Kozhikode Fish Briyani

Ingredients

king fish ¼ kg

If not seer

Cooked rice 200 Gms

Onion chopped 1

Tomato chopped 1

Ginger garlic paste 2 tsp

Cashew 5

Poppy seeds 1 tsp

Lemon juice ½ tsp

Corn flour 2 tbsp

Green chilli 2

Mint leaves chopped 1 tbsp

Turmeric powder1/2 tsp

Pepper powder 1 tsp

Chilli powder 1 tsp

Salt and oil as required

Preparations

1.      Cook the fish pieces with salt and turmeric powder in water

2.      Break it into small pieces

3.      Grind cashew and poppy seeds to a fine paste.

4.      In a broad pan add oil, onion, ginger garlic paste, mint leaves and tomatoes. sauté it

5.      Add pepper powder, fish pieces, ground cashew paste. Bring to boil

6.      In another vessel arrange alternate layers of rice and fish curry. Keep this in low medium heat for 5 minutes with lid closed

Serve hot with raita