Prawns Biryani | Royyala Pulao | Jheenge Pulao | Shrimp Biryani
Recipe prepared by Smt Jhansi Lakshmi
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Article written by Lakshmi Aparna
Prawns biryani is a mouth watering delicious dish. This is quick and easy dum biryani prepared and it needs the least marination time among all biryani recipes. Here are the step by step instructions.
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Main ingredient: Prawns/Shrimp
Serves: 3-4
Course: Main
1 Bowl measurement: 250ml
Ingredients
Prawns (washed and shelled): 1/2 Kg
Basmati rice: 2 Bowls or 1/2 Kg
Sliced Onions: 2
Sliced green chillies: 5
Tomatoes: 2
Onion: 1 big
Bay leaf: 2, big cinnamon stick: 2 (1 inch), star anise: 1, cardamom: 4, cloves: 9
Ginger garlic paste: 3 tbsp
Turmeric powder: 1/4 tbsp
Red chilly powder: 1 tbsp
Garam masala: 1 tbsp
Curd: 1 bowl
Coriander leaves: Few
Mint leaves: Few
Pepper powder: 1/2 tbsp
Coriander powder: 1 tbsp
Saffron: Few strands
Milk: 50 ml
Oil: 3 tbsp
Clarified butter (ghee): 1 tbsp
Procedure
Soak few strands of saffron in 50 ml milk
Clean and wash rice, let it soak for 30 minutes
Step 1: Add and mix 1 tbsp red chilly powder, 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste, 1/4 tbsp salt, 1/2 tbsp turmeric powder, 1 tbsp coriander powder to prawns.
Step 2: Add 2 bay leaves, 5 cloves, cinnamon, 2 cardamoms to water for cooking rice
Step 3: When water boils for 10 minutes, strain the water and add soaked rice
Step 4: Let the rice cook up to 75% and strain the water in it. Keep it aside
Step 5: Add little salt to onion slices and deep fry them in oil
Step 6: Blend two tomatoes and onion into paste
Step 7: Heat 3-4 tbsp oil in a pan or kadai, semi-fry marinated prawns for 3-4 minutes in medium flame.
Remove them with slotted spoon, keep aside
Step 8: In the remaining oil add 2 tbsp ghee. Stay on low flame
Step 9: In that hot oil add and saute 2 cardamoms, 5 cloves, cinnamon for 30 seconds
Step 10: Add and saute 2 tbsp ginger garlic paste for a minute
Step 11: Add and saute tomato onion gravy for 2 minutes
Step 12: Add 1 tbsp coriander powder and garam masala, let it cook for a minute
Add green chilly slices and let it cook for 2-3 minutes
Step 13: Add and mix salt
Step 14: Add curd to it, let it cook for a minute
Step 15: Add coriander leaves and mint leaves
Step 16: Add and cook prawns for 5-6 minutes in the gravy
Step 17: In a flat wide deep pan, layer little rice and fried onion slices
Step 18: Spread half of prawns curry
Step 19: Spread half of semi-cooked rice as a layer
Step 20: Then add remaining curry, coriander leaves and fried onion. Spread all over
Step 21: Add remaining rice as a layer. Spread coriander leaves, fried onions and saffron milk
Step 22: Close the lid tightly by putting weight on lid or closing with dough round the lid. Let it cook on high flame for 5 minutes
Step 23: Now, pre-heat a tava and keep the biryani pan on it for 5-7 minutes in medium flame
Turn off the flame and wait for 2-3 minutes.
Open the lid and mix it from one side.
Hot and tasty prawns pulao is ready to serve :)
Serves good with onion raitha or prawns curry or prawns fry.
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