The head chef at a multi-award-winning Punjabi restaurant has let customers in on the secret to his perfect King Prawn Biryani , a dish which sparks much debate in the South Asian community. Ali has one step which he thinks keeps customers coming back to Needoo Grill, in Whitechapel, time and time again.

Biriyani is a mixed rice dish made with meat or seafood and spices. It is one of the most popular dishes in South Asia and there are plenty of regional variations on how to make it.

Some biriyanis are layered and baked, others are served with potatoes and some are extra spicy. But Ali is pretty sure that his king prawn version takes the pip - so he's sharing exactly how to make it.

“My culture and hard work are my passion,” says Ali, who runs the restaurant alongside his three bothe

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