Ingredients for biryani rice
Basmathi rice – 1 cup
Bay leaves – 1
Salt
Ingredients For Frying Fish
Fish – 300 g
Red Chilly Powder – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
Lemon juice – 1 tsp
Salt
Oil
Ingredients for Biriyani Gravy
Onion – 1 cup
Cloves – 4
Cinnamon Stick – small
Star Anise – 1
Bay leaves – 1
Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
Green Chilli – 1
Coriander powder – 1 tsp
Red Chilli Powder – ½ tps
Tomatoes- 1
Saffron – a pinch
Milk – 2 tsp
Salt
Oil
Method
Soak saffron in warm milk and keep aside.
Cook the rice 3/4 , the rice should not be soft, by adding bay leaves and slt.
Marinate the fish with all the ingredients and shallow fry the fish.
Heat oil in a pan add fennel seeds, cloves, cinnamon stick, star anise, bay leaves and fry for a minute.
Add ginger, garlic and chilly paste fry till it becomes brown and add onions and fry until it turns golden brown.
Put chopped tomatoes and fry for 2 more minutes and put chilly, coriander powder and fry till the raw taste goes off.
In a pot place the gravy and then layer the rice on top.
Put the fried fish and layer with rice and gravy and again with rice.
On top add the saffron milk and cover the a place and pour water on top of the plate.
In very low flame cook for 20 mints.