Shemin’s Fish Biryani

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp cooking oil or ghee
• 1 medium raw onion, finely sliced
• 60g Shemin’s Seafood, Indian or Massaman Curry Paste
• 2 tbsp Shemin’s Biryani / Pilau Spice Blend plus ½ tsp for the rice
• 400g tin chopped tomatoes or 4 medium fresh tomatoes chopped
• 160ml coconut cream
• 250g frozen spinach thawed or fresh baby leaf spinach
• 300g basmati rice washed until the water runs clear and soaked for half an hour
• 3 Shemin’s Cardamom Pods crushed
• 1 stick of Shemin’s Cassia Cinnamon Bark
• Salt
• 1tsp saffron soaked in 60ml warm milk (optional)
• 1 small bunch of coriander and ½ small bunch mint leaves chopped
• 700g firm fish like cod, hake, salmon… cut into 5cm chunks or fish cutlets
• 300g potatoes, cut into bite sized pieces and deep fried or boiled until cooked
• 2 large onions fried until golden brown and crispy
• 3 medium potatoes cut into quarters boiled or fried (optional)