DELICIOUS FISH BIRYANI RECIPE | Easy fish biryani recipe | Mauritian fish biryani (Briani Poisson)

fish fillets

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: chicken

Tofu offers a plant-based option while chicken is more affordable.

saffron

🥗Healthier: turmeric

💰Cheaper: paprika

Turmeric adds color and health benefits, while paprika is budget-friendly.

ghee

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: butter

Olive oil is a healthier fat choice, and butter is often cheaper.

basmati rice

🥗Healthier: brown rice

💰Cheaper: white rice

Brown rice adds fiber, while white rice is often less expensive.

Soak rice for 30 mins.

Fry onions until crispy and golden brown (set aside).

Fry potatoes, carrots and fish until golden and crispy.

In the same pan, add dried chillies, cloves, cumin seeds, cinnamon sticks and cardamom pods.

Add ginger garlic paste and cook for 2 minutes.

Add biryani spice and cook for further 3 mins until fragrant.

Add yoghurt and ghee and mix well.

Add fried potatoes, carrots and fish, and mix well until covered in spices.

Add half of chopped coriander and mint leaves and half of the onions as well.

Cover with rice.

Cover rice with water to a depth of 1 inch from rice.

Cook for 35 mins.

Garnish with the rest of coriander, mint and onions.

Cooking Techniques

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