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Prawn Biryani -- Simply Awesome

A luscious and irrestible Prawn Biryani recipe with long grain rice cooked with succulent prawn pieces, chopped onions, tomatoes, chillies, ginger julienne and a medley of Indian spice powder. Enjoy this delicious prawn Biryani with raita.

Ingredients
250 gms rice (chawal)
250 gms prawns , marinated in salt and turmeric powder (haldi) for 30 minutes
2 onions, chopped
2 tomatoes, chopped
1 tsp ginger-garlic (adrak-lehsun) paste
2 tsp oil
salt to taste

Method

Fry the prawns in oil on slow flame and set aside.
(You can marinate the prawns in a basic marinade of salt,pepper,garlic,chilli paste, turmeric before frying them)
In the remaining oil, fry onions until they are golden-brown.
Add tomatoes, ginger-garlic paste and salt.
Cook for two to three minutes till oil starts separating from the masala.
Add rice and water and cook until the rice becomes soft.
Add the prawns and cook for two to three minutes on low flame.
Serve biryani steaming.

DAL FRY with a Tadka!!!

A popular moderately spiced north indian dal, consisting of a tasty combination of masoor dal and yellow moong dal. Dal fry has a good mouth feel of soft dal pieces and goes great with any paratha or roti. Quick and easy to make.

Ingredients
1/4 cup yellow moong dal , soaked for 2 hours
1 cup red masoor dal , soaked for 2 hours
1/4 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
2 green chillies , slit
1 tsp grated ginger (adrak)
1 tsp grated garlic (lehsun)
salt to taste
2 tbsp ghee
1/2 tsp mustard seeds ( rai / sarson)
1/2 tsp nigella seeds (kalonji)
1 whole dry kashmiri red chilli
1/2 cup finely chopped onions
1/2 cup finely chopped tomatoes

For The Garnish
1 tbsp chopped coriander (Dhania)

Method---
Wash the dals together.
Combine 2½ cups of water, dals, turmeric, chillies, ginger, garlic and salt , mix well and pressure cook for 2 whistles.
Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid and keep aside.

How to proceed---

Heat the ghee in a kadhai, add the mustard seeds, nigella seeds and kashmiri chilli, sauté on a medium flame for a few seconds.
Add the onions and sauté on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes, till the onions turn translucent.
Add the tomatoes and a little water, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
Add the prepared cooked dal, ¼ cup of water, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 3 to 4 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
Serve immediately garnished with coriander.