Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A South Asian dish containing meat, fish, or vegetables and rice flavored with saffron or turmeric and other spices.
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- noun A dish of spiced
rice with meat and/or vegetables.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an Indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetables
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A synopsis of a complicated recipe: The typical recipe for a biryani is a mile-long and quite intimidating, but if the recipe introduction says something like, "Saffron-flavored rice is layered with spicy vegetables and fried onions", it suddenly makes the recipe more approachable.
Archive 2008-01-01 Nupur 2008
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Arundathi said ... oh wow that looks fantastic. a vegetarian biryani is so difficult to find! thanks for this link.
Taste & Create: Bollywood Biryani Laura 2009
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FWIW I tried the goat biryani from the non-veg Indian station in this place the other day, and it was ok.
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Traditionally, biryani is layered in a metal pot and heated through until the rice at the bottom becomes crispy and delicious, but I am forgoing that for the convenience of using a glass dish.
Archive 2007-02-01 Nupur 2007
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Making chicken biryani is a breeze after coming to the US.
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These days biryani is available almost everywhere and there are restaurants totally devoted to biryani.
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These days biryani is available almost everywhere and there are restaurants totally devoted to biryani.
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These days biryani is available almost everywhere and there are restaurants totally devoted to biryani.
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Next to Turkish pilaf, biryani is perhaps rice's highest calling.
Hot Weather Cuisine 2005
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Cover the Dutch oven tightly and place it on low heat till biryani is steaming hot.
Archive 2005-06-01 Nupur 2005
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