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Originally Posted by Roy_1
What is a kachhi biriyani? Is it similar to Hyderabadi dum Biryani? there are dozens of Biryani varieties available in India and I tasted them all, but never had this kachi biryani, not sure if available here.
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Originally Posted by Bonglababu
It's a typical mutton biriyani of this place cooked with potatoes, boiled egg etc. perhaps it is the most generic form of biriyani in Dhaka
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Yeah Roy, just like Sandy mama (Bonglababu) explained...this Kacchi biriyani is very good around old Dhaka neighbourhoods, like Lalbagh, Koshaituli, Narinda, Motijheel.
The fact of the matter is the khashi - the goat meat (mutton) has to be kacha (raw) and it is cooked under the heat of the already cooked biriyani rice and spice...thus called 'kacchi' (kacha) ...it is a very unique process and there is flipping (involved) of the material inside the pot- meaning, during the process of the biriyani is being cooked, after a certain amount of time, you flip and let the mix meat mix ith the rice.
Anyway I am having a hard time explaining the process...because I myself can not cook it, and have not seen it being done very closely, or observed it carefully...
Also a lot of the restaurants in London and New York City that I ate at, would sell you biriyani dish as 'kacchi'. but believe you me, those are NOT kacchi...they do not even know how to cook that thing.