Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Shrimp/Prawn Briyani


Ingredients:
Shrimp/Prawns - 15 to 20 pieces
Basmati rice - 1 cup
Onion - 1/2
Tomato - 1/2
Cardamom - 1 or 2
Cloves - 2
Cinnamon -1/2 inch
Bay leaves - 2 or 3
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tspn
Chilli powder - 1 tspn
Coriander powder - 3 tspn
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tspn
Salt as required
Oil as required
Curry leaves
Cilantro/Coriander leaves
Ghee (Optional) - 2 tspn

Method:

  • Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add cardamom,cinnamon,cloves,bay leaves,curry leaves. Fry for a minute and add onion,ginger garlic paste and fry till onion is transparent.
  • Add tomatoes,chilli powder,coriander powder,turmeric and shrimp. Fry till shrimp is cooked well. If it is very thick just sprinkle some water.Don't add too much of water.
  • Now  add rice and water with 1:1 ratio.Here for 1 cup of rice, we need to add 1 cup of water.
  • Pressure cook it upto 1 whistle. Remove from flame. After 10 minutes release the pressure.
  • Add 2 tspn of ghee and Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot.

1 comment:

Nagha said...

Chef pri...mudiyala...