Ingredients

• Fish pieces, small in size, spineless – 300g
• Bashmati Rice – 250g
• Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
• Fennel seeds – 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
• Small Onions – 10
• Tomato – 2
• Turmeric Powder – 1 tsp
• Red chilli Powder – 1 tsp
• Garam masala Poweder – 1 tsp
• Coriander powder – 1 tsp
• Green Chillies – 4
• Ginger – 1/2
• Garlic cloves – 6
• Asafoetida – A pinch
• Cinnamon – 1
• Cloves – 4
• Bay leaf – 1
• Stone flower – 1
• Star anaise – 1
• Lemon – 1
• Coconut – 2
• Coriander leaves – Few
• Curry leaves – Few
• Mint leaves – Few
• Coriander leaves – Few
• Ghee – Required
• Oil – Required
• Salt – Required

How to Prepare

Total Preparation time: 40-50 minutes

1. Wash rice cleanly then soak it in 380ml water for 30 minutes and keep aside
2. Chop onion lengthwise, grate coconut, take the juice from lemon, chop the tomatoes, chop coriander leaves, chop ginger and garlic finely and keep aside
3. Grate coconut, grind coconut and extract milk from it and keep aside
4. Take a blender, add coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chillies, ginger and garlic and small amount of water and grind them well like smooth green paste and keep aside
5. Clean and wash the fish twice, take a bowl, add the fish add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, coriander powder
6. Gently mix and grease the fish thoroughly and marinate it for 1 hour
7. Take a pressure cooker, add 2 tsp oil and 1 tsp ghee once oil heats up, add cumin seeds, add mustard seeds, add fennel seeds
8. Add cinnamon, cloves, bay leaf, stone flower, star flower and fry for 1 minutes
9. Add onions, green chillies, saute for a minute
10. After that add tomatoes, curry leaves and salt and fry for 2 minute
11. Add remaining turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, coriander powder, asafoetida and fry for for 2 minutes
12. Then add prepared green paste, curd and 50 ml water mix them well allow them to cook for 2 minutes
13. Once it starts bubbling, add marinated fish, mix it well
14. Add lime juice, 500ml coconut milk and mix them well gently
15. Allow them to cook for 5 minutes and after 5 minutes, check the taste, taste should be high as usual, if its low add more spices, tomatoes and salt as you need.
16. After that sprinkle the soaked rice and slowly and gently mix to the fish pieces
17. Stir the rice gently til rice is covered with masala and fish
18. Cook for 5 minutes then close the pressure cooker tightly and allow them to cook for 5 minutes in low flame without any pressure cook
19. Turn off the flame, leave it till the pressure release completely
20. Fluff the rice gently and garnish with coriander leaves for nice look
21. Now the tasty Fish Briyani is ready for serve