dish of rice cooked with spices and meat and/or vegetables
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classical persian
بریانی
biryānī
dish of rice cooked with spices and meat and/or vegetables
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classical persian
بریان
biryān
roast; grilled
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noun
a style of briyani cooked over a low fire while covering and sealing the cooking vessel with dough, which causes the contents to be slowly steamed while retaining all its aromas. It is traditionally said to have developed in the Mughal Empire.