Fish Biriani

Name: Fish Biriani
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 500 g Fish steaks; 2 Onions; 3 Tomatoes, chopped / blended; 3-4 potatoes, halved; 1 tsp ginger paste; 2-3 tbsp tomato paste; 1 tsp garlic paste; 1 tsp cumin seeds whole; 4 black pepper; 1 cinnamon stick; 2 cloves whole; juice of a lemon; 1/2 Cup yoghurt; to taste salt; food color (orange); 1 green chilli (optional); Cooking oil

Kezengwa Irene @IKezengwa

Mombasa, Kenya

A break from the usual Beef and chicken biriani ... Try seafood! :-)

Kezengwa Irene @IKezengwa

Mombasa, Kenya

A break from the usual Beef and chicken biriani ... Try seafood! :-)

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Ingredients

500 gFish steaks
2Onions
3Tomatoes, chopped / blended
3-4potatoes, halved
1 tspginger paste
2-3 tbsptomato paste
1 tspgarlic paste
1 tspcumin seeds whole
4black pepper
1cinnamon stick
2 cloveswhole
juice of a lemon
1/2 Cupyoghurt
to tastesalt
food color (orange)
1green chilli (optional)
Cooking oil

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Steps

1

Marinate the fish in lemon juice, salt, ginger garlic paste.
2

Fry the above fish for 2-3 mins on each side so that it holds its shape when making the stew.
3

Caramelize the onions and deep fry/ half fry the potatoes (rem to color the potatoes)and set aside.
4

Heat up oil in a pot and fry the whole spices till they splutter.
5

Add in your ginger garlic paste, mix well.
6

In goes your blended/chopped tomatoes - give it a good mix, then add tomato paste and let it simmer for few mins.
7

Then add your yoghurt, mix it well and let it cook till you see oil on the sides of the sufuria/ on top.
8

Add in your fish and mix it well in the masala, let it cook for about 15mins.
9

Lastly, squeeze in lemon juice.
10

Enjoy!