HYDERABADI BIRYANI
Hyderabadi biryani, also known as Hyderabadi dum biryani, is a type of biryani from Hyderabad, India, made with basmati rice and goat meat and cooked using the dum pukht method. It originated in the kitchens of the Nizam of Hyderabad and combines elements of Hyderabadi and Mughlai cuisines. Hyderabad biryani is a staple of Hyderabadi cuisine. In the 1630s, the Mughals conquered Hyderabad and established the Nizams as rulers. Hyderabadi cuisine was created by combining Mughlai and local culinary traditions. According to local legend, the first Nizam, Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I, invented Hyderabadi biryani during a hunting expedition in the mid-eighteenth century. When the Mughal Empire fell apart in Delhi in 1857, Hyderabad arose as the centre of South Asian culture, resulting in a fusion of innovations in Hyderabadi biryani. The dish's exact origin is unknown. Despite legends to the contrary, the biryani is of South Indian origin, descended from pilaf varieties brought to South Asia...