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Chicken Biriyani.....flavoursome rice with a mixture of spices and meat A journey from the history to your place...... from Persia to your plate. The word Biryani is derived from the Persian word Birian, which means ‘fried before cooking’ and Birinj, the Persian word for rice. There are various theories related to the origin of this scrumptious dish. Many historians believe that biryani originated from Persia and was brought to India by the Mughals. Biryani was further developed in the Mughal royal kitchen.  There are many legends associated with the evolution of Biryani. One of the popular being the story related to Mumtaz Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan. It is believed that when Mumtaz visited the army barracks, she found that the Mughal soldiers looked undernourished. In order to provide a balanced diet to the soldiers, she asked the chefs to prepare a dish with meat and rice. The dish was whipped up with spices and saffron and cooked over a wood fire. Another legend states t

Trying something new...is chasing your dream....one step closer to realise you can Dalgona Coffee      What is Dalgona?  A  beverage made by whipping equal proportions of instant coffee,  sugar and hot water until it becomes creamy and then adding it to cold or hot milk.  It can be occasionally, it is topped with coffee powder, cocoa, crumbled biscuits, or honey.  It is not possible to make dalgona coffee using ground  coffee beans ; instant coffee creates the dense and foamy topping and the reason for this has much to do with the drying process of the coffee granules Instant Coffee Vs Ground Coffee   😀😀😀😀 Instant coffee  contains all (most) of what you want in a finished cup of  coffee  minus the water.  Ground coffee  contains more than what you want and needs to be  brewed  (with water) to extract just the good stuff while being filtered to leave the bad stuff behind. Both start out as  ground coffee .  History of Dalgona Many