Prawn Biryani(Shrimp Biryani)

Ingredients
3cups Basmati rice
1 pound medium Shrimp(washed)
1 tablespoon Ginger garlic paste
1 cup Yogurt
1 tablespoon Ground spices cloves, cinnamon ,coriander seeds and cumin seeds
1 cup Chopped cilantro and mint
1 medium Onions
1/2 of lime juice
2 green chillies
1 teaspoon red chilly powder
1 teaspoon turmeric
2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoon canola or olive oil
orange food color dissolved in 2 tablespoon of low fat milk.

Method

Fry Onions and Cook Rice(70%)
wash and soak rice for 15minutes. In a medium Saucepan heat 3 tablespoon of oil and add thinly sliced onions and pinch of salt. Saute until golden brown and remove from the oil and set aside. Now add about 6 cups of water along with whole spices and salt in the same sauce pan and bring to a boil.Drain all the water from soaked rice and add to the boiling water. Let cook while occasionally stirring and partially covered with the lid. Cook until its 70% done.Drain the rice in a strainer.

Shallow fry the Shrimp
While the rice is cooking ,clean the Shrimp .Run through some cold water and pat dry. In a bowl mix shrimp with turmeric ,ginger garlic paste, chilly powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
Heat the oil in a big sauce pan on medium high heat. Shallow fry the shrimp, cook for about 4-5 minutes just until changes color and masala is roasted. Remove and set aside in bowl.

Prepare the Gravy and make layers.
In the same saucepan used to fry the shrimp, add the fried onions,yogurt and chopped greens. Let simmer for 2 minutes. Now add the fried shrimp.

Top with the partially cooked rice and sprinkle remaining onions,chopped greens,lime juice and food color.

Cover tightly and cook for just for another 8-10 minutes on medium heat.
Wait for at least 10 minutes before removing the lid of the saucepan.

Mix Layers
Before serving mix completely from bottom up and lay on the serving plate with the shrimp on top.Garnish with coriander .