Hyderabadi Biryani is one of the most popular biryani dishes which has its origin in the Nizam’s Stae of Hyderabad in India. When I first tasted this dish about 4-5 years ago, it was just enchanting. I tasted the best Hyderabadi Biryani prepared by the world’s best Hyderabadi Biryani chef.
It just melted away in my mouth what with the fresh aroma of the spices and the ghee. It couldny get better that that. Right now, I am preparing this famous biryani in my kitchen and am writing the blog while the biryani is being cooked. God!! I am just not able to resist the mystic smell of the spices touching my nose!! [click to continue…]
The other day, I went to have lunch at a posh hotel in Bangalore in the noon as I was really feeling very hungry and had the least bit of patience to cook. I happened to order the Vegetable Biryani so that it fills my stomach right and I can have a hearty nap once I get back home.
The order was taken and I was really very eager to gorge on the Vegetable Biryani…. Yummy yummy…!!! The idea of my vegetable biryani is that of an aromatic, spicy, steaming hot and an out ‘n’ out mouth-watering dish. But once the dish was placed on my table, I began to wonder what this dish which lay in front of my eyes actually was!!
It neither had the rich aroma nor the spicy zings a biryani is supposed to have and my mouth actually went dry at the sight of it!! It was just hot… steaming hot and nothing else… I got up, paid the bill and told them to change the recipe as soon as possible.
So, I just thought that I can post this recipe so that people who think and eat some colored rice as Vegetable Biryani can actually get to know what this dish is all about… Here goes the preparation method of this classic Indian Rice dish… [click to continue…]