Fish Pulao

Its an easy, simple and delicious food, can be cooked easily by anyone. Fish is a highly nutritious food commodity. Being an excellent protein food with fewer calories, it is better than other meat sources. It is rich in omega 3 fatty acids proven to be good for the heart.

Ingredients :

4      cups Basmati rice
1      tbsp garlic-ginger paste
1      1/2 cup fish pieces
3       red dry chillies, ground
1/4    tsp turmeric powder
1       lemon
2       medium onions
15     peppercorns
6       cloves (kirambu)
2       1-inch sticks cinnamon(pattai)
8       white cardamoms, crushed
1 1/2 tsp cumin seeds (jirakham)powder
2       bay leaves

         salt to taste
         ghee and oil as required

Process: 

• Wash the rice clean and put in a colander to drain out the water.
• Remove the black threads running at the back of the fishs and wash these fish pieces with water.
• Smear with a little salt and lemon juice.
• keep aside for 1/2 an hour.
• Cut the onions into thin slices.
• Heat 3 tablespoons of refined oil in a heavy-bottomed kadai and season it with peppercorns, cloves, cinnamon sticks, crushed cardamoms and bay leaf.
• Add the ground chillies and the pastes of ginger and garlic.
• Stir and put in the fish. Fry till oil starts oozing out.
• Put in the rice, turmeric, cumin seeds powder and enough salt.
• Fry for some time so that the rice comes to a pale yellow colour.
• Pour 3 cups of hot water and squeeze in the juice of the lemon. Make the fire medium.
• Let cook till the fish are tender and rice is cooked.
• Heat 1 1/2 tablespoons of good ghee in another kadai.
• Put in the onion slices.
• Fry till they are browned and become crisp.
• Take out and keep aside.
• Pour the ghee remaining in the dekchi over the ready fish pulav and mix well.
  Transfer the pulav in a nice serving dish.
• Garnish with the fried onion slices.
  

 So u made it, its ready to serve

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