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Authentic Kerala Dishes with my personal Touch 😍
Serving for 6
Ingredients
for Making Rice
Rice -3 cups if using basmati
Rice -4 cups if using jeerakasala
Water - 20cups for cooking and straining rice
Cardamom -5
Cloves -4
Cinnamon -2
Shajeera or fennel seeds -1/4tsp
Pepper -10
Salt -31/2 tsp
Coconut Oil -1tsp
Ghee -1tbsp
Lemon Juice -1tsp
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Cashew nuts -10
Raisins - 20
Onion -1 for frying
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For making prawns roast
Prawns -1kg
Chilli Powder -1/2tbsp
Kashmiri Chilli Powder -1tbsp
Turmeric Powder -1/4tsp
Green Chilli-3
Curry leaves -3
Ginger -1small piece
Garlic -6 cloves
Salt -1tsp
Water
Ghee -2tbsp
Curry leaves -few
For Masala
Big Onion -3 , if not using small onion then 4 big onion
Small onion -20 (opt )
Green Chilli -3
Ginger -1 small piece
Tomato -11/2 medium
Mint leaves -
Coriander leaves
Chilli Powder -1/2tsp
Garam Masala -1/2tsp
Turmeric Powder -1/4tsp
Curd -11/2 tbsp
Fried onion -few
Cashew fried -5
Raisins -few
Salt -
Hot water -11/2 cup
For dum
Milk plus turmeric powder - 1/4cup
Ghee -
Garam Masala -
Mint and Coriander leaves -
Fried Onion + Cashew nuts + raisins
Method
Clean 1 kg prawns and keep aside.
For Prawns Masala – take a grinder and add ½ tbsp chilly powder,1 tbsp Kashmiri chilly powder , turmeric powder , salt, green chilly , medium piece ginger and curry leaves grind it with little water. Take a heavy bottomed pan. Add this ground masala to the pan. Add water. Let the gravy evaporate completely. the prawns will be soft. We can roast the prawns with ghee.
For Biriyani Masala- take 20 shallots, garlic, ginger and green chilly – crush all together. Take a pan add sunflower oil. Saute the shallots mix. Add salt for sauting. Add onions and saute it on medium flame. Saute till the onions are golden brown. Add only ½ tbsp of chilly powder and pinch of turmeric powder. Saute. Add garam masala. Saute well. Add 1 ½ tomatoes. Saute well with the lid closed. Mash the tomatoes well. Add mint and coriander leaves. Add 1 ½ tbsp. beaten curd. Saute. Add some of the fried cashewnuts, onions and raisins. Saute. Add 11/2 glass of hot water. Add the prawns masala. Let it cook well. Saute for 5 mins. Keep aside.
Fry the Cashewnut, Raisins and onions keep it aside. Take a glass of milk with turmeric/yellow color/saffron mixed.
Rice – for prawns biriyani basamathi rice is best. For 1 kg prawns we need around 3*250 ml glass of basmathi rice. Soak the rice in water after washing it for 20 mins. Now we need to cook this rice till ¾th done. Take another deep bottomed pan add 20 glasses of water. Add salt to the water. The water should be really salty. Add cinnamon ,cardamom , cloves, sha jeera(optional) and whole pepper. Let the water boil . add ghee and little oil. When the water is bubbling then add the rice. After 7-8 minutes check the texture of the rice. Add lemon juice so that the rice is not sticky. If the rice is ¾ th done. You can strain the water and keep the rice aside.
For Dum – take a tawa. On that keep a mixing bowl. First grease the pan with ghee. Add a layer of rice. Add onions fried(bista), fried cashews and raisins. Add some garam masala/ biriyani masala. Sprinkle turmeric milk. Sprinkle some oil/ ghee. Add the prawns masala. Repeat the rice layer and so on. You can sprinkle rice water(water which you get when you strain the boiled rice) in one of the layers. Add coriander leaves and mint leaves in between. Do not put the leaves on the top most layer of rice. Tab the rice down on the top layer. Now on lowest flame heat it for 25 mins. Garnish with coriander leaves and mint leaves.
Enjoy !!!!