Farzana’s Biryani

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    6 to 8

    • Difficulty

      Medium

    • Ready in

      3 hr 30

Appears in
Third Culture Cooking: Classic Recipes for a New Generation

By Zaynab Issa

Published 2025

  • About

Farzana’s constant open kitchen has provided so much respite for me over the years. Whenever I need a place to find comfort, she’s there for me, feeding me with an open heart along the way.

Farzana Khalfan is my sister-in-law, married to my husband’s eldest brother. She is always in the kitchen with her family, which in so many ways reminds me of my own: mom, dad, four kids who are seemingly always hungry, so much extended family around, and even mo