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Manipur · Dinner

Meen Dum Biryani

Traditional 4. Meen Dum Biryani recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• Fresh fish steaks: 400g
• Basmati rice: 250g
• Onion (thinly sliced): 80g
• Ginger (sliced): 8g
• Garlic (minced): 4g
• Green chilli (sliced): 4
• Yogurt: 80ml
• Water: 500ml
• Salt: 3g
• Oil: 35ml
• Ghee: 15ml
• Turmeric powder: 1g
• Coriander powder: 2g
• Bay leaf: 1
• Cardamom: 3-4 pods
• Mint leaves (chopped): 10g
• Fresh coriander (chopped): 12g

👩‍🍳 How to make Meen Dum Biryani

1. Pat fish steaks dry (1 min)
2. Heat 20ml oil in pan over medium-high (1 min)
3. Fry thinly sliced onion until deep golden, 8-10 min
4. Remove to plate
5. In yogurt, mix fish pieces, minced garlic, sliced ginger, salt, turmeric, coriander powder
6. Marinate 8 minutes
7. In same pan with onion oil, cook marinated fish briefly 3-4 min over medium-high (fish partially cooks)
8. Remove fish to plate
9. Rinse rice (1 min)
10. Heat ghee and 15ml oil in pot (1 min)
11. Add rice, stir 2 minutes (toasting)
12. Pour water, add salt, bay leaf, cardamom, sliced green chilli
13. Bring to boil (4 min)
14. Layer: half rice, then fish with yogurt, remaining rice
15. Sprinkle fried onion, mint, remaining ghee
16. Cover tightly with foil then lid
17. Reduce heat to low
18. Dum cook (steam) 18-20 minutes
19. Remove from heat, let rest 5 minutes (residual heat finishes cooking)
20. Gently fluff with fork
21. Add fresh coriander
22. Serve hot
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