Wash and clean fish pieces, pat dry with kitchen towel and keep aside. Soak rice and keep aside.add lemon juice 🍋 on the fish pieces and keep it for 15 mins.wash again and pat dry with kitchen towel and marinade.

Shallow frying the pieces and keep aside, keep marinade mixture separate later add in the gravy.Heat oil, add ghee/ butter, add cumin seeds, bay leaf,star anise cook for 1 min, add finely chopped onions 🧅, cook until golden, add ginger garlic paste 🧄 mix well.

Add finely chopped tomatoes, salt 🍅 cook until mushy,add turmeric powder, marinade mixture, coriander & cumin powder, little finely chopped coriander leaves 🌿, kabsa masala and mix, cook until oil comes out. Add soaked rice and mix well, add water mix gently, let it boil, when rice is tender and soft, remove from flame.

For leaf 🍂 parsley salad: cut 2-3 onions into round, finely chopped leaf parsley mix gently, add salt 🧂, black pepper powder, white vinegar 1 tbsp mix and serve with fish kabsa,If desired.