Food Ala Tee ~ Shrimp Biryani
Instructions
* Peel the Shrimp, wash and squeeze all the water from the shrimp.
* Grind all the ingredients listed under garam masala to a fine powder.
* Mix all the ingredients of the marinade and marinate of 1 hour.
* In pan heat oil and fry the onions until light golden brown.
* In a big pot bring water to a boil, add all the spices for boiling rice and mix well.
* Add rice and cook for 2 minutes, one good boil, I.e rice should roll over with boiling water. Drain the rice and keep aside.
* Soak saffron in hot milk.
* Now its time to arrange shrimp and rice in layers, one layer of shrimp and two layers of rice. In rice cooker container, pour the oil at the bottom, arrange shrimp and sprinkle some oil on top of the shrimp.
* Arrange the boiled rice on shrimp, sprinkle some oil, the fried onions and saffron milk.
* Repeat the above step for the last layer, I.e arrange the spread the remaining rice, sprinkle all the oil, fried onions and the saffron milk.
* Cover the cooker and switch on the rice cooker.
* Put a heavy container on the top of the cooker lid so that steam doesnt escape.
* When the rice is cooked and the cooker turns of , let it sit for at least 10-15 minutes before opening the cooker.
* Mix the rice and serve hot with raita or chicken/goat curry
