biriani


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bi·ri·a·ni

 (bĭ′rē-ä′nē)
n.
Variant of biryani.
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biriani

(ˌbɪrɪˈɑːnɪ)
n
(Cookery) a variant spelling of biryani
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Noun1.biriani - an Indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetablesbiriani - an Indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetables
dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner"
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With his time, his advice, his jokes, his biriani but mostly with his talent.
It is sometimes known as biriyani or biriani, depending on where you look and how good their spelling is.
And an amazing lamb biriani from Pickled Pepper means I am now FULL UP."
The extensive menu covered the usual curries such as korma, bhuna, madras, rogan josh, dansak, biriani and dopiaza.
Our second recipe is Unguja biriani, or local Zanzibar biriani curry.
The book features more than 100 recipes from classic dishes such as tandoori chicken, chicken biriani, and samosas to unusual regional specialities such as stuffed chillies and savoury vegetable cake.
It's cleverly been dubbed the Cash and Curry tournament, which brings back memories of a particularly spicy biriani I had the other night.
"Thirty-three percent of waste in a household bin is putricible - uncooked and cooked food, your half-eaten chicken biriani.
Celebrity cook Nigella Lawson, who is also keen on the word game, could put down new culinary words like bhaji or biriani.
I tend to order a jalfrezi and my girl friend goes for a biriani. It is always cooked to perfection.
You just can't get away from it, beer and curry are like love and marriage; they go together like naan and biriani, particularly 750 miles away from home where moules mariniere reigns supreme and what you'd give for a waft of coriander from a restaurant doorway.