Keralan Prawn Biriyani

• 1 1/8 pounds raw tiger prawns peeled
• 1 teaspoon chilli powder
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
• salt
• 1 onion large, sliced
• 3 tablespoons ginger paste
• 3 tablespoons garlic paste
• 2 chillies -3 green, left whole but slit vertically
• 2 teaspoons ground coriander
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 10 mint leaves chopped, or 1 tsp mint sauce
• 1 1/2 teaspoons garam masala
• 5 sprigs coriander chopped, leaves or 2 tsp coriander paste
• 1 7/8 cups basmati rice
• 3 tablespoons Flora Cuisine
• 1 onion large, sliced
• 5 1/4 cups water
• salt
• cashew nuts Roasted, optional
• raisins Fried, optional
• fried onions optional

1. Toss the prawns with chilli, turmeric and salt and set aside to marinate for 20 minutes.
2. Now cook the rice. Pour the water in a pot and add 350g of rice to it. Cook in the microwave at full power for 20 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, heat the Flora Cuisine in a non-stick frying pan. Add in the onion and fry, stirring, until softened. Take the rice pot from microwave, mix in the fried onion with salt to taste and resume cooking the rice in the microwave for the remaining time.
4. In the same frying pan, fry the marinated prawns in 2 batches. Fry each batch of prawns on one side for 4-5 minutes, then turn the prawns and fry for another minute. Using a slotted spoon, transfer them to a kitchen towel.
5. Using the same pan, fry the onion for prawn masala till light brown. Add ginger paste, garlic paste and green chillies and mix in. Add in ground and fresh chopped coriander, 125ml water, salt, the fried prawns, lemon juice, mint and garam masala and simmer gently.
6. Once the rice is cooked through, use a fork to fluff it up. Lightly mix the rice and the prawn masala together and garnish with roasted cashew nuts, raisins and fried onions. Serve with yogurt raita, hot pickle and poppadoms.

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Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Keralan-Prawn-Biriyani-378632 (may not work)