Biryani is known to be a high calorie-rich diet with each serving having an average of 500 calories, the ghee, vanaspati and red meat used in their preparation lead to NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty
liver disease).
There is no doubt that Biriyani is one of the most healthy foods but it is made unhealthy in most of the hotels. So to answer your question it is not advisable to eat it often unless it's prepared at home using healthy oil choices.
Biriyani has proteins, carbs and fat in almost good proportion in addition to the raw veg salads and lemon pickle served along with it making it even more healthier.
Carb from normal white rice results in insulin spikes leading to fat storage unless your muscle and liver stores are deprived of its glycogen stores which happens only if you are into labour intensive jobs or is having rice after a heavy workout, which is not the case with majority. In biriyani rice is mixed with oil and is had along with slow digesting protein (animal meat) leading to slower digestion and hence slower insulin spikes and slower fat conversion. That means even for a sedantry individual the ratio of energy being ended up in adipose tissue (fat) while eating biriyani is much less than eating same portion of white rice. But still it ain't healthy when you have it from hotel due to the usage of vegetable shortening (dalda/vanaspathi) and other highly polyunsaturated fatty acid rich seed oils like sunflower or like wise. These create a bad ratio of omega 3 and omega 6 in body which is one of the multiple reasons causing inflammation in body
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Dietitian Souvik Chakraborty