One of the safest things for a restaurant to get walk-ins is to host a biryani promotion. So did Radisson Blu MBD Noida at their Indian specialty restaurant Made in India. Biryani and Salan festival, which has eight different kinds of biryanis to offer. Made in India is one of my favourite restaurants as I like its Chef Parvez. He is one of the few chefs who have strong roots when it comes to Mughlai cuisine. But I was even more curious for the festival this time as Chef Parvez had moved out to start his own restaurant and now Made in India is in the hands of his counterparts. One good thing which I noticed was that the food still remains as good as it used to be. All the biryanis came piping hot and each one had its own flavour.
I started with the four non-vegetarian variants and paired them with some seekh and chapli kebabs. It was the zafrani jheenga biryani, which came in first and was quite decent. Prawn was tender to its core but pairing saffron with prawn doesn’t go for me as they both have very peculiar aroma of their own. Second the biryani had lots of moisture and needed another ten minutes on dum. On the other hand seekh and chapli were bang on. Full on succulence and flavour, I liked the way the chef has used omelette in chapli which reminded me of my visit to Lahore. Next biryani was a gosht kofta biryani and it was quite good as the koftas bonded well with rice. Kofta was not tender and had a consistency of a boti which was not a bad idea for making biryani.
Keema bhare murgh ki biryani was a surprise and what a pleasant one it was! Chicken breast was hollowed and stuffed with mince which really went well with the biryani. Though it was a breast still it was not at all dry. Done with most of the non-vegetarian ones I tried couple of vegetarian ones as well. I am very reluctant to call anything vegetarian as a biryani but can’t help it as nowadays even vegetarian ones are quite popular. Out of three (kathal, junglee mushroom and mewe), which I tried, mewe malai ki biryani was a winner. Nice robust aroma of desi ghee and subtle sweetness of roasted almonds and nuts made it stand out from the rest.
Meal for two: Rs. 2000 plus taxes
On till: December 7
