Prawns Briyani

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ cups rice or basmati rice
• 1 small bay leaf
• 2 to 3 green cardamoms
• ½ tsp shahi jeera

marination ingredients

• 250 grams cleaned prawns 
• 1 tsp ginger garlic paste 
• 1/8 tsp turmeric
• ½ tsp biryani masala
• ½ tsp red chili powder
• 1 ½ tsp lemon juice
• very little salt

Biryani gravy ingredients

• 2 to 3 tbsp oil
• 1 bay leaf 
• 1 inch cinammon or dalchini
• 1 small star anise
• 2 green cardamoms or elaichi
• 4 to 5 cloves
• ½ tsp shahi jeera or cumin
• 1 large onion sliced thinly
• 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste 
• 1 medium tomato
• 2 tbsp coriander leaves 
• 2 tbsp mint leaves or pudina chopped
• 1 tsp biryani masala
• ½ tsp red chili powder
• salt as needed

Method:

Preparation for prawn biryani

1. Marinate prawns with ingredients under marination. Keep it aside for 30 minutes.
   

   
2. Soak rice for 30 minutes and Drain completely. Bring 3 to 4 cups of water to a boil along with bay leaf, cardamoms, shahi jeera, 1 tsp oil and salt. Cook the rice until fully cooked, firm & al dente but not mushy. Drain the rice to a colander
   

   

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Making graving

1. Heat a pan with oil. Saute cloves, cinnamon, bayleaf, shahi jeera and star anise in hot oil.

   
2. Fry onions until brown. Next fry ginger garlic paste until the raw smell goes away.
   

   

   
   
3. Saute tomatoes and mint, coriander leaves in the same pan.
   

   
4. When the tomatoes turn mushy, add chili powder, biryani masala, salt and turmeric. Cook until the oil begins to ooze out.
   

   
5. Add the prawns and fry until the raw smell is gone.Cover and cook for 3 minutes.
   

   

Layering prawn biryani

1. Add half of the rice to the pot.Add the prawn garvy and level it.Add the rest of the rice.Cover cook on low flame for 50 minutes.
   

   
2. Serve hot with raita.