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Sunday, July 19, 2009

shrimp biryani recepie

Ingredients 20 Prawns/Shrimps1 cup Basmati rice11/2 cup Water1 cup Onion(thinly chopped)3/4 cup Tomato(finely chopped)2 inch Ginger8 Garlic cloves1 Green chilly3/4 tsp Turmeric powder1 tsp Red chilli powder1 tsp Coriander seeds1 tsp Anise seeds1 Cinnamon stick (small)3 ClovesKesar(Saffron) powder a pinch1/4 tsp Garam masala powder1/4 cup Mint leaves4 tbsp Coriander leaves (finely chopped)3 tsp Oil2 tsp Ghee or daldaSalt to taste
Method: Clean the prawns. Grind the ginger, garlic and anise seeds into a fine paste. Add oil in the pressure cooker and heat it. Add cinnamon stick, cloves and fry it for a few seconds. Add ginger-garlic paste, mint leaves, coriander leaves, onion and tomato and fry it well. Add the prawns and fry it for a minute. Then add turmeric powder, chilli powder, 11/2 cups of water, salt and rice and stir it well.
Close the cooker with the lid and turn the flame to medium high. Once you get the pressure, put the weight on the cooker and turn the flame to medium low and keep it for 8 minutes. After 8 minutes remove the cooker from the stove and keep it aside. After 10 minutes remove the lid and stir the rice well and serve it with onion raita.

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