Machi Biryani Recipe

INGREDIENTS : 1/2 Kg Fish filet 1/2 Kg Basmati rIce to taste Salt & pepper 2 nos Lemon juice 2 tbsp Ginger Garlic paste 1/4 tsp Mehti dana 2 tbsp Turmeric powder 2 tbsp Chili powder 1 tsp Coriander powder 1 tsp Cumin powder 1/4 tsp Garam masala powder 1/2 cup Tamrind pulp 1 cup Tomato puree 1 cup Onion puree 4-5 Whole black pepper 3 Whole Cloves 1-2 Bay leaves 1-2 Cinnamon stick 1-2 strimp Curry pata 3-4 Green chilies 3-4 Green Coriander leaves as required Zarda color few drops Kewra Essence few Fish bone 1/2 liter Oil 1/2 cup Brown onion How To Cook Machi Biryani : 1. Soak the basmati rice 1/2 kg into the water for 1/2 hours. Put water into the cooking pot to boil the soaked rice, while water is boiling add 2 nos cinnamon sticks, few whole black pepper, 3 no’s whole cloves, 02 no’s bay leaves, 1/2 tea spoon whole cumin seeds, salt as needed & 02 table spoon oil, 2 no’s green chilies, 01 no lemon slices in to the boiling water, as the water comes to boiling point add the soaked rice in to let the rice boil to 1/4 cooked, strain it 7 leave it aside. Now marinate the 1/2 kg fish with Salt & pepper as to taste, 01 table spoon lemon juice, 1/2 tea spoon turmeric powder, 1/2 tea spoon red chili powder, 01 table spoon ginger 7 garlic paste, leave it for rest for 10 minutes. 2.Take medium size cooking pot, put on the fire, put 02 table spoon oil, let   the oil get warm add 01 cup onion puree, stir it for couple of minutes, add 01 table spoon ginger 7 garlic paste, stir it , as the onion puree water get dried add curry pata leaves , keep stirring add 1/4 mehti dana seed, 01 cup tomato puree , 1/4 tea spoon turmeric powder, 01 table spoon red chili powder, 1 tea spoon cumin powder, 01 tea spoon coriander powder, 1/4 tea spoon garam masala, 1/2 cup tamarind pulp keep stirring for few minutes as the masala get combine add 2 cup water & the fish bone, let the gravy cook for to 15 minutes on low flame. While the gravy is cooking, chop the green corianders leave, green chilies, leave it a side. 3. Now take frying pan, put some oil in it, let the oil get hot, put the marinated fish into the hot oil one by one to fry, fry it from both side get   golden brown color, remove it from the pan. Take the same cooking pot in which you have boiled the rice, place it on the fire, sprinkle some oil, pt some boiled rice in to the pot, put the fish gravy, remove the fish bone from it, before pouring the gravy in to the rice, place the fried fish pieces no the gravy one by one, put the chopped green chilies & green coriander leaves & brown onion, cover it with rest of the boiled rice, sprinkle some zarda & kever essence on top the rice & cover with pot lid, leave it for get steamed on low flame for 10 to 15 minutes. Fish biryani is ready. Serve it hot with Coconut Raita.