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Thursday, July 4, 2013

Prawn Biryani ( shrimp biryani) (era biryani) recipe

 
This prawn biryani specially for spicy people. Its an mouth watering dish.
 
Ingredients:


  • 2 cups of basmati rice (400g)
  • Onion (200g) finely sliced
  • Tomato (200g) finely chopped
  • prawn ( shrimps) (500g)
  • 4-5 cloves
  • Ginger and garlic crushed (20g)
  • 1tbsp of curry powder
  • 2 sticks cinnamom
  • 2 cups of coriander leaves
  • 2 cups of mint leaves
  • 4 cups of water
  • 2 tbsp ghee
  • 1 tbp saffron powder
  • salt and pepper for taste
  • 2tbsp of lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup of vegetabl oil
  • 6 Green chilli  ( without cutting)
  • 1 and half tbsp of chilli powder
  • 1/2 tbsp of coriander powder
  • a pinch of turmeric powder

Procedure to prepare prawn biryani:


Step1:   Soak the rice and keep aside, rice should be soaked for 10 to 15 minutes.

Step 2 :    Keep the large base pan in the stove, pour 2 to 3tbsp of vegetable oil, add cloves, cinnamom in the oil and fry it for 1 minutes, following to that add garlic and ginger crush in the pan and fry it for 1 minute and  add 6 green chillies, then add the sliced onion in the and fry it for 5 to 6 minutes and add chopped tomato in the pan and fry it for another 5 minutes.

Step 3:    Now the onion and tomato gets merged and fried, now add prawn and fry it 5 to 6 minutes, then add 1 and half tbsp of chilli powder, a pinch of turmeric powder, half tbsp of coriander powder ,1 tbsp of curry powder and a pinch of  turmeric powder and salt for taste. Fry the masala for few minutes. Add 4 cups of water in the pan and allow it to boil.

Step  4:   Then add the soaked rice in the boiling pan, stir the rice gently, then add mint leaves and coriander leaves in the pan and 2tbsp of lemon juice, and close the pan with the lid. once after the rice cooked for 3/4th add 2tbsp of ghee and atlast mix the saffron powder in 1tbsp of water and sprinkle on the rice, close the lid tight and reduce the flame and keep it in very less flame for 10 minutes

Step 5:   Simultaneously in another stove heat the dosa tawa nicely until the smoke comes from tawa. Now keep the hot tawa on the lid.


Note (  Stove has to be put off in ten minutes as mentioned in step 4, else rice will be overcooked )

Step 6: After putting off the stove, do not disturb the pan for 20 minutes. then you can serve the hot spicy prawn biryani with raita.