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Biryani11 versions

Layered rice and meat, perfumed and slow-cooked. One name, dozens of identities — every region of the subcontinent claims its own truth.

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Hyderabadi Dum Biryani — a indian main course dish from Hyderabad, India — featuring dum-cooked, kachchi style, saffron1

Hyderabad, India

Hyderabadi Dum Biryani

“Sealed in dough and slow-cooked over coal — the steam does things to rice that no other method can.”

dum-cookedkachchi stylesaffronsealed pot

2,847 voices synthesised

Kolkata Biryani with Aloo — a indian main course dish from Kolkata, India — featuring potato in biryani, lighter spice, boiled egg2

Kolkata, India

Kolkata Biryani with Aloo

“The potato is not an accident. It is the soul.”

potato in biryanilighter spiceboiled eggNawabi heritage

1,132 voices synthesised

Lucknowi Pakki Dum Biryani — a indian main course dish from Lucknow, India — featuring pakki style, kewra water, rose attar3

Lucknow, India

Lucknowi Pakki Dum Biryani

“The meat is pre-cooked before layering. Fragrant, delicate, aristocratic.”

pakki stylekewra waterrose attarNawabi

964 voices synthesised

Chettinad Biryani — a indian main course dish from Chettinad, India — featuring seeraga samba rice, Chettinad spice blend, stone flower4

Chettinad, Tamil Nadu, India

Chettinad Biryani

“Star anise, stone flower, and a fistful of dried red chilies — Chettinad biryani is built from a spice cabinet no other biryani touches.”

seeraga samba riceChettinad spice blendstone flowerextra chili heat

962 voices synthesised

Sindhi Biryani — a pakistani main course dish from Karachi, Pakistan — featuring aloo bukhara, sour yoghurt, green chilli5

Karachi, Pakistan

Sindhi Biryani

“Dried plums and yoghurt. Tangy and complex in ways other biryanis never attempt.”

aloo bukharasour yoghurtgreen chillitangy

538 voices synthesised

Dindigul Biryani — a indian main course dish from Dindigul, India — featuring curd-lime tang, small-cube meat, pepper masala6

Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India

Dindigul Biryani

“Small-cubed meat, seeraga samba, and a curd-lime tang. Dindigul plays biryani in a different key.”

curd-lime tangsmall-cube meatpepper masalaclean finish

534 voices synthesised

Tahiri — a indian main course dish from Lucknow, India — featuring awadhi lineage, golden potato protagonist, whole spice bloom7

Lucknow, India

Tahiri

“The vegetable biryani that isn't a compromise. Tahiri was always its own dish.”

awadhi lineagegolden potato protagonistwhole spice bloomown dum tradition

468 voices synthesised

Memoni Biryani — a pakistani main course dish from Karachi, Pakistan — featuring no food colouring, kutchi memon, yogurt-marinated mutton8

Karachi, Pakistan

Memoni Biryani

“No food colouring, less tomato, more fire. The Memon community's biryani keeps it honest.”

no food colouringkutchi memonyogurt-marinated muttonsecond-act heat

412 voices synthesised

Thalassery Biryani — a indian main course dish from Thalassery, India — featuring kaima rice, coconut oil, black pepper9

Thalassery, Kerala, India

Thalassery Biryani

“Kaima rice, not basmati. Everything about this biryani is coastal.”

kaima ricecoconut oilblack peppercashews and raisins

411 voices synthesised

Ambur Star Biryani — a indian main course dish from Ambur, India — featuring seeraga samba rice, meat stock, no marinade10

Ambur, Tamil Nadu, India

Ambur Star Biryani

“Seeraga samba rice cooked in meat stock. The smallest grains carry the deepest flavour.”

seeraga samba ricemeat stockno marinadedalcha

297 voices synthesised

Chicken 65 Biryani — a indian main course dish from Chennai, India — featuring curry-leaf-crackled, fried coating, seeraga samba rice11Trending

Chennai, India

Chicken 65 Biryani

“Fragrant and tender”

curry-leaf-crackledfried coatingseeraga samba ricefragrant

5 voices synthesised