King Fish Biriyani

For the rice

Ingredients

• Ghee     - 3 tbsp
• Oil     - 1 tbsp
• Onion     - 2 finely sliced
• Cashew     - 3 tbsp
• Raisin     - 2 tbsp
• Ghee rice     - 3 cup
• Boiling water     - 4 1/2 cup
• Salt     - to taste

Method

Wash and drain the rice. Keep it aside. Heat ghee and oil in a deep pan. When the oil is little hot, add the sliced onion and fry on low flame till golden brown. Move it from the oil to a kitchen towel. Add the cashew nuts and raisins to the same oil, fry and remove it from the oil. Keep it aside. To the same oil add rice and fry this lightly for about 5 minutes. Add salt and boiling water to this and mix well and cook covered in high flame till the water evaporates partially. Now cook in a low flame for another 5 minutes  till the rice is completely done. 

For the king fish masala

Ingredients

• King fish     -    8- 10 big pieces
• Chilly powder     -   2 tsp
• Turmeric powder     -  1/4 tsp
• Lemon juice     -  2 tsp
• Salt     -   to taste
• Oil     -    4 - 5 tbsp ( for frying )

Method

Marinate fish with the above ingredients. Heat oil in a pan and fry the fish pieces just till done (do not over fry the fish). Keep it aside.

Masala

Ingredients

• Onion     - 5  big (sliced)
• Green chilly     -   8 to 10 (according to taste)
• Ginger     -  2 pieces
• Garlic     -  10 -15 cloves
• Tomato     - 2 big
• Garam masala powder     -  1/2 tsp + 1tsp for layering
• Lemon juice     -   1 tbsp
• Coriander leaves     -  2 tbsp + 2 tbsp for layering
• Salt     - to taste
• Ghee     -   3 tbsp
• Oil     - 1 tbsp

Method

Heat ghee and oil in a deep pan. Add sliced onion and saute till soft. Add salt and combine well. In the meanwhile, grind together ginger, garlic and green chilly. Add this to the onion and saute till the raw smell disappears. Add tomato and cook till soft. To this add 1/2 tsp garam masala powder, lemon juice and 2 tbsp coriander leaves and combine well. Add the fried fish to this slowly, without breaking. Add the remaining oil, in which you fried the fish to the masala. Cook for another 4 -5 minutes and remove from flame.

Layering

Method

Sprinkle a little fried onion and garam masala over the fish masala. Now mix the fried onion, coriander leaves, garam masala and fried cashew raisins and keep aside for layering. Layer 1/4 the rice over the masala and spread a little fried onion mixture. Again layer the rice and repeat the process. Finally top it with fried onion, cashew, raisins and coriander leaves and heat it covered on low flame for Dum for about 10 - 15 mins and remove from flame.