Last weekend, while meandering through the farmers market, a young lady came up to me, tugged on my sleeve and whispered in my ear, “Please! Do a biryani class or teach us how to make one!” I was ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... True, a recipe for biryani, Asia’s delicious rice dish, is long. So many ingredients, right? But also, so many aromas, so many flavors, so many textures.

Epicurious challenged chefs of three different skill levels - amateur Stephen, home cook Rinku, and professional chef Danielle Alex - to prepare us their favorite biryani recipe. Once each level of ...

“Biryani is an emotion,” said a friend of mine from across what some consider “enemy” borders in India, a country that once existed together with present-day Pakistan as part of a larger entity, and ...

Rinse the Basmati rice in cold water and then soak it in water for 30 minutes, then drain it. Take a microwave-safe casserole dish with a lid. Add a few tablespoons of ghee or oil to the dish and ...

1 Cook the rice for 15 minutes with a bit of salt according to the packet instructions (you can add 1 or 2 chai rooibos teabags to the water for flavour). Once cooked, set aside. 2 Heat a bit of oil ...

Place the diced tofu in a large bowl, and add the marinade ingredients: Garlic, ginger, cardamom, and yoghurt. Mix well and refrigerate, if possible for a minimum of 2 hours. Heat the vegetable oil in ...