Old Dhaka Institution · Mutton & Rice
Kacchi Biryani
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In Old Dhaka's kacchi method, raw marinated meat and raw rice go into the pot together and get sealed shut with dough — nothing is pre-cooked, so the rice finishes by steaming in the meat's own juices.
Mutton or beef marinated in yogurt and spices is layered with basmati rice and potato, then sealed in a heavy pot and slow-cooked so the raw meat and rice steam together. Old Dhaka's biryani houses around Nazira Bazar and Bakshibazar have served it as a wedding and celebration centerpiece for generations.
Why it's made this way: The city's most famous biryani houses trace back generations in these same old-quarter lanes, and Old Dhaka kacchi is considered the benchmark other Bangladeshi biryani gets measured against.
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