biriani

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A dish of spiced rice cooked with meat or vegetables

noun
/bɪˈriːəni/

Indian

: biriani

My favorite meal is biriani with lamb and plenty of spices.

Examples

The aroma of freshly cooked biriani filled the kitchen.
She ordered vegetable biriani at the Indian restaurant last night.
I love biriani!
The biriani was delicious.
My favorite meal is biriani with lamb and plenty of spices.
She ordered vegetable biriani at the Indian restaurant last night.
The aroma of freshly cooked biriani filled the kitchen.

Synonyms

biryani

vsbiriani

4 4.7

A rice dish from India cooked with spices and meat or vegetables

has identical meaning but is spelled with an alternate form

How Spiced

biriani

Indian

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pilaf

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Surface Forms

biriani singular

birianis plural

Etymology

Biriani comes from the Persian word biryan, which means 'fried' or 'roasted'. That's why biriani is rice cooked with meat or vegetables and spices, often after the meat is fried or roasted.