The case for going black and purple
Figs, small dark purple almost black figs, grow wild in many areas of Pakistan...
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ArchivePrawn 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...
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ArchiveCRICKET: 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...
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ArchiveKhicchdi 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...
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BlogsFood 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...
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ArchiveBiryani 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...
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ArchiveEPICURIOUS: 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...
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ArchiveA 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...
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ArchiveBiryani 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...
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ArchiveBiryani 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...
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ArchiveWith 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...
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ArchiveA leaf from history: Zia’s cycle show and the siege of the Ka’aba
Gen Chishti was of the opinion that after Bhutto’s hanging and his own refusal to return to democracy, Gen Zia had become hostage to some sycophants...
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ArchiveA leaf from history: The king and his courtiers
In the beginning of the takeover, the military leadership was in a position to uphold the 1973 Constitution as the law of the country...
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PakistanA leaf from history — Enter: Al-Zulfikar
On March 2, 1981, as political parties began pressing Chief Martial Law Administrator (CMLA) General Ziaul Haq to restore democracy, an aircraft of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flying from Karachi to Peshawar, and carrying 148 passengers and crew, was hijacked by three gun-wielding men and forced to land at Kabul airport...
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PakistanA leaf from history: The Afghan war spills over
The conclusion of the Hyderabad Tribunal case had an instant bearing on bilateral ties, which was acknowledged by Daud too...
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