🍤 Prawns Dum Biryani Recipe | Flavorful Goan-Style Seafood Biryani

🍤 Prawns Dum Biryani Recipe | Flavorful Goan-Style Seafood Biryani

Prawns dum biryani

Biryani is in various types. I tried with prawns it turned out to be tasty and delicious. Prawns Biryani is easy to make. And less consuming time than chicken biryani.

📌 Servings: 3
⏱️ Cooking Time: 15–20 minutes
👩‍🍳 Recipe by: Puja Raghuvir Naik

📝 Ingredients

For the Rice:

• 1 cup basmati rice
• 1 small bay leaf
• 3 green cardamoms
• ½ tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
• 1 tsp oil
• Salt to taste

For Marinating the Prawns:

• Fresh prawns (cleaned and deveined)
• ⅛ tsp turmeric powder
• Salt to taste
• ½ tsp red chili powder
• 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste

For the Gravy:

• 2 tsp ghee
• 1 bay leaf
• 1-inch cinnamon stick
• ½ tsp cardamom powder
• 4 cloves
• ½ tsp cumin seeds
• 2 onions (sliced)
• 1 tomato or 2 tbsp tomato puree
• 2 garlic cloves (crushed)
• 1 tsp red chili powder
• 1 tsp biryani masala
• Salt to taste
• 1 star anise
• 2 tsp yogurt or coconut milk

🍳 Preparation Steps

1. Prep the Rice

• Wash basmati rice and soak it while prepping the rest.
• Boil water in a deep pan. Add oil, bay leaf, cardamom, jeera, and salt.
• Cook the rice until 90% done (not mushy), drain, and keep aside.

2. Marinate the Prawns

• Marinate cleaned prawns with turmeric, salt, chili powder, and ginger-garlic paste.
• Set aside for 15–20 minutes.

3. Cook the Gravy

• Heat ghee in a pan. Sauté cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf, jeera, star anise, and garlic.
• Add sliced onions and fry until golden brown.
• Add tomato or tomato puree and cook until soft.
• Add red chili powder, turmeric, biryani masala, and salt.
• Once the oil begins to separate, stir in yogurt or coconut milk.
• Let the gravy thicken, then add marinated prawns.
• Cook until prawns are fully cooked and tender. Set aside.

🍲 Dum (Slow Cooking) Process

Layering the Biryani

• Grease the bottom of a heavy-bottomed pan or pressure cooker with ghee.
• Add a layer of cooked rice, followed by a layer of prawn gravy.
• Add another layer of rice.
• From the gravy pan, scrape out any leftover masala and mix a little rice in it—this rice absorbs the flavor and color. Use this as the final top layer.

Seal and Slow Cook

• Cover tightly with a lid or seal with foil and place the biryani container inside a larger pan with 1 cup of water at the base (double boiler method).
• Cook on low flame for 20 minutes.
• Turn off the flame and let it rest for 10–15 minutes before serving.

🐟 Also try our spicy Goan Lepo Fish Curry for a perfect seafood thali!

🍽️ Serving Suggestions

Serve hot Prawns Dum Biryani with:

• Onion or cucumber raita
• Papad
• Lemon wedges

💬 Tried this Prawns Biryani? Comment your favorite twist below!
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