Today, instead of posting my usual essay + recipe, I’m linking to an article and recipe I wrote for Goya Journal about Middle Eastern and South Asian shared culinary roots. In the article, I write mostly about biryani and amba, two foods that travelled in opposite directions. While biryani comes from the Middle East, it’s flourished into a whole bunch of delicious varieties throughout the subcontinent; and while amba originated as Indian pickled mango, it’s taken on a life of its own in Iraq, where it has come to mean anything pickled in a fenugreek sauce. Check out the article to read more.
While you’re there, don’t miss my new recipe for weeknight biryani. While it’s normally a special occasion dish, I’ve streamlined the process into a few easy steps. All you need is a pot to cook the rice and a sheet pan to cook everything else, and you’re in business.
It’s taken me a while to comment, but I made this a couple weeks ago and loved it!! I roughly doubled the chicken part, with the raisin/almond combo around 1.5. I sliced up my almonds since I didn’t have slivered and yours looked so great in the pictures. Together everything was delicious, and the rice on its own is so good and such an easy way to jazz up a side that I know I’ll be making it to go with other dishes in the future. Thank you thank you!
Oh that’s so wonderful!! 😀 I’m glad you enjoyed it!
I love this recipe and I tried it yesterday but it didnt turn out as good as it looks like in the pictures. I think I messed up somewhere in the recipe. Im going to try it again next week.
Glad you loved the recipe, and sorry to hear it didn’t look like in the photos! Let me know if there was anything in particular that went wrong and I can help troubleshoot.
This looks to good. I must try it tonight.
amy knoll
virginia
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Learned a ton from your article, and I’m enjoying skimming through the journal. Thank you!
I’m so glad you enjoyed the article, and that you’re enjoying Goya Journal! They’ve got so much good stuff! Thanks so much for reading 🙂