Chicken Biryani
$16 play money
Layered rice and chicken cooked under a sealed lid. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $16 in play money, which puts it in the Everyday tier ($15 to $59). It is part of the everyday core of the menu.
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Key facts
- Cuisine
- Indian
- Menu section
- Indian
- Price tier
- Everyday ($15 to $59)
- Play-money price
- $16
- Main ingredients
- rice, chicken, saffron, spices
- How it is served
- A pot of long-grain rice in white and yellow layers with chicken, fried onions and mint
History, tradition and origin
Biryani is rice and marinated meat cooked together in a sealed pot. It is associated with the Mughal courts and with Persian influence on Indian cooking, and cities such as Hyderabad and Lucknow have their own styles. It is the dish of weddings and of Eid, cooked in very large pots to feed hundreds of guests.
Food economy and industry
Biryani is consistently among the most ordered dishes on Indian food delivery apps. It depends on aged long-grain basmati rice from the foothills of the Himalayas, a major export for India and Pakistan. Saffron, used for colour and scent, is harvested by hand in Kashmir and Iran.
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