Garnished with caramelized onions and cashew nuts, enjoy every bite of this dum-cooked, Malabar vegetable biryani. This is a perfect mild-tasting biryani that is enjoyed for any occasion. Rarely but surely they will have a small celebration at my mum’s workplace. If it is a lunch meeting surely there will be that parcel of biryani. Though a picky eater, I like digging into my mum’s pack of lunch and grabbing a few bites. I got the chance as I practically lived under her table at work all the little life that I was off school. Slowly, I developed a taste for this Malabar vegetable biryani where the kaima rice stays white and the gentle whole spices make it a delightful flavour. Why is malabar biryani unique? The cuisine of Malabar is well known for the blend of Arabic and Portuguese cuisine styles seamlessly with the local cuisine. This resulted in rich, fragrant dishes that are not spicy when compared to much of the popular Indian cuisine. Done in fragrant short-grain kaima (jeeragashala rice), the biryani is not spicy or loaded with a lot of masala. The use of whole spices keeps the rice white contrasting with the masala mix. The […]
