Prawn Dham Briyani

Ingredients  

• Prawn - 1kg 
• Basmati rice - 2 cup 
• oil - 4 tsp 
• ghee - 2 tsp 
• cinnamon stick - 2 
• cloves - 5 
• sombu - 1 tsp 
• cardomon - 2 
• bay leaf - 1 
• onion - 1 (big) - nicely chopped 
• green chilli - 5 nicely chopped 
• cilantro - 1/2 cup 
• pudhina - 1/2 cup 
• ginger-garlic paste - 2 tsp 
• turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp 
• salt - as per taste 
• tomato paste - 1 cup 
• coconut paste - 1/2 cup 
• lemon - 1 
• cashews - 10

Method

• In a cooker, add oil and put cardomon, sombu, cinnamon stick, cloves, bay leave, onion and green chilli and saute well. 
• Add the cilantro, pudhina, ghee, ginger-garlic paste and saute until the oil come out. 
• Now add the prawns, turmeric powder, salt and cook for 2 minutes. 
• Add the tomoto paste, coconut paste and again cook for 2 more minutes. 
• After this add the rice and fry for few minutes and add the water, lemon juice and allow it to boil. 
• When the water starts boiling, check for the seasoning and keep the stove in sim and close the cooker lid with tumbler ( not with the whistle).
• Cook for 15 minutes and switch off the stove. 
• Open the cooker lid and add the fried cashews and serve hot with raitha.