Fish biryani

Ingredients :

500g fish (Capitaine)

3 cups rice

2-3 potatoes

2-3 onions

1/2 bowl peas

Few mint and coriander leaves

1 anise seeds/ star seeds

1 tbsp cumin seeds

2-3 cardamon pieces

1 cinnamon stick

2 tbsp plain yogurt

ginger/garlic paste

Pinch of yellow food colouring

2 tbsp turmeric powder

tamarind pulp

salt to taste

water

oil

A bowl of Fish Biryani masala (spicy or non spicy)

Procedures :

FOR THE RICE PRECOOKED

  1. Wash many times 3 cups of rice till the water appears clear.
  2. Fill a pan with water. Add the clean 3 cups of rice. Add 1 anise seed, few cumin seeds, 2-3 pieces of crushed cardamon, 1 cinnamon stick. Add little salt. Half boil the rice. Say some 10-15 minutes. It should be half cooked. Then strain the water. Keep the half cooked rice, anise seed, cumin seed and cinnamon stick in a bowl and reserve.

FOR THE FISH

  1. Wash and remove blood from small pieces of fish. I have used Capitaine. The fish should be clean. Then marinate the fish with some salt and turmeric powder on both sides. After some 30 minutes of marination, fry each fish in a pan of hot oil by turning both sides. Fry and cook. Then remove from heat. Place the fish on paper to absorb any remaining oil.

FOR THE POTATOES AND ONIONS

  1. Peel off 2-3 potatoes, wash and cut into medium side. Marinate all pieces of potatoes with a pinch of yellow food colouring powder. Fry the potatoes on medium heat with hot oil. Remove.
  2. Peel off 2-3 onions. Slice them and fry in oil.

FOR THE MASALA

  1. Take a bowl, fill it with fish biryani masala. Add 2 tablespoon of tamarind paste, remove seeds in tamarind. Add water to the mixture. Mix and stir.

FOR THE GINGER GARLIC PASTE

  1. Cut some ginger, garlic and onions. Add them in a grinder. Put some water and grind till a fresh ginger/garlic paste is ready.

FOR THE SPICES

  1. Wash some mint and coriander leaves. Cut into small pieces. Reserve in a bowl.

FOR THE PEAS

  1. Reserve 1/2 bowl of green frozen peas.

FOR YOGURT

  1. Reserve 2 tablespoon of yogurt in a bowl.

COOKING FISH BRIANI IN PRESSURE COOKER

  1. Put 4 tablespoon of oil in the pressure cooker. Heat till hot.
  2. Add the fish masala biryani in water to the oil. Cook the masala powder in medium heat by stirring.
  3. Add the fried fish in the cooked masala for a few minutes by turning upside down. Cook for a few minutes and remove the fish from the pressure cooker and place on a plate.
  4. In the masala, add the ginger garlic paste and 2 tablespoon of yogurt. Cook for a few minutes.
  5. Add the potatoes in the masala and cook for some time by turning the potatoes. Add some fried onions also.
  6. Add a mug of water in the pressure cooker till it reaches same level of potatoes.
  7. Add some 1/2 cooked rice over the potatoes.
  8. Add fish over the half cooked rice.
  9. Add the remaining half cooked rice over the fish masala.
  10. Add some peas.
  11. Add some fried onions.
  12. Add some yellow coloured water.
  13. Cook in medium heat.
  14. Await for pressure cooker whistle.
  15. Remove pressure cooker from heat and check for the cooking. The rice should be soft.

Serve with tomato salad.