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Fish Briyani / Fish Dum Briyani / Spicy Fish Briyani Recipe

July 30, 2013 By Aarthi 28 Comments

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Briyani, Briyani and Briyani..Who hates it..No one right..It is truly a delicacy of india. You can make it with anything you like starting from vegetables to fish. There is one thing in common in these types of briyani, which is the process of making it. The original briyani calls for few steps and the main among that is the “DUM” part.

But now we have found a easy and cheat way of making briyani’s in a pressure cooker. I too have lots of briyani which is made in pressure cooker. Check those recipes here.
 

But the unique flavour, look and aroma comes to a briyani when it is cooked in a dum style. I have a Traditional Mutton Briyani, Chicken Kofta briyani, Vegetable Briyani which is made in dum style. Making a perfect briyani doesn’t need any masterclass or something like that, just use the good quality basmati rice, so you will get the perfect grains and aroma of a briyani. Then the cooking of the rice, it shouldn’t be over cooked and the next step will be the masala for the briyani.

I hope you will love this fish briyani as much as i did. Have this with any raita of your choice, you can choose from my list of raita too..

Preparation Time : 30 mins
Cooking Time: 1 hour
Serves – 3 to 4

Ingredients:

For Cooking Rice:

Basmati Rice – 2 cups ( Click here to know how to cook rice)
Water – lots of it
Cardamom / Yelakai – 4
Cloves / Krambu – 4
Cinnamon / Pattai – 1 small stick
Cumin Seeds / Jeera – 1 tsp
Bay Leaf – 2
Salt – 3 tsp

For Fried Fish:
Fish Pieces – 1/2 kg ( Use firm white fleshed fish )
Salt to taste
Chilli powder – 1 tsp
Coriander powder / Malli podi – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder / Manjal podi – 1 tsp
Cumin powder / Jeera podi – 1 tsp
Lemon Juice – to taste
Oil – 1/4 cup


For Briyani:
Pandan Leaves / Briyani leaf – 1
Onion – 2 large thinly sliced
Green Chilli – 3 slit
Ginger Garlic Paste – 2 tblspn
Chilli powder – 1 tsp
Coriander powder / Malli podi – 1 tblspn
Turmeric powder / Manjal podi – 1 tsp
Cumin powder / Jeera podi – 1 tsp
Garam Masala Powder – 2 tsp
Tomato – 1 large chopped
Curd – 1 cup
Mint Leaves – 1/2 cup finely chopped
Coriander leaves – 1/2 cup finely chopped
Salt to taste

For Saffron Milk:
Saffron – a pinch
Warm Milk – 1/4 cup
 

Method:

Wash and Soak rice for 30 mins. Now boil lots of water with all the ingredients given for cooking rice. Add the soaked rice in the water and cook it for 8 to 10 mins till the grains are 90 percentage cooked. Drain it in a colander and set aside.

Mix saffron with warm milk and set aside to steep.

Marinate the fish in the ingredients given for 30 mins.  Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan(this is the pan where you are going to make briyani). Add the fish pieces in this oil and cook them for 5 mins on each side. Remove them to a plate.
 
In the remaining oil, add in pandan leaves and fry them for few mins. Add in sliced onions, green chilli and saute for 5 mins or so. 

Once the onion is cooked, add in ginger garlic paste and saute them for a min.

Now add in all the spice powders and mix them for 30 sec. 

Add in tomatoes and a splash of water. Cook this for 5 mins till the tomatoes is mashed completely.

Add in salt, mint leaves, coriander leaves and curd. Mix well.Cook this for 5 mins till the masala is completely cooked.

Now spoon the cooked rice on top and add some more coriander and mint leaves. Drizzle over some saffron milk and place the fish pieces on top of the rice.

Cover this whole thing and place over a heavy bottom iron tawa and put the tawa on low heat. Let this whole thing be on dum for 15 to 20 mins. Open the lid and mix everything up. 

Serve this briyani with raita.


Pictorial:

Take all your ingredients
Boil lots of water with whole spices
Add rice to it and cook
Once it is cooked, drain them
Set this aside
Take your fish pieces
Sprinkle in salt and spice powders
Give a squeeze
Now everything is marinated well
Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan,
you are gonna make briyani in this pan
Drop the fish pieces in
Flip over and sear them
Remove them to a plate once they are cooked
In the remaining flavourful oil
Add in pandan leaves
Sliced onions
Saute them well
Add in green chillies
add in ginger garlic paste
And the spice powders
Now add in tomatoes
Pour in some water
Cook them
Sprinkle some salt over
Add a bunch of mint and coriander leaves
Add in curd too
Mix these well
Let them cook till everything is combined
Spread the rice evenly
Sprinkle some more herbs
Pour some saffron liquid on top
Arrange the fish pieces over this
Cover with a lid
Now for the dum part, heat a heavy tawa
Place the whole thing on top
Let it steam
Add beautifully cooked
Serve

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About Aarthi

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  1. RaaaZzzfoodlove

    July 30, 2013 at 3:27 am

    yummy fish biryani, nice nice step by step pics….
    http://raaazzzfoodlove.blogspot.in/

    Reply
  2. Vijeta Karpe

    July 30, 2013 at 9:54 am

    Nice & easy recipe of fish biryani.. What r these pandan leaves & where can i find it?.. i know mostly it is used in Thai & Philipino cuisine..

