Learners Academy Hyderabad Biryani

Book for Persian learners published

PESHAWAR: The Iranian Cultural Centre here has published a book for the Persian language learners...

Prawn biryani on the beach

Flipping through it, I came across a recipe for a prawn biryani...

But it’s hard to get good local meat in Sri Lanka, so I thought I’d show Nandi, our wonderful housekeeper and cook, how to make a proper biryani...

CRICKET: BIRYANI, CURRY AND CRICKET

He is the host, and his intensity is focused on cooking beef biryani and a chicken curry for his guests...

But for now, via the medium of a simple plate of biryani and the conversation of grown men, I have come to know that this journey of discovery is not just for me...

Khicchdi and biryani

Describing his experience with two actresses, Ranveer S has been quoted to have said that Priyanka C is like khicchdi and Deepika P is like biryani...

Food Stories: Mutton Dum Biryani

I sat in the January cold of Michigan craving biryani, the painful realisation that my migration from Pakistan had taken me away from most desi delights...

I rang the doorbell, and auntie warmly welcomed me to a delicious mutton biryani lunch...

Biryani on the brain

India has mind-boggling and palate-numbing versions of the biryani...

To understand the culinary culture of any state, all one needs to do is to understand how people make their biryani...

EPICURIOUS: Biryani versus pilau

I might have written about my preference for a good pilau over a biryani previously: the former’s subtle fragrance and flavour beats the more robust taste of a biryani any day...

So the other day, I decided to make fish biryani...

A biryani garnished with hate

WE only learnt after his execution that Ajmal Kasab’s widely reported request for mutton biryani in jail was a myth...

“Kasab never demanded biryani and was never served by the government,” the prosecutor confessed days after the man was dead...

Biryani or cricket?

BIRYANI or cricket? Which one would you go for? If you are a Karachiite, you can choose both...

Probably only a citizen of this frenetic metropolis could balance posters and signs for fours and sixes while gnawing chicken legs dotting the flimsy plastic box of steaming biryani...

Biryani sales surge as Modi's BJP faces defeat in Delhi polls

Biryani sales in India's capital New Delhi soared after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered a devastating loss in a key state election to the Aam Admi Party (AAP), reported The Economic Times on Tuesday...

“The Kejriwal government provides biryani to the people sitting at protests at Shaheen Bagh and other places,” Adityanath had said at some election rallies he had addressed in Delhi, it added...

With biryani and rice balls, Malaysia aims for halal Olympic gold

A small factory in Malaysia’s capital is preparing thousands of ready-to-eat halal meals, from fried rice to chicken biryani, to be shipped off to Japan for 2020’s biggest sporting event...

Liverpool set up academy in Emirates

”Liverpool ambassador Ian Rush, the club’s record goalscorer, said the academy was “a great opportunity forthe club to positively influence the game in the UAE”...

Saeed Ajmal allowed to reopen academy

FAISALABAD: The University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF), following intervention of the Punjab government, has allowed senior Pakistani spinner Saeed Ajmal to reopen his cricket academy set up on the university land...

Last Thursday, the UAF administration had issued a notification, which read: “The syndicate at its meeting held on Aug 29 last, keeping in view the security concerns and directive of the worthy governor/chancellor...

LITERARY NOTES: Pakistan Academy of Letters promoting country’s literature and languages

Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) turned 40 this month...

Such a list can also be included in its bulletin, titled ‘Khabarnama-e-academy’, and the two literary magazines it publishes...

Harassment, rape allegations against notable cultural icon rattle Nobel literature academy

The Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Literature Prize, has been rattled by a sex scandal as several members, their wives and daughters accused an influential person with close ties to the prestigious institution of assault...

Married to a writer with “close links to the Swedish Academy”, the man runs a cultural club showcasing exhibitions, readings and performances by both the cultural elite and hopefuls, including Nobel...