Kelkars Kitchen

Prawn Biryani -- Simply Awesome

A luscious and irrestible Prawn Biryani recipe with long grain rice cooked with succulent prawn pieces, chopped onions, tomatoes, chillies, ginger julienne and a medley of Indian spice powder. Enjoy this delicious prawn Biryani with raita.

Ingredients
250 gms rice (chawal)
250 gms prawns , marinated in salt and turmeric powder (haldi) for 30 minutes
2 onions, chopped
2 tomatoes, chopped
1 tsp ginger-garlic (adrak-lehsun) paste
2 tsp oil
salt to taste

Method

Fry the prawns in oil on slow flame and set aside.
(You can marinate the prawns in a basic marinade of salt,pepper,garlic,chilli paste, turmeric before frying them)
In the remaining oil, fry onions until they are golden-brown.
Add tomatoes, ginger-garlic paste and salt.
Cook for two to three minutes till oil starts separating from the masala.
Add rice and water and cook until the rice becomes soft.
Add the prawns and cook for two to three minutes on low flame.
Serve biryani steaming.