Food is one of the essential demands of a person. It is necessary for our survival. We must always have good food. The food also be delicious.
“Haji biriyani” is one such food that satisfies both of the criteria. It
can be explained as the most famous and traditional food all over Dhaka
city, which is the capital of Bangladesh and one of the megacities in
the world. Also, many people come to visit old Dhaka from other
countries to taste the biriyani who got to know about this traditional
food.
Chef Haji Mohammad Hossain established Haji Biriyani in 1939. He is the founder of this business. After he died in 1992, his son Haji Mohammad Golam Hossain took over the business. And then he continued this business without any changes in the process of making. After some year, Haji Mohammad Golam Hossain became older and tired of running this business and finally overhanded to his son Haji Mohammad Shahed who is the present owner of the business.
It’s become famous then time for its taste. It is not cooked like another biriyani. Usually, biriyani made with some major materials like rice, meat, dahi, etc. Chicken, beef, goat, lamb, prawn used as meat. Soybean oil is generally used for biriyani. Some people use ghee to prepare biriyani for more taste of it.
Haji Biriyani. Image Credit:Hazir Biriani
Haji Biriyani prepared with specific materials. The recipe includes highly seasoned rice, chevon, mustard oil, garlic, onion, black pepper, saffron, clove, cardamom, salt, lemon, dahi(yogurt), peanuts, cream, raisin and a small amount of cheese(either cow or buffalo). In other biriyani, they use soybean oil. But in Haji biriyani, they use pure mustard oil which is the main difference. For which it has very nice smell and the taste is incomparable. If you don’t want to eat in their shop and want pack it, you will notice another thing. They will use jackfruit leaves to pack it to give you parcel.
Parcel packet of Jackfruit leaves. Image credit: Tasteem
Haji biriyani is one of the oldest restaurants in the old Dhaka, Bangladesh. In 1939 the restaurant was started as a roadside food corner. Later on the business took a great change for its taste and became a part of the culture of Dhaka city. Now, People of all ages know the name of ‘Haji Biryiani’. People come here from many districts just to eat this biriyani. Even someone who comes from another country goes on to eat Haji biryani. You will find three branches of ‘Haji Biriyani’. The main branch located at 70 Kazi Alauddin Rd, Dhaka-1000. It’s that which started in 1939. Then they created two more branches in Dhaka. One at 9, Motijheel b/a, (Karim Chamber), Beside Biman Office, Dhaka-1000 and the other in Bashundhara Rd, Dhaka-1229.
Haji Mohammad Shahed said, “I have never changed anything, not even the amount of salt”. That means you will enjoy the taste of the first time in 1939. They also prepare special ‘Borhani’.
That means you will get to enjoy the taste of the original biriyani they
introduced in 1939 for a price of around $1.5 per plate.
I think you will know a little about it. Please come to enjoy its taste if possible.
Source- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haji_biryani
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