Nasi Biryani

Rice Cooked in Ghee, served with Chicken in Spicy Gravy

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  • Makes

    6 to 10

    Servings
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Growing Up In A Nonya Kitchen

By Sharon Wee

Published 2012

  • About

My friend Anita who hails from Kerala makes biryani using only her mother’s recipe. An acquaintance who is descended from a Rajasthani maharajah boasted that his recipe was royal. While I used to associate biryani only with Arab Street previously, I no longer do so. With the realisation that nasi biryani is rooted in Mughal culinary history and hence the evolution of India itself, I could now understand how an Indian-Muslim restaurant owner would pride his restaurant’s succ

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