Seasonal delights from a Dimasa kitchen. Curry, khari...and some baking

Category: biryani

biryani / black rice / carrot raita / chicken

March 9, 2016

Black Rice Chicken Biryani

I love reading The Telegraph, our local paper that has always described itself as ‘unputdownable’. One perk that comes on Sundays is the magazine called Graphiti. And on my top list of weekend reading...

August 15 / biryani / cucumber raita / dried mint / fried onions / Independence Day / Indian flag / patriotic food / rice / saffron / tri-colour food

August 14, 2015

Tri-colour Chicken Biryani With Cucumber Raita

Much before Independence Day draws near, the colours of our flag light up a million spaces and invariably my thoughts turn to the beautiful combination of saffron, white, and green. Around this time of...

basmati / biryani / cucumber / mutton / raita / spices

April 20, 2014

Mutton Biryani

Biryani with mutton The combination of rice and meat or vegetables is always a wholesome and comforting meal and I’m glad I made mutton biryani for lunch today. It turned out to be just...