Read about this place from @mubereats on instagram. Tiny place. Maybe three bench seating spots. Never was a big fan of biryani (how much rice can one eat?). But their biryani goat dum was fantastic. Highly spiced - not heat but the cardamom, cinnamon etc. Not oily. Butter chicken luscious. Served with a watery raita and extra curry sauce for the biryani.
Got four meals out of it. $36.
Take out. Everyone seemed to be getting that goat biryani: those dining and all the bags of delivery lined up.
What they offer is salan, a sauce/gravy made with ground peanuts, sesame, etc., and a special accompaniment to biryani in Hyderabad. It’s not common in NYC (in my experience).
My wife and I ate there today – we had the goat dum biranyi and the lasuni gobi (fried eggplant with a garlicy tomato sauce). Both dishes were notably good.
I thought the only flaw was that the goat chunks were just a touch dry. My wife thinks that’s only because I’m lactose intolerant and couldn’t add the raita, which she thought was an essential part of the dish.