Ingredients

• Basmati rice - 500 g.
• Prawns - 2 cups.
• tomato - 4.
• Onion - 3.
• green chilli - 8.
• Ginger - 1 inch piece.
• Garlic - 6 flakes.
• Coriander powder - 2 tsp.
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp.
• Coriander leaves - 1 small bunch.
• Pudina (mint leaves) - a few.
• Clove - 4.
• Cardamom - 4.
• Cashew - 8.
• ghee / oil - 4 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.

How to Make Plain Prawn Biryani

• Wash and soak the rice for 1/2 an hour. Drain it.
• Grind ginger, garlic, green chilli, coriander powder, onion and coriander leaves, adding salt, into a paste.
• Marinate the cleaned prawns with the paste for 15 mins.
• In a pressure cooker, heat ghee / oil.
• Add crushed spices, cashews, pudina leaves, chopped onion and saute, till golden brown.
• Add the marinated prawn to this, and saute, till the oil separates.
• Add the chopped tomatoes and turmeric powder to it. Stir for a few seconds.
• Now add rice and water in 1:1.5 cups ratio.
• When its starts boiling, close the cooker, and cook in high pressure, for 5-7 mins.
• Allow it to cool naturally.
• Serve hot with raitha or salad.