Iyini i-biryani?
Context:I-biryani iyisidlo selayisi esixubile esivela kumaSulumane ezwekazini laseNdiya. Yenziwe ngezinongo zaseNdiya, irayisi, futhi ngokuvamile uhlobo oluthile lwenyama (inkukhu, inyama yenkomo, imbuzi, iwundlu, ukhahlamba nenhlanzi), noma kwezinye izimo ngaphandle kwenyama, futhi ngezinye izikhathi, ngaphezu kwalokho, amaqanda namazambane.  I-biryani ingenye yezitsha ezithandwa kakhulu eNingizimu Asia, kanye nakubantu abavela esifundeni. Izitsha ezifanayo zenziwa nakwezinye izingxenye zomhlaba njengase-Iraq, eMyanmar, eThailand naseMalaysia. I-biryani iyisidlo esi-odwa esi-odwa esi-odwa esi-India sokudla oku-intanethi kanye nezinsizakalo zokulethwa futhi kuye kwabizwa ngokuthi isidlo esidumile kunazo zonke eNdiya.
Igama elithi biryani livela emshweni wesiFarsi othi birinj biriyan, "irayisi eyosiwe". Ilayisi liyashiswa ngokwahlukana lize liphekwe cishe kube uhhafu, ngokuvamile kufakwe uwoyela noma i-ghee, bese lifakwa ebhodweni kanye nenyama eyosiwe noma imifino nezinongo. I-biryani yaqala ukubhalwa eNdiya esifundeni saseDekan eningizimu, okusikisela ukuthi yayilethwa lapho ngabahwebi ngomzila wasolwandle. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi i-biryani isisabalale kuzo zonke izingxenye zezwekazi laseNdiya, inezinhlobonhlobo eziningi zendawo nezesifunda. Izinhlobonhlobo ze-biryani zitholakala naseSri Lanka, eMalaysia, eThailand nase-Oman.