Hyderabad House brings the biryani
Biryani, India's trademark rice dish, is a weekend special at Hyderabad House, and it draws crowds with its oversize portions and memorable flavors.
Biryani: India’s mouth-watering rice dish, a meal in itself, stands tall against other national rice-based competitors such as Spain’s paella, Italy’s risotto, Nigeria’s jollof rice, Indonesia’s nasi goreng, Louisiana’s jambalaya, or Persia’s pilaf.
What is biryani, anyway? It’s a hearty rice dish layered with lamb, chicken, fish, or vegetables, scented with saffron and aromatic Indian spices, sauced with a thick gravy, and roasted in a covered pot until the flavors join in a resounding gustatory chorus.
Biryani topped the takeaway charts across India last year, The Times of India reported. One online-ordering app tallied 60 million plates of biryani delivered in a single year, topping the nation’s food popularity charts.
So where can we sample this tantalizing treat? Just about every Indian restaurant offers a variation, but if you want to make your taste buds sing, I recommend a visit to Hyderabad House, a year-old Indian spot in a short strip of shops in Middletown.
“Experience the taste of authentic Indian food that will pamper your taste buds like never before,” Hyderabad House boasts on its Facebook page. You can get lots of traditional Indian treats there, of course, but biryani is the clear specialty, with 35 variations listed on an entire menu page and more on its special weekend menus.
About one-third of them are vegetarian, with the rest divided among egg, chicken, goat, lamb, and seafood variations. They come in three sizes: Regular, a family pack big enough for four, and biryani in a bucket – I am not kidding about this – the size of the Colonel’s biggest bucket but much more tasty. Prices range from $13 to $18 for the regular. size, which will easily feed two, to $44 to $58 for the family packs and buckets, which are made to-go only.
The rest of the menu is worthy, too. It features about 100 Indian regional specialties priced between $10 and $18. There’s a selection of nine pulavs, akin to pilafs, which are made only Fridays through Sundays. They’re priced in the same range as the biryanis, and I want to go back and try one soon.
It took a while to absorb the menu, which contains a lot of less familiar Indian names. (Bring your Google, or rely on the help of the friendly servers.) ...
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Noise Level: The room was just about full on a Saturday, but the well separated, high-back booths kept our table in a cone of silence.
Accessibility: The restaurant appears fully accessible to wheelchair users, and except for the booths, it would be easy to bring a wheelchair up to any of the tables.