The Antigua Curry Club Meeting
Chicken Biryani
served with curry sauce and chickpea raita
Vegetable Biryani
served with curry sauce and chickpea raita
Biryanis are
rice-based foods made with spices, rice (usually basmati)
and meat or vegetables.
The name is derived from the Persian word beryān which means "fried" or "roasted".
Biryani was brought to India by Persian travelers and merchants and local
variants of this dish are popular in all of India.
The
spices and condiments used in biryani may include but are not limited to: ghee,
peas, beans, cumin, cloves, cardamom, bay leaves, coriander and mint leaves,
ginger, onions, and garlic. For a
non-vegetarian biryani, the main ingredient that accompanies the spices is the
meat—beef, chicken, goat, lamb, or shrimp. The dish may be served with dahi
chutney or raita, korma, or curry.
The difference between biryani and pullao is that while pullao may be made by
cooking the items together, biryani is used to denote a dish where the rice is
cooked separately from the other ingredients.