Fish Biryani

Ingredients

King fish – 1 kg or any other fish

Rice – ½  kg

 For marination

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp

Juice of half lemon

Red chilli powder and salt as per taste

For the masala

6 to 7 medium sized onions fried

Ginger garlic paste – 2 tsp

Biryani masala – 1 tbl.sp

Turmeric powder – ½ tsp

Green chilli – 3

Tomato puree – 2 tbl.sp or 2 to 3 tomatoes

Yoghurt – 1 cup

Roasted cumin powder – 1 tsp

Coriander powder -  1 tsp

Garam masala – ½ tsp

Red chilli powder – 1 tsp

Salt as per taste

Few coriander leaves

For making rice

2 to 3 cloves

1 small piece of cinnamon

Cumin seed – 1 tsp

Salt as per taste

food color

ghee/butter

Method

First marinate the fish with ingredients given.

Leave it aside for half an hour.

Fry the fish and keep aside.

Soak rice in water for half an hour and the cook it along with the ingredients given till 80% done.

Fry the onions till golden brown in color and then make a masala  except ginger garlic paste with all the ingredients given. Leave little onions for  garnishing.

In the same oil first add ginger garlic paste  and fry till the raw smell goes and then add all the masala and cook for few minutes till oil separates from the masala. 

Add cooked rice to it . Level it properly. Place fried fish on top along with corriander leaves, food color, fried onions and a spoon of ghee/ butter. Cover it and let it simmer on a low flame till rice is fully cooked.  Serve hot.