Journey And Evolution Of The Hyderabadi Biryani Dish

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• Biryanis is the stereotypical celebratory meal in
  India and an authentic delicacy that people often
  enjoy during a one-dish meal. The 400-year-old
  city of Hyderabad is associated with the popular
  dish for its signature biryani as much as people
  there cherish this Indian dish enough to have so
  many Hyderabadi biryani hotel in Delhi to deliver
  the aromatic flavor of biryani to as large number
  of people as possible. The biryani may have
  become the local landmark and the national dish
  of the country but people still wonder when and
  from where this delicious come from and how.

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• Biryanis come from many places and religions.
  Some call it by a different name such as pulav
  but biryani is a biryani, and there is not just
  one type of biryani but many kinds such as the
  worldwide famous chicken dum biryani Hyderabadi
  in Delhi that will take your taste bud to a
  rollercoaster ride. But back to our question,
  from where this biryani dish is originally from,
  and what is the journey and evolution of biryani
  shall we dig in?

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The History of Birinj Biryani

• There are some saying about biryani originated
  from Iran but it's a little doubtful. Even the
  word biryani can be traced to the original
  Persian birinj biryani which literally means
  fried rice. Now I don't think they will insult
  the biryani like this. In Iran, the element that
  use to make biryanis (pot) is put on dum to look
  it slow and allow the marinated meat to cook on
  its own, the details give it perfectly layered
  rice and authentic substance. Overall the rice
  cooks gently.
• Now, most of the Hyderabadi biryani hotel in
  Delhi follows the original cooking style to make
  biryani to keep its originality to the last. The
  doyenne of Islamic cooking in India, Salma
  Hussein, tells us that the biryani that used to
  be sold on the streets of Iran no longer contains
  rice and has chunks of meat cooked with rumali
  roti (paper-thin bread). However, the dosh has
  also evolved in India, where it has gained a
  colorful and varied history of new flavor dishes.
  There is no evidence of where biryani comes from
  but all we know is that originally it was a
  Persian dish that came to India with more flavour
  and Indians gave it some elements that it is
  today.

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Evolution in India

• Somehow the dish with meat and rice ends up in
  south India after long travel with moguls. It was
  only later that the dish meandered along less
  traveled roads, ending up on the plate of locals
  and making its way to peoples hearts. Today
  biryani is not the only dish that comes in
  varieties but is the most ordered online dish in
  India and much Hyderabadi biryani hotel in Delhi
  try their best to deliver the real taste and
  originality of the dish in their meal.
• Today, in Kerala for instance, one interaction
  with Malabar/mopla biryani, substitutes meat and
  chicken with the flavor of fish and Parwan. The
  spice and the proponents are strong and do not
  miss the aromatic symphony associated with
  Hyderabadi biryani. The state of west Bengal I
  not different and make the dish biryani in its
  own way. This is how biryani evolves in India by
  becoming every states favorite and how the state
  makes its own style of biryani.

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• The journey of biryani was quite long before it
  made its way to India and became world-famous
  cuisine. Rice is the main dish eaten in India
  because there is hardly any dish that cannot be
  eaten with rice and the famous chicken dum
  biryani Hyderabadi in Delhi makes with loads of
  spices and rice to make it more delicious, as you
  know India is the spice capital of the world and
  uses their spice most delicious way.

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