Briyani is a rice-based dish cooked with spices and chicken, mutton, egg, shrimp, fish and vegetables also. Biriyani comes from the persian word berya(n) which means fried or roasted. Today i am going to share easy way of making hydrabadi veg biriyani at home. The authentic hydrabadi biriyani was dum cooked with meat. The sources says veg biriyani was introduced for vegetarian workers for the nizam's of hydrabad. This recipe contains mace, nutmeg, green and black cardamom, cinnamon, black pepper, saffron, cotiander, cumin and many more spices. We know the good.