Fish Biriyani

Ingrediants:

King Fish - 1/2 kg

Onion(medium) - 6 nos(finely chopped)

Tomato(medium) - 4 nos(finely chopped)

Garlic paste - 2 tbsp

Ginger paste - 2 tbsp

Green chilly paste - 1 tbsp

Garam masala powder - 1 tbsp

Yoghurt/Curd - 4 tbsp

Coriander leaves - 1 cup

Mint leaves(Pudhina) - 1/4 cup

Ghee - 1/2 cup

Lime juice - 4 tsp

For marinade:

Turmeric powder - 1 tsp

Red chilly powder - 2 tsp

Ginger-garlic paste - 2 tsp

Fennel seeds(Perinjeerakam) powder - 1/2 tsp

For rice:

Basmati rice - 2 1/2 cups

Turmeric powder - A pinch

Cardamom(Elakka) - 2 nos

Cloves(Grambu) - 3 nos

Cinnamon(Karugapatta) - 2 nos

Ghee - 1 spoon.

Method:

1)Marinate fish fillets with turmeric powder, red chilly powder, ginger-garlic paste and fennel seeds powder for 1 hr in a refrigerator.

2)Fry the marinatd fish fillets in ghee.

3)Remove them to a plate and heat up the same pan.

4)Add onion and fry, till it turns golden brown.

5)Add ginger-garlic-chilly paste and fry for 2 mins.

6)Add tomato, garam masala, salt, coriander leaves and mint leaves and cook for a few mins.

7)Add yoghurt.

8)Put the fried fish fillets in this masala.

For rice:

9)Boil water in a vessel.

10)Add enough salt, turmeric powder, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and ghee.

11)Cook rice until it is done and drain. :- Make sure the rice doesn`t get sticky.

12)Heat a little ghee in a pan.

13)Put a little of cooked rice and spread 1 tsp of lime juice over it.

14)Put one layer of the fish masala above that and repeat the process till the rice and masala are over. :- Take care not to break the fish fillets.

15)Close the lid tightly and heat on