LCBO Food & Drink Holiday 2021

FROM THE CHEF’S KITCHEN

CHICKEN DUM BIRYANI

Recipe on page 253

“ Biryani is a rich dish, created when the Mughal emperors would throw a feast for the people.”

Miheer Shete, chef-owner at Curryish curryish.ca

and slow. Steam builds in the pot, cooking the chicken while infusing the rice with flavour. “The whole process is called dum , a Hindi word for ‘steaming,’ ” says Shete. Biryani is a special occasion dish fit for the holidays.

including biryani, spread throughout the country. Every region has its own version. “I’m from the West (Mumbai), where our biryani is a mix of the Northern and Southern versions,” he says. The definition of biryani is meat and rice cooked together with spices, low

“Biryani is one of my all-time favourite Indian dishes,” says Miheer Shete, chef-owner of the excellent Indian take- out restaurant Curryish in Toronto. “In ancient times, biryani arrived through the Mughals, who brought their food with them to India,” says Shete. Those dishes,

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