One of the most popular foods is all time favourite Biryani.
Do you want to know, when and how it was invented? How it is changed over the time?
Let’s have a look in brief.
- Biryani is a mixed rice dish, made with spices, rice and meat
- It has originated among the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent
- The word Biryani is derived from Persian language
- Persian words biryan or beriyan means to fry or to roast
- In North India, different varieties of biryani developed in the Muslim centres of Delhi among Mughlai cuisine and Rampur in Awadhi cuisine
- According to historians, the modern biryani developed in the royal kitchens of the Mughal Empire during sixteenth to nineteenth century
- The Biryani which we have today is a mix of Indian spicy rice dishes and Persian pilaf means Pulaav
- The 16th century book Ain-E-Akbari mentions that Biryani is much older dish in India
Various varieties and preparation styles of Biryani can be seen in different states of India and counties in subcontinent