Biryani is a mixed rice dish that originated among the Indian subcontinent's Muslims. It is made with Indian spices, rice, and meat (chicken, beef, goat, lamb, prawn, or fish), as well as, in some regional varieties, eggs and/or vegetables such as potatoes. Biryani is a common dish on the Indian subcontinent and in the diaspora. It is also prepared in other parts of the world, including Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq.
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Biryani is an Indo-Aryan word originating from the Persian language, which was used as an official language by various Islamic dynasties in different parts of medieval India. According to one theory, it came from birinj (Persian: ), the Persian term for rice. The word birinj, a middle Persian word, was derived from the Sanskrit word vrihi (Sanskrit: ), which means rice. Another explanation is that it comes from the Persian words biryan or beriyan, which mean "to fry" or "to roast."
The dish's exact origins are unknown. Different types of biryani arose in the Muslim cities of Delhi (Mughlai cuisine), Rampur, Lucknow (Awadhi cuisine), and other small princely states in North India. Several distinct varieties of biryani emerged in South India, where rice is more commonly used as a staple meal, from the Hyderabad Deccan (where some claim the dish originated) as well as Tamil Nadu (Ambur, Thanjavur, Chettinad, Salem, Dindigal), Kerala (Malabar), Telangana, and Karnataka (Bhatkal), where Muslim communities were present. The modern biryani, according to historian Lizzie Collingham, evolved in the royal kitchens of the Mughal Empire (1526–1857) and is a hybrid of Indian spicy rice dishes and Persian pilaf. The dish is thought to have originated in Persia and was brought to India by the Mughals, according to Indian restaurateur Kris Dhillon. According to another theory, the dish was created in India before Babur, the first Mughal emperor, invaded the nation. The 16th-century Mughal text Ain-i-Akbari makes no distinction between biryanis and pilaf (or pulao), stating that "biryani" is a term that has been used in India for a longer time. A similar hypothesis, that biryani arrived in India with Timur's invasion, appears to be false, as there is no evidence of biryani in Timur's native land at the time.
The biryani is of South Indian origin, according to Pratibha Karan, author of the book Biryani, and is derived from pilaf varieties brought to the Indian subcontinent by Arab traders. She speculates that the pulao was a medieval Indian army dish. Armies will make a one-pot rice dish with whatever meat they had on hand. Owing to various cooking techniques, the dish evolved into biryani, with the distinction between "pulao" and "biryani" being arbitrary. One branch of biryani comes from the Mughals, while another was brought to Malabar in South India by Arab traders.
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