Quick and delicious fish Biryani Recipe

 

Seafood Biryani Recipe – Fish Biryani

A delicious option to cook quick fish biryani.  Fish biryani is pretty much easy to make when compared to other biryanis.

 Time taken to prepare this recipe -  20-30 minutes. 

 

Ingredients for Biryani Gravy

·       Oil - 1/2 cup

·       Cinnamon - 2 small pieces

·       Cardamom - 4

·       Cloves - 4

·       Onion - 3 large - sliced

·       Ginger Garlic Paste - 1/4 cup

·       Tomato - 3 large - cubed

·       Chilli Powder - 1 tablespoon

·       Garam Masala Powder – 1/2 tablespoon

·       Salt to taste

·       Curd – 1/2 cup

·       Lemon Juice - 2 tablespoon

·       Coriander Leaves - 1 cup

·       Mint Leaves – 1 cup

·       Green Chillies - 2 slit

Ingredients to Marinate the fish

·     Fish – 3/4 kg (fish of your choice).  I used Seer fish slices.

·     Chilli powder – 1 tablespoon

·     Turmeric – 1 tablespoon

·     Garam masala – 1 tablespoon

·     Lemon juice – 1 tablespoon

·     Salt to taste.

          Marinate the fish with all these ingredients.  Cover with a foil and keep it in refrigerator for half an hour.

         Deep Fry the fish in oil and keep aside.

    

Instructions to prepare biryani gravy

1.    Heat oil in a thick bottomed pan. 

 

2. Once the oil is heated well, add cinnamon, cardamom and   cloves and let it sizzle.

 

3.  Now add in sliced onion and salt to it.  Stir it well until the onion turns golden brown. 

 

4.  Now add ginger garlic paste and mix well.  Keep stirring the mixture for 2-3 minutes. 

 

5.  Add in tomatoes and mix well until it gets mushy. 

 

6.  Add in curd and lemon juice.  Mix well.

 

7.  Add coriander, mint leaves and green chillies.  Stir it well.

 

8.  Add water and bring it to boil for about 20 minutes and keep aside.

 

Rice preparation

 

·       Basmati Rice - 4 cups

·       Water - 8 cups

 

1.     Soak basmati rice for 15 minutes.

2.    Bring the water to boil.   Add the soaked basmati rice.  Parboil till half done. The rice should be still grainy yet cooked. Remove the water by straining over a colander.

 

Biryani preparation

 

1. Now layer the rice on a heavy bottomed pan.  Spread the biryani gravy over the rice.  Keep it in simmer for 10 minutes.

 

         2.  Mix the rice and gravy completely, yet gently.

 

         3.  Place fried fish on top of the biryani.

         4.  Delicious fish biryani is ready to serve hot.