Ingredients for Prawns Green Rice:
1. Prawns big – 1 kg
2. Coriander leaves – ¼ cup
Mint leaves – ¼ cup
Green chillies – 3
Lemon juice – 1 tsp
Salt – As required
Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tablespoon
For masala:
3. Onions – 5
Tomato – 2
Green chillies – 5
Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tablespoon
4. Coriander leaves – ½ cup
Mint leaves – ½ cup
Curry leaves – 2 stems (chopped)
Pepper seeds (raw and green) – 1 tablespoon
5. Salt – For taste
Curd – 2 tablespoons
6. Coconut oil – 2 tablespoons
7. Garam masala – 1 teaspoon
8. Fennel seeds, powdered – 1 tsp
To prepare rice:
9. Basmati rice – 1 kg
10. Cinnamon, cloves and cardamom – 3 each
Ghee – As required
Salt – As required
How to prepare Prawns Green Rice?
1. Make a fine paste of ingredients no: 2 and marinate prawns with this masala.
2. Allow it to rest for half an hour.
3. Transfer the prawns to a non-stick pan and cook on a low flame till the water content is almost absorbed.
4. Add a little coconut oil and fry it.
5. Heat oil in another pan and sauté ingredients no: 3, followed by ingredients no: 4.
6. Make a fine paste of the above mixture.
7. Add salt and curd to the above gravy, followed by garam masala and fennel powder.
8. Add prawns to this gravy and mix well.
9. Add basmati rice to boiling water, along with ingredients no: 10.
10. Mix the contents well and cook the rice till it’s almost done.
11. Transfer prawns masala to a thick-bottomed pan and spread rice on its top.
12. Pour ghee on its top and close the lid.
13. Cook your prawn rice on a low flame till steam starts coming out.
14. Turn off the flame and allow it to bake for a few more minutes before you serve.
Courtesy: Grihalakshmi Magazine, June 1 – 15, 2019
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