Love biryani but want to skip chicken and mutton? Try these 5 flavour-packed vegetable biryani recipes featuring aromatic rice, colourful vegetables and delicious Indian spices.

New Delhi: For years, one question has sparked endless debates at dinner tables, weddings, restaurants and across social media: Is veg biryani just a fancy vegetable pulao? Purists argue that biryani ...

From the Persian word for "roasted," a biryani is a version of rice pilaf. It requires some prep work, but making components in advance over time makes the job easier. The sauce base can be made ...

Enayatullah Safi's veg dum biryani draws from both Hyderabadi and Lucknowi style but has its own distinct flavour profile. The term veg biryani is a little controversial, but it does have its own ...

Last weekend, while meandering through the farmers market, a young lady came up to me, tugged on my sleeve and whispered in my ear, “Please! Do a biryani class or teach us how to make one!” I was ...

Biryani is an Indian dish featuring rice and various seasonings, such as nutmeg, mace, pepper, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, bay leaves, coriander, mint, and ginger. Although it is often prepared with ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... True, a recipe for biryani, Asia’s delicious rice dish, is long. So many ingredients, right? But also, so many aromas, so many flavors, so many textures.

Vegetable biryani eaters are often singled out and (perhaps rightly) mocked at parties and functions for their insistence, not just in eating, but in staunchly defending this so-called meal.

CHENNAI: Four varieties of biryani take centre stage at House of Idlies’ Saiva Biriyani Virundhu in T Nagar. The spread ...

Robert Sietsema is the former Eater NY senior critic with more than 35 years of experience covering dining in New York City. Biryani feels like a dish of the moment, and there have never been so many ...

Rinse the Basmati rice in cold water and then soak it in water for 30 minutes, then drain it. Take a microwave-safe casserole dish with a lid. Add a few tablespoons of ghee or oil to the dish and ...