Saturday, December 18, 2010

Pakistani Fish Biryani پاکستانی فش بریانی

Pakistani Fish Biryani


This is the recipe of Traditional Pakistani  Biryani cooked with Fish.



Ingredients:
  • Fish   750-1000 g
  • Rice soaked in water 500g
  • Oil 1 cup
  • Yoghurt beaten 1 cup
  • Tomatoes chopped  2-3 nos.
  • Onion chopped 2-3 nos.
  • Garlic crushed 1 medium pod
  • Ginger crushed 2 inch long piece
  • Green Chillies 4-5 nos whole
  • Fresh Coriander  chopped 1/2 cup
  • Fresh Mint chopped 1/4 cup
  • Lemon juice 3 -4 teaspoon
  • Salt to taste
  • Chilli powder to taste
  • Haldi 1 teaspoon
  • Coriander powder 1 teaspoon
  • Dried Plum  4 pieces
  • Cardamom brown 2 nos.
  • Cardamom green  5 nos.
  • Cloves whole 10 nos.
  • Black pepper whole 1 teaspoon
  • Cumin whole 2 teaspoon
  • Taj patta 3 nos.


Procedure:

  • Boil soaked  rice in water with 2 teaspoon of cooking salt. Keep aside.
  • Add all spices, ginger, garlic, lemon juice to the yoghurt and mix well then coat on fish pieces and marinate for 1 hour.
  • Now fry onion in oil till golden brown.
  • Add tomatoes and fry for 5 minutes then add marinated fishand green chillies  to it and cook on low heat till fish is tender.
  • Avoid over stirring.
  • Now in a large pan arrange alternate layers of boiled rice and prepared curry. Sprinkle fresh coriander and mint over it and simmer for 5-10 minutes.
  • Delicious Traditional Pakistani style Fish Biryani is ready.