SLC-S31W3 -"My taste My Culture ; Festive Foods/ (Heritage Hazi Biriyani)!"
Hello dear friends,
Today, I have come to participate in the first week of the Steemit Challenge SLC-S31/W3, organized by the Honorable teacher @alexanderpeace ma'am. She has brought wonderful challenge which name is "My taste My Culture ; Festive Foods/ (Hazi biriyani)!". I feel proud to participate in this challenge.
Prepare your cultural festive meal. Show clear steps of your ingredients and cooking process. |
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Today I am going to prepare a traditional festival food as per the instructions of the respected organizer @alexanderpeace . As a traditional festival food, I will prepare the traditional Haji Biryani of Old Dhaka. It has been popular as a traditional food in our country for more than 50 years. Now I will prepare that Haji Biryani of Old Dhaka. Before starting to prepare the biryani, I will introduce its ingredients. Below are the ingredients:
😋ingredients for making Hazi biriyani
| Item Name | Quantity |
| Beef | 700 grams |
| Polau rice | 700 grams |
| Onion | 1 bowl |
| Ghee | 3 tablespoons |
| Royal cumin | 2 tablespoons |
| Long | 5 pieces |
| Cinnamon | 4 pieces |
| Bay leaves | 2 pieces |
| Ginger-garlic pest | 4 tablespoons |
| Muttard oil | 1 bowl |
| Chili powder | 2 tablespoons |
| Nutmeg | 1 piece |
| Jayatri | 2 cloves |
| White peppercorns | 30 nos |
| Cardamoms | 5 pieces |
| Green chili pepper | 5 pieces |
| Salt | As per the quantity |
Now I will prepare the traditional Haji biryani using the above ingredients. Below, I have presented the tutorial for making Hazi biryani
😋Tutorial on making a heritage of hazi biriyani
***Now I will prepare the traditional Haji Biryani using the above ingredients. Below I have presented the tutorial for making Hazi Biryani
😋Step 1:-
- Before starting cooking, I will prepare the main masala for making biryani. For this, I take a blender. In the blender, I add one jowar, two jowaris, cardamom, cinnamon, royal cumin, long white pepper, and mix well with the help of a blender. And put the spices in a bowl.
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😋Step 2:-
- Now I put a saucepan on the stove, add mustard oil in it, then add three spoons of ghee to the oil.
- When the oil and ghee are hot, I add the previously chopped onions and wait until the onions are half-fried.
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😋Step 3:-
- Now I add four spoons of ginger paste in it and mix well and grind.
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😋Step 4:-
- Now I mix bay leaves, long, cinnamon and green chilies. I fry the items well for some time.
After that, I add a certain amount of chili powder, musalla powder prepared for making haji biryani. When everything is added, I mix all the items again and keep it in the oven for some time.
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😋Step 5:-
- When the masala is ready, I add the beef to it. I washed the beef well and let it drain. Now I mix them with the musalla, and then I also add a certain amount of salt.
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😋Step 6:-
- At this stage, I add 1 teaspoon of Shahi Masala to the meat and mix it. After grinding the meat for 30-35 minutes, I add a certain amount of water and heat it on medium heat.
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😋Step 7:-
- Within 15-20 minutes, the beef will be nicely cooked and the color will look great as well as a wonderful aroma will fill all around. Now put the meat in a bowl.
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😋Step 8:-
- I had previously washed the rice and drained it. Now I added the rice to the pan where the meat was. I added the rice to the remaining musalla in the pan and added water as required.
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😋Step 9:-
- I covered the pan with a lid, put the stove on medium heat. And waited for 15-20 minutes. From time to time I checked how much the rice was cooked. Because the rice should be crispy.
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😋Step 10:-
- At this stage, I put the meat kept in the bowl inside the pan of Mai Polau Chaul.
- I mixed the meat well with the rice.
- Now I added 5 green chillies. And mixed it.
- I waited for some time until the water in the pan dried up and the rice became nice and crispy. Then I took the pan off the stove.
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😋Step 11:-
- Now I took a plate and added the Haji Biryani there and arranged the plate to serve. And then I presented it.

When is this meal typically prepared in your culture? Is it linked to a specific celebration, holiday, or special occasion? |
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Haji Biryani is a brand. It is a dish of nobility. It serves as a way of showing respect to someone.
In our country, this dish is usually served during special occasions like Eid, weddings, birthdays, and seminar meetings. It is also served during family functions to honor a special guest.
Making Haji Biryani during a function means that he is being treated with special respect.

What does this meal represent in your culture in terms of joy, togetherness, hospitality, and tradition? Explain how it reflects your people’s lifestyle, the spirit of festivities and festive values. |
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As I have said before, Haji Biryani is served to honor someone special. Serving this food means expressing loyalty to each other. Then joy, unity, and hospitality increase between both parties, good understanding is created between both, as well as promoting and expanding one's own culture.
Attracted by the enchanting taste of the food, both of them develop friendly relations with each other, and culture is exchanged.
Haji Biryani plays an important role in increasing social values, expressing respect and love for each other.

List the prices of your ingredients in Steem and your local currency. Present your dish beautifully with a name tag and a selfie. |
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Costing of Hazi Biriyani
Now I will present the price of the traditional Haji Biryani that I have prepared. I will present the price in both our local currency and Steem price. This will make it easier for all Steemian friends to understand the cost of preparing the food.
| Item Name | Quantity | bd Value | Steam Value |
| Beef | 700 grams | 560.00 | 80.00 |
| Polau rice | 700 grams | 126.00 | 18.00 |
| Onion | 1 bowl | 20.00 | 2.86 |
| Ghee | 3 tablespoons | 50.00 | 7.14 |
| Royal cumin | 2 tablespoons | 20.00 | 2.86 |
| Long | 5 pieces | 5.00 | 0.714 |
| Cinnamon | 4 pieces | 10.00 | 1.43 |
| Bay Leaves | 2 pieces | 2.00 | 0.29 |
| Ginger garlic paste | 4 spoons | 15.00 | 2.14 |
| Mustard oil | 1 bowl | 50.00 | 7.14 |
| Chili powder | 2 spoons | 10.00 | 1.43 |
| Nutmeg | 1 piece | 15.00 | 2.14 |
| Garlic cloves | 2 pieces | 15.00 | 2.14 |
| White peppercorns | 30 pieces | 25.00 | 3.57 |
| Cardamoms | 5 pieces | 15.00 | 2.14 |
| Green chili | 5 pieces | 5.00 | 0.71 |
| Total | cost | 943.00 | 134.71 |
Heritage Hazi Biriyani Presentation
Poetic Cultural Cliché of Haji Biryani-
Every grain of traditional Haji Biryani tells a story, and an atmosphere emerges before our eyes —
The narrow lanes of old Dhaka and the eternal fragrance of the relationship.
Where smoky spices whisper secretly about the delicious dishes of the past,
And every simple dish there seems royal at first taste.
Say it's a cliché—but the heart still believes it to be true:
Haji Biryani is not just food… It is a symbol of a tradition, a symbol of a people's love and affection that we chew on.
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