Fish Briyani

                     This is simple and delicious fish briyani recipe which has unique taste and wonderful flavor. It's great treat for seafood lovers. It makes a complete and nutritious meal.

Ingredients

• Basmati rice - 2 cups
• Fish - 1/2 kg ( you can use any kind of fish. I used Porgy fish)
• Yellow Onion - 2
• Tomato - 1
• Corriander leaves - 1/2 cup
• Mint leaves - 1/2 cup
• Ginger - 1 inch piece
• Garlic - 6 pods
• Bay leaves - 2
• Cloves - 2
• Green chilli - 3-4 ( depends on ur spice level)
• Spinach - few leaves(optional)
• Salt - to taste
• Ghee / Oil - 3 tbsp
• Lime - 1

For marination

• Yogurt - 1/2 cup
• Pepper - 1 tbsp
• Red Chilli powder - 1 tbsp
• Corriander powder - 1 tbsp
• Garam masala - 1/4 tbsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tbsp

Method

1. Soak basmati rice in water for 20 minutes. Drain water and cook it until the rice is 3/4 cooked. Keep it aside.

2. Mix yogurt and all spices, marinate fish in it for 2 - 3 hours.

3. Heat oil in pan for deep fry. Fry the marinated fish until it is 3/4 cooked. Drain it in an absorbent paper.

4. Chop the garlic well  and chop onions lengthwise, grind the corriander and mint leaves, grind the tomato separately.

5. Heat ghee in a pan, add bayleaves,cinnamon, cloves and then add the chopped onion and garlic into it. Fry it till onion starts browning. Then add grinded corriander and mint leaves into it. Saute it till raw smell goes.

6. Add the grinded tomato into it and add all the spices. Let it be in medium flame for about 8-10 mins.

7. Then add the fried fish into the gravy. Let it be in low flame for about 10-12 mins. You can also add spinach leaves into the gravy.

8. Put a little of cooked rice and spread 1 tbsp of lime juice over it. Put one layer of the fish masala above that and repeat the process till the rice and masala are over. Take care not to break the fish fillets. On the top layer, garnish it with corriander and mint leaves and ghee fried onion.

9. Close the lid tightly and heat on a low flame for about 10 minutes. Serve it hot with raita.

Happy cooking....