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C'mon Let's Eat Jhinga Biryani
 
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Prep Time: 30 Minutes
Cook Time: 60 Minutes
Ready In: 90 Minutes
Servings: 12
From the City Times newspaper.
Ingredients:
1 kg basmati rice
5 tablespoons ghee
1/4 kg yogurt
3 tablespoons rose water
1/2 tablespoon orange food coloring
3 tablespoons saffron
8 tablespoons sugar
40 g pistachios
200 g raisins
40 g almonds
5 g cardamom powder
10 g cinnamon
1 kg onion
1 kg potato
35 prawns (size 16/20)
2 cups water
1 teaspoon turmeric powder
6 green chilies
5 cloves garlic
20 g ginger
2 large onions
10 cloves
1 teaspoon cumin seed
1/2 kg tomato
10 g chopped coriander leaves
2 teaspoons red chili powder
100 g sugar
4 hard-boiled eggs
salt
Directions:
1. Parboil rice and drain.
2. Add ghee, curd and sugar and mix well.
3. Soak saffron and orange colour separately in water.
4. In order to get 3 colours of rice, divide the rice into 3 portions.
5. Add saffron into one and orange colour into the second one.
6. Leave the third as white rice.
7. Grind all the masalas together.
8. Brown the onions.
9. Add the ground masala.
10. Add the prawns.
11. Cover with water for a minute.
12. Add all the remaining ingredients.
13. In a large well greased vessel, add half the orange rice followed by the prawn masala, then the saffron rice and fried potatoes and onions.
14. Sprinkle some cardamom powder.
15. Use up all the rice making layers from them.
16. On top, sprinkle some white rice alongwith a tbsp.
17. of ghee and cover.
18. Let it simmer on slow flame.
19. Garnish with nuts and boiled eggs before serving.
20. Enjoy this memorable biryani to the fullest!
By RecipeOfHealth.com