Prawns Biriyani

Prawns Biriyani

Ingredients

deveined and cleaned Prawns 500gms

Rice 11/2 cup(wash the rice with water ……drain.. and keep aside half-an-hour before you start cooking)

1 inch cinnamon stick

4-5 cloves

4 cardamom pods

1/2 tsp shajeera

pinch of ajinamoto(optional)

1 tsp ginger-garlic paste

4-5 geen chilli chopped length wise

1 big onion chopped into big slices

4 tsp oil

2 tsp ghee

2 bay leaves

water 21/2 cups

salt to taste

1 big lemon– juice

2 tsp curd

mint leaves(pudina)

coriander leaves(kothimeera)

cleaning of prawns

devein the prawns and clean them thoroughly in running water and keep aside……in a cooking vessel add the prawns and cook with open lid till all the water from the prawns evaporates…….now place another vessel and add 1 tsp oil and fry for 2mts…..some salt,pinch of turmeric,pinch of red chilli fry for another minute and keep aside….

Method

• In a pressure cooker pour oil and ghee together and wait till the ghee melts…..now add garam masala(cinnamon,cardamom,cloves),shajeera,ajinamoto,bayleaf and fry for 1/2 a minute and add green chilli,onion and fry till the onions turn golden brown….
• now add prawns and fry for another 2-3 mts…….add ginger-garlic paste,fry for a minute and add rice…..let the rice fry in the oil for a minute so that the rice is well cooked in the oil and ghee ……
• now add water and mix well……add lemon juice,curd,mint leaves,coriander leaves……add sufficient salt ..close the lid…..and pressure cook for 3 whistles…….now your yummy yummy prawn biriyani is ready
• serve hot with raita ,any gravy curry,onion rings,lemon juice…….

prawn biriyani is my all time favourite dish…..i hope u all like this tooooo…………enjoyyyy