Ingredients:

• 1 cup – Basmati Rice washed and drained
• 1 cup – shelled, deveined Prawns
• 1 tsp – Turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp – shajeera/fennel
• 1/2 cup – chopped Coriander leaves
• salt
• oil for frying.
• To grind:
• 3/4 Green chillies
• 2 tsp – chopped Garlic
• 7/8 peppercorns
• 5/6 Cloves
• 1 tsp – chopped Ginger
• 1 inch – Cinnamon

Method:

1. Wash prawns, apply salt, turmeric powder and leave aside for 15 minutes.
2. Shallow fry the prawns in oil but do not let them harden. Save the oil.
3. Heat 2 tbsp oil, add shajeera. When it splutters add the ground masala and fry till oil separates.
4. Then add the drained rice and fry for 2 minutes.
5. Add 1.5 cups water to it, add salt and mix it.
6. When the water boils, reduce the flame and cook the rice on low fire till done.
7. Fluff up the rice with a fork, mix fried prawns and sprinkle some of the oil used for frying prawns on the rice.
8. Cover and leave on slow fire for five minutes.

Recipe courtesy of Kunda Pednekar