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.
