Shrimp/Prawn Biryani

Ingredients:

• 20 prawns
• 1 cup basmati rice
• 11/2 cup water
• 1 cup onion(thinly chopped)
• 3/4 cup tomato(finely chopped)
• 2 inch ginger
• 8 garlic cloves
• 1 green chilly
• 3/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 1 tsp coriander seeds
• 1 tsp anise seeds
• 1 cinnamon stick (small)
• 3 cloves
• kesari powder a pinch
• 1/4 tsp garam masala powder
• 1/4 cup mint leaves
• 4 tbsp coriander leaves (finely chopped)
• 3 tsp oil
• 2 tsp ghee or dalda
• salt to taste

Method:

• Clean the prawns.
• Grind the ginger, garlic and anise seeds into a fine paste.
• Add oil in the pressure cooker and heat it.
• Add cinnamon stick, cloves and fry it for a few seconds.
• Add ginger-garlic paste, mint leaves, coriander leaves, onion and tomato and fry it well.
• Add the prawns and fry it for a minute.
• Then add turmeric powder, chilli powder, 11/2 cups of water, salt and rice and stir it well.
• Close the cooker with the lid and turn the flame to medium high.
• Once you get the pressure, put the weight on the cooker and turn the flame to medium low and keep it for 8 minutes.
• After 8 minutes remove the cooker from the stove and keep it aside.
• After 10 minutes remove the lid and stir the rice well and serve it with onion raita.