Shrimp has been my favorite sea food since long. I haven't experimented much with it. The regular way of cooking shrimp at my place is making a simple curry and serve it with plain rice. Over the time, I got bored of the same thing and wanted to experiment with Shrimp Biryani. I am a pretty lazy person to go with the dum biryani process. So, I took a shortcut of the pressure cooker method and tried this out. It is almost similar to dum biryani in taste and you will surely enjoy eating it. We had this for lunch yesterday and it was super yummy. If you have sudden guests at your house and you have to cook delicacies, then this pressure cooker method biryani will come to your rescue.

Ingredients:

Shrimp/Prawns - 1 cup

Salt - As per taste

Turmeric powder - 1 teaspoon

Water - As required

Yogurt - 1 teaspoon

Red Chilli powder - 1 teaspoon

Coriander powder - Half teaspoon

Garam Masala powder - 1 teaspoon

Ginger-garlic paste - Half teaspoon

Oil - 3 tablespoons

Bay Leaf - 2

Cardamom - 2

Cloves - 2

Cinnamon - 2

Onions - 1(small, finely chopped)

Green Chillies - 3(slit into two halves)

Curry leaves - Few

Tomatoes - 1(finely chopped)

Fenugreek leaves - 2 tablespoons

Basmati Rice - 4 cups

Preparation:





Boil the shrimp in water adding salt and turmeric powder. Once done, drain the water and keep them aside.









Marinate the boiled shrimp by adding yogurt, salt, red chilli powder, corainder powder, garam masala powder, ginger-garlic paste and one tablespoon of oil. Let it stay for half an hour.









Take the pressure cooker to heat and add 2 tablespoons of oil to it. Add bay leaf, cardamom, clove and cinnamon. Add onions, green chillies and curry leaves and cook for 3 mins. Then add tomatoes and cook for 2 mins









Add the marinated shrimp along with fenugreek leaves.









Add the basmati rice and mix well. Cook for 5 mins and then add 5 cups of water for 4 cups of basmati rice.









Pressure cook for 3 whistles and then remove from heat. Serve hot.









Serving Options:





Serve the delicious Prawn Biryani with yogurt raitha.