Quick Prawn Biryani

Quick Prawn Biryani

Ingredients:

1. 600 gm medium size prawns deveined and shelled well
2. 500 gm basmati rice
3. 3 tbsps ginger paste
4. 3 tbsps garlic paste
5. 1 tbsps turmeric powder
6. 50 gm curd
7. 3 big onion finely sliced
8. 2 tbsps poppy seeds paste
9. 1 tbsps red chilli powder
10. 2 chopped green chilli
11. 10 tbsps white oil
12. 4-5 tbsps ghee
13. Saffron
14. 2 cups milk
15. 2-3 bay leaves
16. 10 cinnamon stick
17. 7 clove
18. 10 green cardamom
19. 8-10 black pepper
20. Nutmeg
21. Fennel seeds
22. Cumin seeds
23. 1 big tomato
24. Salt to taste

How to Prepare Biryani Masala

Bay leaf-2,Cinnamon Stick- 8,Cardamom-7,Clove-5,Black peeper seeds-10,Nutmeg 1 tbsp powder,Fennel seeds-1tbsp, Cumin seeds-2 tbsp.

Take a bowl and dry- roast these ingredients and make powder.

Preparation:

• Wash basmati rice and soak for an hour.
• Take a bowl and marinate prawns for half an hour with salt,curd,turmeric powder, red chilli powder,ginger paste, garlic paste and 2 tbsps poppy seeds paste.
• Heat water and add salt,bay leaf-1,cinnamon Stick -2,cardamom-3,clove-2,black peeper seeds-4 
• Pour basmati rice.
• Cook rice for 5-6 minutes.
• Drain excess water and keep aside.
• Now take a pan and heat oil.
• Add sliced onion,green chilli.
• Fry it till  onion be comes deep brown and keep aside.
• Cook marinaed prawn in remaining oil in low heat.(don't overcook)
• Take a big cover bowl and make 3 layers with rice and prawn alternately.
• First keep  half cooked rice in the middle of pan.
• Then add half cooked prawn on the layer of rice.
• Spread biryani masala and ghee on it.
• Again add rice.
• Lastly sprinkle fried onion-chilli on the layer of rice.
• Spread biryani masala and ghee again.
• Mix one or two pinch of saffron with milk and pour it on the top of layer.
• Cover the bowl properly and sealed it.
• After sealed the bowl don't cook it on direct heat.Take a flattery pan and keep the bowl on it to avoid  direct heat.
• Cook it for 40 minutes in low heat.
•  Garnish with tomato.

            Serve hot with salad.

Tips------

               Overcooked prawns turn into hard like rubber,so don't overcook.