My experiments in Kitchen

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Fish Biriyani in Pressure cooker













Ingredients:

Ghee - 2tbsp
Bay leaf - 1
Cardamom - 4 nos
Cinnamon - 4 sticks
Cloves - 4 nos
Pepper - 4 nos
Onion(sliced) - 1/2 cup
Basmati rice - 3 cups
Boiled water - 6 cups
Lemon juice - 2tsp
King fish - 1/2 kg
Chilly powder - 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Oil - to fry
Onion(sliced) - 3 nos
Ginger-garlic-green chillies paste - 2 tbsp
Tomato(chopped) - 1 no
Garam masala powder - 1 tsp
Thick coconut milk - 1/4 cup
Curd - 1tbsp
Coriander leaves(chopped) - 1 cup
Salt - to taste
For garnishing:
Cashewnuts(roasted)
Raisins(roasted)
Fried onion - 1/4 cup

Method:
  • Heat ghee in a pressure cooker.
  • Add cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, bay leaf and pepper. Stir them.
  • Add onions and fry for 5 min.
  • Add rice and stir for 5 min.
  • Pour boiled water along with salt.
  • Add lemon juice
  • Cover the cooker with the lid and bring it to high pressure 2 times. After that simmer it for 2mins.
  • Marinate fish pieces with chilly powder, turmeric powder and salt
    for 1 hour.
  • Fry the marinated fish pieces in oil.
  • Heat the same oil used to fry the fish in a pan.
  • Add sliced onions and fry on a low flame, till it becomes slightly brown.
  • On medium flame, add ginger-garlic-green chilly paste and tomato.
  • Stir it for 6 min.
  • Add garam masala powder,curd, coconut milk, coriander leaves, salt and stir it for 5 min.
  • Add fried fish pieces and reduce the flame.
  • Cook till it starts to boil.
  • Take the pressure cooker and layer rice and fish masala.
  • Pour 2 tbsp of ghee and cover with the lid.
  • Keep it on a very low flame for 10 min.
  • Garnish with roasted nuts, raisins and fried onion

1 comment:

Pravs said...

looks delish ! even i make pressure cooker biriyani's and find that easy.