Kerala Style Fish Biryani 🐟🥘 Fish  Biriyani is very popular in malabar region of kerala.This recepie is quicker and easy to make than other Biriyani recepie .

Fish pieces are marinated with spices and shallow fried.. gravy is prepared separately with onions, tomatoes and spice powders and rice is 3/4 the cooked with whole spices and drained… The fish gravy and rice is then layered and garnished with fried cashews,raisins and brown onions and good amount of ghee / clarified butter is added which gives a special aroma to the biryani . Checkout the detailed recepie in below 👇 ..

RECEPIE:

Preparation time: 30 mins

Cooking time: 1 hour 15 mins

Serves: 6

INGREDIENTS:

For Marination:

• Fish pieces: 6
• Ginger garlic paste: 1 tbsp
• Kashmiri Chilli Powder: 2 tbsp
• Turmeric powder: 1/2 tbsp
• Black pepper powder: 1 tbsp
• Garam masala powder: 1 tsp
• Vinegar: 1 tbsp
• Salt: 1 n 1/2 tsp

For Gravy:

• Onions: 4 large onions sliced
• Tomatoes: 2 roughly chopped
• Ginger garlic paste: 3 tbsp
• Green chillies: 2 slit
• Curd: 1 tbsp
• Mint leaves: 1 tbsp chopped
• Coriander leaves: 1 tbsp chopped
• Turmeric powder: 3/4 tsp
• Kashmiri chilli powder: 2 tsp
• Coriander powder: 1 tsp
• Black pepper powder: 1 tsp
• Garam masala powder: 1 n 1/2 tsp
• Salt: 1 n 1/2 tsp
• Coconut oil: 4 tbsp

For Rice:

• Basmati rice: 3 n 1/2 cups
• Mint leaves: 1 tbsp chopped
• Coriander leaves: 1 tbsp chopped
• Green chillies: 2 slit
• Green cardamom: 4
• Cloves: 6
• Cinnamon sticks: 2
• Star anise: 1
• Mace: 1
• Salt: 1 n 1/2 tsp
• Ghee: 1 tbsp

For Garnishing:

• Onions: 2 sliced
• Cashews: 15 halved
• Raisins: 15
• Mint leaves: 1/2 cup chopped
• Coriander leaves: 1/2 cup chopped
• Vanilla/pineapple essence: 3 tbsp
• Warm milk: 1/4 cup
• Saffron/yellow or orange food color: a pinch
• Ghee: 1/4 cup

PREPARATION:

• Marinate the fish pieces with ingredients listed under for Marination and keep in refrigerator for 30 mins.
• Soak basmati rice in water for 30 mins.
• Heat oil in a pan and shallow fry the fish pieces till it’s 3/4 th cooked. Fry all the pieces and keep aside.
• Boil 5 to 6 cups of water.when it starts boiling add the ingredients listed under for rice and cook rice till it’s 3/4 th done.
• When rice is done,drain and keep aside.
• Deep fry the onions ,cashews and raisins for Garnishing and keep aside.
• Heat oil in a wok to prepare gravy, add onions,green chillies and little salt and saute till the onions turn soft and light brown.
• Add ginger garlic paste and saute till the raw smell goes off.
• Add the dry spice powders listed under for gravy and mix well by keeping the flame low.
• Add tomatoes and saute till they turn soft and mushy.
• Add 1 cup of water and let it boil.
• Add mint leaves,coriander leaves and curd and mix well.
• Now add the fried fish pieces and cook for another 5 mins.
• Swirl the pan and cook for another 2 mins
• For Dum, grease a big vessel with ghee. The bottom layer should be of gravy. Spread half of the gravy first.
• Add rice layer on top of gravy. Sprinkle some chopped coriander and mint leaves, fried onions,cashews and raisins. Add a tablespoon of vanilla essence, food colour/ saffron milk and ghee.
• Again add a layer of remaining fish gravy and pieces. Spread the final layer of rice on top and repeat the same garnishing as before .
• Cover it with a lid, seal it with dough or you can just cover it and keep as it is.
• Heat a iron tawa.keep the vessel on top of tawa and cook on low flame for another 15 mins.
• Serve after keeping for 15 to 20 mins.