Hyderabadi Prawn Biryani

Ingredients

• Prawn (500 gm)
• Basmati Rice (500 gm)
• Onion Sliced (2-3 big size)
• Ginger- garlic Paste (2 tsp, 1tsp each)
• Yogurt (1 cup)
• Turmeric pwd(1/2 tsp)
• Red chili pwd (2 tsp)
• Sahi jeera(1/2 tsp)
• Cardamom(4-5)
• Cloves (4-5)
• Cinnamon sticks (3-4)
• Star anise (1-2)
• Big cardamom (1-2)
• Bay leaf(1-2)
• Black pepper(5-6)
• Green chili (3-4)
• Mint leaves(1/2 cup)
• Curry leaves(5-6)
• Biryani masala(3 tsp)(I use MDH)
• Cumin pwd(1tsp)
• Coriander pwd (1tsp)Coriander leaves for garnishing
• Salt and oil as needed
• Ghee (1tsp)
• Orange food color (a pinch/ optional)

Preparation

•   In a bowl take yogurt, turmeric pwd, red chili pwd, cumin and coriander pwd, biryani masala, green chili, salt, ginger-garlic paste,mint leaves, curry leaves and prawns.

 

• Mix all and keep for half an hour.
• Soak basmati rice  for 30 min.
• In the mean time fry the sliced onion till golden brown and crispy.
• Now take a heavy bottomed pan, add 6-7 tsp oil, then add the prawn marinade and spread it even.

• Heat water in a vessel, add all the whole spices, mint leaves, oil, salt, 1 tsp biryani masala. (see in the pic)
• Bring water to boil and add the soaked rice,boil the rice for 3-4 min in high flame.The rice should be half cooked.
• Strain the water from the rice immediately.

•  Spread the half cooked rice over the marinated prawn, add mint leaves, curry leaves, fried onions,sprinkle the rest biryani masala, some oranged colored water and ghee.

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•              Cover it and cook 8-10 min in high and 5-7 min in low flame.
•              Switch off the flame amd leave it for 10 min. Do not open the lid immedeately.

• Now your Hyderabadi Prawn Biryani is ready. Garnish some coriander leaves. Serve hot with yogurt raita and raw onion.

 

Veg Biryani

Ingredients

• Basmati rice/Long grain rice(2cups)
• Onion paste (5tsp)
• Ginger paste(2tsp)
• garlic paste(3 tsp)
• Boiled potatoes(5-6,cut into 2 half)
• Black cardamom (2-3)
• Cinnamon sticks(2-3)
• Cloves(4-5)
• Black pepper(4-5)
• bay leaf(1-2)
• Biryani pdr(2tsp,optional)
• Turmeric pdr(1tsp)
• Red chili pdr(1tsp)
• Coriander pdr(2tsp)
• Fried onion(1 cup)
• Kewda water(2tsp)
• Saffron water/yellow food color(3tsp)
• Coriander leaves(1/2 cup)
• Salt to taste
• water and oil as needed

 

Preparation

1. Wash the rice and soak it for half an hour.
2. Heat oil,add turmeric pdr and boiled potatoes,fry  till golden.
3. Heat oil in a pan,add cinnamon sticks,black cardamon,cloves,black pepper, bay leaf.
4. Add onion paste,ginger and garlic paste,red chili pdr,salt ,cook for 3-4 min.
5. Add fried potatoes and biryani masala, mix well with the masala.Add little water.Keep aside.
6. Boil sufficient amount of water in a pan ,add soaked rice,salt to taste and little oil.
7. when the rice 90% done,drain the excess water.
8. Transfer the rice in a flat based pan and add the masala potatoes,fried
9. onions,coriander leaves and mix the rice carefully(each rice should not break).
10. Add saffron/yellow food color water and kewda water on the top.Cover the lid tightly
11. and cook for 15 min in low flame.
12. Now your Veg biryani is ready.Serve hot with raita or salad.

Mutton Biriyani

Ingredients:

For marination

1 kg Mutton 

5 tablespoon ginger paste 

3 tablespoon garlic paste 

5 table spoon ghee/butter

1 cup yogurt

1 tea spoon Turmeric powder 

2 tea spoon chili powder 

1 tea spoon corriander powder 

4 tablespoon biriyani masala powder(optional)

½ cup fried onion (fry sliced onion with cornflour till golden brown)

Mint leaves 

Coriander leaves 

Salt to taste

Lemon juice

For Preparing Rice:

3 cups basmati rice/long grain rice
2 tspoon oil

cinnamon

cardamom

big cardamom

cloves

Black pepper

Bey leaf

Saffron(add with ½ cup of warm milk) 

Method

First take all the ingredients for marinating.Store the Marinate mutton for 1 hour in the fridge.  After 1 hour , take a pan with 5 1/2 cups of water and add 2 tea spoon of oil and leave for boiling. Take a small clean cloth and put all  the ingredients (preparing for the rice) except the rice & saffron and bind the cloth tightly, put inside the boiling water.After 2 minutes put the rice for the boiling and boil upto 80%.

Then take a big pan put on the fire, put the marinate mutton, on mutton put  some  boiled rice and make a layer. On the rice layer put some fried onion, mint leaves, coriander leaves. Again put some rice and put fried onion, mint leaves, coriander leaves, saffron milk and butter. Now close the pan tightly. Keep it 30-40 minutes on low heat. After that  mutton biriyani is ready and serve it with the onion raita/salad.