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Biriyani Masala

  • Indian Spices

    All in one Hyderababi Shahi biriyani masala spice blend

    Continuing with the trend, this article again focuses on another Indian spice blend. This as you have figured out from the title is a spice blend used specificaly for biriyanis, specificaly Hyderabadi biriyanis. Hyderabadi biriyanis are classified into 2 types as per the cooking process. Kachi meaning raw in which the raw marinated meat is cooked along with layer of partialy cooked rice on top with the lid sealed for the dum process and Pakki meaning cooked in which meat is cooked beforehand then the almost cooked rice is layered on top followed by the dum process. A