*The Biryani Pot

*The Biryani Pot, Stroud

The Biryani Pot, Hilltop Close, Stroud, GL5 1RR

About *The Biryani Pot

Biryani has become a familiar dish of layers of savoury meat – usually chicken or goat – steamed together with basmati rice and spices. The bottom layer of rice absorbs the meat juices as it cooks, so giving that rice a tender texture and a rich flavour, while the top layer of rice remains white and fluffy. (Sometimes the meat is replaced by vegetables.)

While there are so many versions of Biryani, the most famous and the best are from Hyderabad. Even here there are around 40 different recipes but all of them share two characteristics:

The rich sauce gains its texture from fried onions.

The dish is prepared in and served from traditional clay pots.

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