2/29/2024 0 Comments Biryani seeraga samba rice![]() Wikipedia has more images including the fruit. The dried outer cover becomes the mace and inner seed becomes nutmeg. So if you are not able to get mace, add more nutmeg. The nutmeg fruit when cut open has the seed with the red outer cover. (Lucikly I had one so reserved for the picture) Interesting huh? Take a look at this bud. Mace or Jathipathiri or Javithri is nothing but the outer cover of the nutmeg. When I was trying my Diwali legiyam, I couldn’t find Mace. The unique ingredient here is the Mace and Nutmeg: But before getting into the recipe, here is the interesting ingredient. I went with 3 cups of rice so as to have leftovers as biryanis tastes great the next day. I did change the spice levels, added more cinnamon and had to modify the water rice ratio (as the rice I used required more) and also grinded mint and cilantro together according to our preference. So here I am naming this recipe as Dindigul Thalapakkati Biriyani with Mushrooms and Soy Chunks. When I was discussing about this recipe with M, I thought why can’t I post this for D. I bookmarked it and thought I would try that after this BM. That’s when I came across this biryani recipe at CHCook’s blog. I had couple of recipes in mind for W but I wanted to post my original D recipe for W. I prepared a rough list for this blogging marathon by Feb and I was struggling for couple of alphabets and the one that I selected for D would go for W as well if I call it by its English name. So we went all the way from Periyakulam to Dindigul to watch Harry Potter. But Appa couldn’t join us because of work and Amma had no choice, other than to accompany me. :-) I convinced my parents and they agreed to take me. And can you guess where the theater was? Of course in Dindigul. During the release Goblet of Fire, I participated in a contest and won two tickets for the first day show. I have a fond memory associated with this city. We usually board train to Chennai from Dindigul. I believe the trademark issue between Thalappakatti and Thalapakattu finally came to a conclusion. Dindigul is approximately 1.5 hrs from Periyakulam. While researching about the Dindigul fort, came across this article about the history of Thalappakatti Biryani and here is the link. ![]() ![]() I am using mushroom and soy chunks and here is the vegetarian version of the same. Usually this biryani is prepared with meat, but I am replacing the meat protein with vegetable protein. It uses both Nutmeg and Mace flower which adds unique taste to this biryani. Dindigul Thalappakatti Biryani is a delectable unique variety rice originated in city of Dindigul and it is prepared with the Seeraga samba rice with loads of shallots and garlic.
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