Assignment #20: How to eat biryani - Hannah Qazi

Oof, it took a while for my brain to process enough words to come up with a solid answer to this prompt, so bear with me. I may not have many skills to share, but this is one I'm pretty confident in. Prepare yourself because you're about to get cultured. But before you can dive into the glorious heap of deliciousness in front of you - you first have to educate yourself to truly appreciate the beauty of this dish. This means you need to familiarize yourself with your own spice level. Let me give you some advice, if you think tabasco sauce is spicy, put the spoon down and walk away right now. Save yourself.

Once you've established just how much heat you can handle, it's time to ration how much yogurt and water you need to calm the spice, and accomplish this mighty feat. See, if you put too much yogurt, you get this runny mess of rice and chicken, a rookie mistake that easily could've been avoided. But if you put too little...well, my friend, you've played yourself.

The final step you have to take is to throw out ANY and ALL raisins, carrot bits, egg bits and peppercorns you see, your tongue will thank me because that stuff is nasty. Once you've managed to complete all of these steps, you're as golden the rice on your plate.