.
3. Add one sliced onion to this and saute.
4. Add salt. Add the cleaned rice to this and fry for 5 mins.
5. Pour 3 cups of water to this and cook the rice until done. Keep aside.
Masala:
1. Clean the prawns and keep aside.
2. Grind green chilies, ginger and garlic to fine paste.
3. Heat ghee in a pan and fry half of an onion slices, cashews, raisins till golden brown, keep this aside.
4. In the same ghee,sputter cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, nutmeg and bay leaf.
5. Add onion to this and saute well.
6. Add the green chilly,ginger, garlic paste to this and saute well.
7. Now add turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chilli powder, fish masala and garam masala and saute until the raw smell goes off.
8. Add the tomato to this and saute until they become soft.
9. Now add the prawns and chopped coriander and mint leaves to this and mix well.
10. Cover and cook until the prawns and done. (Prawns should not be over cooked). Once done off the flame.
Dum:
1. In a thick bottom vessel pour 1 tbsp ghee.
2. Add about 2 big tbsp of rice.
3. Above this our 1 tsp ghee, add the masala and chopped coriander and mint leaves and also the little of fried cashews raisins and onions.
4. Continue to do this for about 3 layers of rice, that is the topmost layer must be rice.
5. Cover it tightly and cook on low flame for about 20 mins.
6. Yummy Yummy Prawns Biriyani ready.....!!! :) :)
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