Ingredients

Biriyani Rice – ½ Kilo
Coconut milk – of 2 coconut
Prawns ( chemmeen ) – ½ Kilo
Onion – 4
Green chilly – 6
Garlic – 10 cloves
Cardamom – 2
Curry leaves – 2 strip
Coriander leaves – as required
Salt – as required

Method of preparation

Clean the rice. Grind it by adding coconut milk and cardamom. The paste should be smooth paste without lumps. Marinate the prawns with chilly powder, salt and curry leaves. Then fry it in Coconut oil. Heat coconut oil in a pan. Add chopped onion and sauté till it becomes brown colour. then add green chilly, ginger, curry leaves and saute. The add the fried prawns. Finally add the coriander leaves and mix.

Take the appachembu and steam it. Grease the plate with ghee and pour the prepared rice batter into it and steam . On getting steamed spread the chemmeen mix above it and pour rice batter on top of it and steam again. Continue the process and steam it layer wise.