کچی مٹنRs 1,450
Mutton, saffron, fried onion
Karachi · Lahore · Islamabad · since 2019
دمDum Biryani
Sealed with dough. Opened at your table.
خوش آمدید
دم کیا ہے
What dum is
Dum is a seal. Raw meat goes into the handi, aged rice goes over it, and a rope of dough closes the lid. For forty-five minutes nothing is stirred and nothing is added. The rice takes on the saffron, the fried onion and everything the meat gives up, and none of it leaves the pot.
Five handis
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سبز دمRs 950
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Open the menuHow it is made
طریقہ
01مصالحہ
Mutton goes into yoghurt, red chilli and green papaya and is left overnight. By morning it is soft enough to cook through in the time the rice takes, which is the whole reason the dish works.
12 hours
02دم
Aged rice goes over the raw meat, saffron and fried onion over that, and a rope of dough closes the handi. The lid does not come off again until it reaches you.
one rope of atta
03تیار
Over embers, untouched. The rice cooks in steam that cannot escape, then the seal is broken in front of you and all of it arrives at once.
forty-five minutes
The time it takes
وقت ہی ذائقہ ہے
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hours
in the marinade, overnight
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minutes
under the seal, over embers
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kitchens
across three cities
What goes in
ہانڈی میں کیا جاتا ہے
- Aged basmati
- Raw mutton
- Yoghurt
- Green papaya
- Saffron
- Fried onion
- Mint
- Kewra
- Ghee
- A rope of dough
Where to find us
ہمارے ٹھکانے
Questions
سوالات
How long does a handi take?
Between thirty and fifty-five minutes, depending on what is in it. The meat goes in raw and cooks in the same sealed pot as the rice, and that is the part that takes the time.
Can I order for a table of ten?
Yes. The family handi serves six to eight and most large tables take two, one mutton and one chicken. Give the kitchen an hour if you can.
What if I cannot take the heat?
Four levels, and mild genuinely is mild. The house setting is one above that. The kitchen's own setting is two above that and comes with a warning.
Is the handi sealed for delivery too?
Yes, with dough, every time. On delivery it is broken at your door rather than at your table, which is not quite the same thing but is close.
Where does the rice come from?
Aged basmati, twelve months, from the same supplier since 2019. Rice that has sat is drier, and drier rice takes on more of what is underneath it.
تشریف لائیے
The kitchen seals the last handi at eleven. Everything before that is made the long way, as it has been since the first pot in Clifton.
دمBiryani