Biriyani is a mouth watering rice dish that is cooked either with meat or vegetables. There are so many varities of biriyani and one of the popular variety is Dum biriyani. It is a popular cuisine from Hyderabad. In this the dish is cooked on slow fire or dum for an aromatic flavour or fragrance.\u00a0 Raw jackfruit dum biriyani or Kathal biriyani is a mildly spiced biryani made with unripe jackfruit along with some spices. It is a stepwise process where the rice is cooked separately with spices, and then a gravy is made with raw jackfruit, spice powders and finally everything is arranged in layers to cook in slow fire. Usually a heavy bottomed vessel is used to make Dum biriyani. It can be cooked on stove top by placing the heavy bottomed vessel on a dosa tawa or it can be cooked in oven.<\/p>\n
The main process starts with cleaning the raw jackfruit and separating the edible portion carefully.\u00a0 Before you start this step apply coconut oil on your palms, knife and then slowly cut it into four. Then remove the skin and take away the edible part. Though it is a time consuming process, it is worth making it. Apart from this we can make raw jackfruit chips, dry sabzi-Idichakka upperi, puzhukku, etc.,<\/p>\n