Shrimp Biriyani

Azeez Dosto…abhi abhi mere dil may khayaal aya hai…jub bhi maine kuch acha banaya hai sab ko khilaaya hai..phir kyon na aapko bhi aaj ye mazedar shrimp briyani khilaun.ji ye nahnne munne se pyaare pyaare se haseen shrimp jub in khusbudaar zayeqon se milte hain tou mat puchiye kitne chatkhaare zubaan se nikalte hain…waah! Aaha! La jawaab! gharz shrimp bazzath-e-khud apna alag zaayeqa rakhte hain…jub ye kisi khaas recipie ke saath bante hain tab tou inka zaayeqa dobaala hojaata hai…aap sab ne baarha aazmaaya hoga…aaj phir azma ke dekhiye I mean bana ke dekhiye…Shrimp biriyaani…

Ingredients:

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2 lbs Shrimp raw

1 cup Yogurt

1 1/2 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste

1 tsp Chili Powder

2 tsp Coriander Powder

10 green Chilies split into two

1 cup chopped Mint Leaves

1 cup chopped Cilantro/ coriander leaves

2 tomatoes finely chopped

3 onions finley chopped

¼ tsp Garam Masala pwd

6 cardomoms

2 sticks cinomon

5 cloves

4 cups of rice

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Grind all these ingredients

10 Pepper Corns

5 Cloves

6 tsp Cardamoms

½ tsp Sahajeera or Black Cumin

1” Cinnamon Stick

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Spices for boiling rice
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6 Cardamoms

3 Cloves

½ tsp Ginger Garlic Paste

1 tbsp of Oil

Salt

Direction

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wash and squeeze all the water from the shrimp.

Grind all the ingredients listed under garam masala to a fine powder.

Mix all the ingredients of the marinade with salt,ginger garlic paste and marinate of 1 hour.

In pan heat oil and fry the onions until light golden brown.add the marinated shrimps fry the both sides of the shrimps.

Now remove the shrimps from the oil.

Add curd in the remaing oil, add mint coriander,green chillies ,and tomatoes.and cook until they mix together in a low heat.

In a big pot bring water to a boil, add all the spices for boiling rice and mix well. Add rice and cook it 85%, Drain the rice and keep aside.

Soak saffron in hot milk.

Now its time to arrange shrimp and rice in layers, one layer of shrimp and two layers of rice.

Arrange ½ the boiled rice on shrimp, sprinkle some oil, ½ the fried onions and ½ saffron milk.

sprinkle fried onions and the saffron milk.

Cover with a heavy lid and let it cook for another 10 to 15 min.

Mix the rice and serve hot with raita .