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The best Ambur and Dindigul Style Biryani in Dubai

Also spelt biriyani, Ambur biryani, Dindigul biryani and star biryani. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.

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  1. Number 1.Calicut Paragon (Karama)

    Al Karama Karama and Oud Metha

    Open
    7am to midnight daily
    Where
    Mattar Al Tayer Building, 20B Street, Al Karama, Dubai

    Order the Thalassery chicken biryani and eat it with the pappadam and raita. On weekend evenings the queue spills onto 20B Street, so go early or send someone ahead for a table.

    What to orderThalassery chicken biryani

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  2. Number 2.Pak Liyari (Meena Bazaar)

    Meena Bazaar, Bur Dubai Bur Dubai and Al Fahidi

    Open
    11am to 1am daily
    Where
    BDB Building, 27 21A Street, opposite Astoria Hotel, off Al Fahidi Street, Bur Dubai

    They cook two biryanis, chicken and mutton, and little else on the board is worth your money. It fills with families after nine, and the Baniyas Square branch is a noisier room.

    What to orderMutton biryani

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  3. Number 3.Ravi Restaurant (Satwa original)

    Al Satwa Jumeirah and Satwa

    Open
    5am to 2am daily
    Where
    8 9th Street, Al Satwa, Dubai, off 2nd December Street

    Chicken biryani and a daal, eaten under flickering neon at a plastic-covered table. Queues at the door are normal after nine, and the smarter places on Sheikh Zayed Road using this name are unrelated.

    What to orderChicken biryani with daal and naan

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  4. Arsalan Restaurant & Caterer (Karama)

    Al Karama Karama and Oud Metha

    Open
    11am to 11.30pm daily
    Where
    Shop 1, Ground Floor, Shamma Building, behind Park Regis, Al Karama, Dubai

    Kolkata biryani, which means a lighter hand with spice, a sweet edge and a whole potato in the pot. Parking behind Park Regis is hopeless after dark, so take the metro to ADCB.

    What to orderMutton biryani, with the potato

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  5. Salkara (Al Qusais)

    Al Qusais Al Qusais, Al Nahda and Mirdif

    Open
    7.30am to about 12.15am daily
    Where
    Food court, LuLu Hypermarket, Al Nahda Street, Al Qusais, Dubai

    A Malabar kitchen inside a hypermarket food court, which puts nobody off, and the chicken biryani comes fragrant and gently spiced. Parking at LuLu on a Friday evening is the real obstacle.

    What to orderMalabar chicken biryani

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  6. Hyderabadi Biryani House (Karama)

    Al Karama Karama and Oud Metha

    Open
    11am to midnight daily
    Where
    Building R18, 16th Street off 33B Street, Al Karama, Dubai

    The mutton dum biryani here is the Hyderabadi side of the Karama argument, spiced hard and served with mirchi ka salan. Small room, no bookings, so expect to wait at lunch.

    What to orderMutton dum biryani

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  7. Kozhikode Star Restaurant (Al Qusais)

    Al Qusais Industrial Area Al Qusais, Al Nahda and Mirdif

    Open
    7am to about 12.30am daily
    Where
    153 Damascus Street, Al Qusais Industrial Area, Dubai

    Kozhikode rather than Thalassery in the name, but the same short-grain kaima rice and restrained spicing. Ask for it wrapped in banana leaf, and check which branch you are heading to.

    What to orderChicken Thalassery biryani, wrapped in banana leaf

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  8. Jaffer Bhai's (Al Barsha)

    Al Barsha 1 Al Quoz and Al Barsha

    Open
    11.30am to 12.30am daily
    Where
    Al Ramth Street, Al Barsha 1, Dubai

    Mumbai-style biryani, redder and sweeter than the Hyderabadi version, is the reason to come. The menu also runs to Chinese and Mughlai, which is a distraction, and other branches trade under the same name.

    What to orderBombay-style mutton biryani

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  9. Student Biryani (Kuwait Street

    Al Karama Karama and Oud Metha

    Open
    9am to 1am daily
    Where
    Abdullah Al Khoori Building, Shops 3 and 4, 38 Kuwait Street, Al Karama, Dubai

    This is the Karachi transplant: rice cooked wet with the salan rather than dry, a boiled egg and potato buried in it. Several branches trade under the name, so aim for Kuwait Street.

    What to orderKarachi-style chicken biryani with a shami kabab

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  10. Saif Restaurant (Hor Al Anz)

    Hor Al Anz Al Rigga and Muraqqabat

    Open
    Open all hours, though listings differ
    Where
    18 42A Street, Hor Al Anz, Deira, Dubai

    Deccan cooking on a residential street, the mutton dum biryani heavy with fried onion and poured over with a thin salan. The name now covers several branches, so check you are heading to Hor Al Anz.

    What to orderHyderabadi mutton dum biryani

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