Fish Biriyani

Ingrediants:

• King Fish – 1/2 kg
• Onion(medium) – 6 nos(finely chopped)
• Tomato(medium) – 4 nos(finely chopped)
• Garlic paste – 2 tbsp
• Ginger paste – 2 tbsp
• Green chilly paste – 1 tbsp
• Garam masala powder – 1 tbsp
• Yoghurt/Curd – 4 tbsp
• Coriander leaves – 1 cup
• Mint leaves(Pudhina) – 1/4 cup
• Ghee – 1/2 cup
• Lime juice – 4 tsp

For marinade:

• Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
• Red chilly powder – 2 tsp
• Ginger-garlic paste – 2 tsp
• Fennel seeds(Perinjeerakam) powder – 1/2 tsp

For rice:

• Basmati rice – 2 1/2 cups
• Turmeric powder – A pinch
• Cardamom(Elakka) – 2 nos
• Cloves(Grambu) – 3 nos
• Cinnamon(Karugapatta) – 2 nos
• Ghee – 1 spoon.

Method:

• Marinate fish fillets with turmeric powder, red chilly powder, ginger-garlic paste and fennel seeds powder for 1 hr in a refrigerator.
• Fry the marinatd fish fillets in ghee.
• Remove them to a plate and heat up the same pan.
• Add onion and fry, till it turns golden brown.
• Add ginger-garlic-chilly paste and fry for 2 mins.
• Add tomato, garam masala, salt, coriander leaves and mint leaves and cook for a few mins.
• Add yoghurt.
• Put the fried fish fillets in this masala.

For rice:

• Boil water in a vessel.
• Add enough salt, turmeric powder, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and ghee.
• Cook rice until it is done and drain. :- Make sure the rice doesn`t get sticky.
• Heat a little ghee in a pan.
• Put a little of cooked rice and spread 1 tsp of lime juice over it.
• Put one layer of the fish masala above that and repeat the process till the rice and masala are over. :- Take care not to break the fish fillets.
• Close the lid tightly and heat on