Make this Chicken Biryani with your protein of choice or try a vegetable biryani!
Biryani recipe
One of the mostrequested recipesis finally here!
Another RecipeTin Family effort, it took us seven attempts to get this biryani right.
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And it was worth it.
(Belly and all.)
Biryani, we cant get enough of you!
WHAT IS BIRYANI, AND WHY DO I LOVE IT SO MUCH?
The rice is steamed over a low heat so it absorbs the flavours of the curry bubbling away underneath.
So in a nutshell, its every curry loving-carb monsters dream come true.
Its got my name written all over it!
The latter is the style of biryani Im sharing today.
Hands down, the best ethnic restaurant I know in the upper northern beaches.
), fresh coriander/cilantro, then par boiled lightly spiced rice.
Did you almost lose control too?
Bear with me just want to show you a few more things before handing over the recipe!
Some recipes call for Asafoetida which is an Indian spice that requires a trip to an Indian grocer.
We tried it with and without, and I swear we could not taste a difference.
So we dont use it.
They add the same oniony flavour with the added bonus of extra crunch!
THE ROOTS OF THIS RECIPE
Another recipe ticked off theRecipe Requestlist, another RecipeTin family effort!!
As always, we love to look to the pros to build a starting point for recipe inspiration.
To learn the techniques, we looked at a few books (love the local library!
), dozens of internet pages and Youtube videos from home cooks in India.
Yes the ingredients list is long but youll find everything at the supermarket.
And while there are a number of steps to make Biryani,it is actually quite a straightforward recipe.
(Video is helpful too!)
Nagi x
MORE GREAT CURRIES OF THE WORLD!
Perfect to use as naan!
And the day before.)
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