India is definitely a country that attracts people's dreams and must be visited once in a lifetime, and the profound cultural heritage is silently reflected in every move, word and deed of Indian life, and if you want to deeply understand the local culture, you must deeply explore the wonderful taste of nurturing people's livelihood and raising, starting from food, and think about the long history of India. Savour India's national delicacy – Biryani today.
What are the heroes of the deliciousness of chairi?
To put it simply, biryani is usually made with basmati rice (also known as basmati rice) as the main ingredient, accompanied by spices and meat cubes. When it comes to the selection of ingredients, first of all, we have to mention the biggest hero food - fragrant rice, its slightly long, slightly hard, spicy texture and taste are deeply loved by Indians, not only for the local staple food, but also for the export trade of important commodities. Vegetables and yogurt-marinated pieces of meat, such as lamb, chicken, or fish, are added with spices such as saffron, bay leaf, coriander, mint leaf or lemon, which are commonly used in Indian cuisine.
What the! Biryani didn't come from India?
When you walk into an Indian restaurant, biriya is undoubtedly a must-see on the menu, but did you know? It is possible that this dish, which has the title of national cuisine, was not born and bred, but was brought to India by a foreign nation. According to the Spruce Eats, the origin of fragrant rice is most likely to have originated from Persia, and the original text of biryani is derived from the Persian word for fried rice or pre-fried biriyan.
However, there are different opinions as to how fragrant rice spread to India. Some people believe that it was around the 14th century A.D., when the Timurid Empire invaded India and brought fragrant rice from Central Asia to South Asia. Another theory is that the biryani was made by Queen Mutachi of India. When Maha Suifujun inspected the army, in order to sympathize with the soldiers' hard work, he specially invited the military chef to invent a nutritious dish. In short, this delicacy has been passed down in the Indian peninsula.
Wait a minute! Is the kirito you talking about the same as I thought?
The culture of India can be as different as it is, and the same is true of food, even if it is a national cuisine, the fragrant rice of each state in India has its own unique flavor. There are two types of cooking, namely:
Kacchi: Spread the marinated meat on the bottom layer of a thick pot, then layer the half-cooked rice and spices, seal the pot with dough and simmer for about a few hours.
Pukka: Rice and meat are boiled separately and then steamed together.
The following is a brief introduction to the four most common types of fragrant rice, for everyone to smell the fragrance.
海德拉巴香饭｜Hyderabadi biryani
The most well-known representative of bisri, which is mainly made with lamb marinated in yogurt and seasoned with spices such as saffron, lemon and onion, is also slightly different from other fragrant rice, and the local habit of Hyderabad is to cook raw meat and rice together, so that the rice can inhale the gravy and aroma, and the taste is richer.
马拉巴香饭｜Malabar biryani
Malabar, located on the southern coast of India, is a popular local Islamic dish for its fragrant rice, which is made with chicken mixed with fragrant rice and mixed with ghee.
波斯版香饭｜Lucknow biryani
In the Pukka method, rice and meat are cooked separately until they are half-cooked and then steamed together, which has a lighter flavor compared to the local Indian version.
加尔各答香饭｜Calcutta biryani
Compared with fragrant rice from other regions, Kolkata fragrant rice appears light and tranquil; Potatoes, eggs, cinnamon, cloves, green cardamom, nutmeg and other spices are used to prepare a sauce, and the rice is seasoned with rose water.
The next time you order food at an Indian restaurant, please pay more attention to the practice of the biryani after the label, pick the version you want to try the most, and if you order more people to dine together, it is not too much to choose two or three kinds of bissa, you will find that the seemingly simple biryani contains the flavors of terroir from all over India!