MUSSELS BIRYANI / KALLUMMAKKAYA BIRYANI:
A UNIQUE RECIPE OF BIRYANI THAT IS MADE WITH MUSSELS/ KALLUMMAKKAYA. MARINATED AND FRIED MUSSELS / KALLUMMAKKAYA ARE COMBINED WITH VARIETY AND FLAVOURFUL MASALA MIX AND THEN LAYERED INTO AN AROMATIC FLAVOURFUL JEERAKASHALA RICE MAKES THE MUSSELS / KALLUMMAKKAYA BIRYANI A DELICIOUS MEAL.
BIRYANI IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR DELICIOUS MEALS THAT EVERYONE LOVES. MUSSELS ARE AN INTERESTING ITEMS IN SEAFOOD DISH. DIFFERENT VARIETIES CAN BE COOKED FROM MUSSELS .THIS MUSSELS BIRYANI RECIPE IS TAKEN FROM MY MOTHERS STYLE OF COOKING. THIS IS VERY TASTY AND CAN'T STOP EATING. MY MOTHER MAKES THIS BIRYANI WITH HER OWN STYLE. ITS VERY TASTY , SPECIAL FAVOUR OF SPICES ARE USED. THE MUSSELS ARE FIRSTY MARINATED AND THEN FRIED. IT IS THEN TRANSFER TO ONION, TOMATO,GINGER GARLIC CHILLY AND SPICES MIX. THESE ARE MIXED AND COOKED, THEN LAYERED TO THE JEERAKASHALA RICE - WHICH IS SMALL AND HAVE A GOOD FLAVOUR. THIS MAKES THE BIRYANI A DELICIOUS MEAL. NOW I AM TYING THESE MUSSELS BIRYANI BY FOLLOWING MY MOTHERS RECIPE. ONCE I TRIED IT, IT'S SAME AS MY MOTHERS BIRYANI TASTE AND FLAVOUR. SO WHENEVER I GOT MUSSELS / KALLUMMAKKAYA I AM TRYING MY BEST ,TO MAKE THIS BIRYANI. IT IS VERY SIMPLE RECIPE AND YOU SHOULD TRITY ONCE IN YOUR LIFE. THEN YOU LIKE TO EAT ONCE MORE.
HERE IS AN EASY AND RECIPE OF MUSSELS / KALLUMMAKKAYA BIRYANI. LET'S FOLLOW THIS RECIPE.
INGREDIENTS
MUSSELS / KALLUMMAKKAYA - 1 kg
JEERAKASHALA RICE - 3 CUP
ONION - 4 MEDIUM
TOMATO - 2
LEMON JUICE - 1 tbsp
GINGER PASTE - 1 tbsp
GARLIC PASTE - 1 tbsp
GREEN CHILLY PASTE - 1 tbsp
TURMERIC POWDER - 1/2 tsp
PEPPER POWDER - 1/2 tsp
BIRYANI MASALA - 1/2 tsp
SALT
OIL - 5 tbsp
CARDAMON - 4
CINNAMON STICK - 1 SMALL
CLOVES - 3
FOR MUSSELS MARINATION
RED CHILLY POWDER - 1 tbsp
TURMERIC POWDER - 1/4 tbsp
PEPPER POWDER - 1/2 tsp
BIRYANI MASALA POWDER - 1/2 tsp
SALT
FOR RICE
WATER - 4 1/2 CUP
SALT
CARROT - 1/2 OF 1
GHEE - 3 tbsp.
OIL - 1 tbsp
CURRY LEAVES - HANDFUL
FOR GARNISHING
ONION - 1 ( FRIED )
CASHEW - 10
RAISIN - 8
CORIANDER LEAVES
PREPARATION
Clean and wash the mussels. Keep it in a strainer to drain the water.
Marinate the MUSSELS by adding Red chilly powder, pepper powder, Turmeric powder, biryani Masala powder and enough salt .
Take a KADAI, heat 5 tbsp of oil. Transfer all the marinated mussels one by one. Don't fried crispy,Only need to fry just two sides. Once all batches of mussels are fried,remove from Kadai and keep in a tissue paper.
In that same oil ( mussels fried oil) add lightly sliced onion and enough salt. Saute well until the onion cooks well .
Add ginger,garlic and green chilly paste. Mix well and stir every 2 minutes until the roast smells comes.
Then add lightly sliced tomatoes .Mix well and close it with a lid . Keep it in a medium flame .Cook for 10 minutes until waster from tomatoes comes. Stir well every 2 minutes.
Add spices such as Turmeric powder,pepper powder, biryani Masala powder. Mix well in a low flame. Add lemon juice and cook it for 2 minutes.
Transfer the fried Mussels into these masala mix. Stir well ,add Coriander leaves and then close the Kadai for 3 minutes. Mix well and switch off the flame.
Take a vessel , heat 3 tbsp of ghee and 3 of oil. Add 1 lightly sliced onion. Fry the onion until it turns light golden colour. Then roast cashews and Raisins. Remove from the vessels and keep aside.
In that same oil ( onion cashew fried oil) add 4 1/2 cup water and boil it. Add cardamon , cinnamon stick and cloves. Once the water began to boil, transfer the jeerakashala rice which is washed and drained. Stir well and close the lid. Cook it for 10 minutes in a low flame.Open the lid of Biryani vessel, add chopped carrots and curry leaves . Close the vessel and again cook it for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes stir the rice once more.
Remove the half portion of cooked rice from the vessel. Then sprinkle biryani Masala to its top of remaining rice. Then add fried onion, cashews, raisin and chopped coriander leaves. After that, transfer the mussels masala mix to its top. Then add remaining rice . At last on its top , sprinkle biryani Masala , fried onion, cashews, raisins and chopped Coriander leaves.
Close the vessel with tight lid . Take a simmer ring or old flat pan, put the vessel on its top. Dum it for 15 minutes in a low flame.
THE TASTY AND MOUTHWATERING MUSSELS / KALLUMMAKKAYA BIRYANI IS READY TO SERVE. IT CAN BE SERVED WITH PICKLE, SALAD , RAITA OR YOUGURT etc.
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Course : Main
Cook time : 1 hr & 15 min
Servings : 6
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