    Reply
  3. Coral Crue

    July 30, 2013 at 10:18 am

    this looks extremely delicious. where do we get pandan leaf?

    Reply
  4. prethika skm

    July 30, 2013 at 10:35 am

    clear presentation aarthi…will make it soon

    Reply
  5. Hamaree Rasoi

    July 30, 2013 at 4:54 pm

    Awesome looking biriyani. Looks wonderfully prepared.
    Deepa

    Reply
  6. Aarthi

    July 31, 2013 at 1:48 am

    @Vijeta Karpe They are called as briyani leaf in our place. You can skip it if you cannot find it

    Reply
  7. Aarthi

    July 31, 2013 at 1:48 am

    @Coral CrueIn our place it grows in our home. You can skip it if you cannot find it. You can use bay leaf instead

    Reply
  8. morri

    September 27, 2013 at 8:13 pm

    I made it, but with bay leaves instead of pandan and I deboned the fish before steaming. Very yummy, we all love fish dishes.

    Reply
  9. lisha

    May 20, 2014 at 7:56 am

    what is the other option if i dont have a tawa.

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  10. Aarthi

    May 21, 2014 at 4:12 am

    @lishaYou can place the whole thing in a very low oven for 10 mins. Or you could place it over any big frying pan or pan.

    Reply
  11. Anu Shoj

    August 13, 2014 at 2:49 pm

    mouth watering biriyani…awesome!

    Cheers
    Anu
    Anu's Healthy Kitchen

    Reply
  12. Anonymous

    September 8, 2014 at 2:23 am

    Tried this today and came out really good. My husband loves it…

    Reply
  13. Rahath TK

    January 27, 2015 at 6:45 pm

    I love your blog , keep sharing your wonderful recipes

    Reply
  14. Anonymous

    January 27, 2015 at 6:46 pm

    I love your recipes

    Reply
  15. Priya

    July 26, 2015 at 4:56 pm

    Hai Arthi,
    This is my first try at Fish Briyani. It turned out soooo tasty. The steps were like seeing you cook. Thank you

    Reply
  16. അഞ്പ Anju

    August 20, 2015 at 3:04 pm

    Thank you so much arthi… your recipies with pics are really helpful for me… I love your recipies…

    Reply
  17. അഞ്പ Anju

    August 20, 2015 at 3:05 pm

    Thank you so much arthi… your recipies with pics are really helpful for me… I love your recipies…

    Reply
  18. Anonymous

    August 27, 2015 at 3:45 am

    Aarthi , can you tell me which garam masala to use, as each brand have different flavor or let me know your recipe to make home made garam masala. Thanks

    Reply
  19. Aarthi

    August 28, 2015 at 7:33 am

    @Anonymouscheck this out
    http://www.yummytummyaarthi.net/2013/03/homemade-garam-masala-powder-my-version.html

    Reply
  20. Anusha Isaacraj

    October 11, 2015 at 10:02 am

    Thanks pa for this recipe.
    All your recipes are too good!!!

    God bless u n family 🙂

    Reply
  21. Anonymous

    June 9, 2016 at 11:53 am

    gud one aarthi

    Reply
  22. Anonymous

    July 6, 2016 at 11:30 am

    Hi…
    Found ur website few days ago nd really like it.
    One question that how look does it take to cook fish?Nd how to know that its is cooked?
    Even though whenever I tried to cook chicken , it takes 40-45 mins and even more. Can you tell why?or what is the error at my end

    Reply
    • Aarthi

      July 6, 2016 at 5:54 pm

      fish cooks in 10 to 12 mins

      Reply
  23. Anonymous

    July 7, 2016 at 6:29 am

    hey
    I tried . I cooked for around 20 mins , even then there was raw smell and the family was complained that its nt cooked frm inside.
    Same i experience with chicken as the inner part seems bland even after marinating.
    Sry i am really clueless abt fish, how to judge its cooked? and which fish should i choose?

    Reply
  24. Anonymous

    July 7, 2016 at 7:03 am

    nd also please could you tell me how to cook white creamy lemon chicken? Like I am not able to find, If you could send me the link

    Reply
  25. Neha

    October 26, 2016 at 9:07 am

    Hi Arthi I'm a fan of ur recepies. I tried most of your recepies all turned out very yummy. Keep posting

    Reply
  26. Rathi

    September 20, 2018 at 9:50 pm

    Hi Arthi..I’m a huge fun of yummy tummy. Your website is my first priority when comes to food search.
    Your Fish Biryani came out really delicious and moist. It’s definitely a keeper. My whole family loves it including my 2 years old 🙂

    Reply
  27. Zaheda

    November 30, 2020 at 9:17 am

    I tried this with Prawns, it was probably the best biryani I have ever tasted. My husband and kids love it . This is a 5 star recipe. Thank you so much

    Reply

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