Curious Appetite

Easy Sri Lankan restaurant style chicken Biryani (Buriyani/ බුරියානි) recipe with fried chicken. A quick recipe to try for your next party/ celebration. Sri Lankan Chicken Biryani or as many of the locals call it “Buriyani /බුරියානි” is a famous and delicious rice pilaf dish that is mostly served on special occasions. I’m not sure about the history or from whom Sri Lankans adapted this dish, but I can definitely say this dish is very different from the famous  indian dum biryani  where the par-cooked rice and meat is cooked in a sealed vessel. Although I see many similarities between Indian chicken pulao (pilaf) dishes, South Indian Biryanis, and Sri Lankan Biryanis. We find mainly two kinds of Biryanis in Sri Lanka. One where the chicken and rice are cooked together and serve together. But my favorite biryani is where I get biryani rice with a separate fried chicken leg, eggs, and onion salad on the side. The first type of biryani is more common in home cooking while most

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