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How to Draw Biryani
Draw biryani in 14 easy steps, about 11 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the rim.
Step 1: The rim
A little above the middle of your paper draw a wide flat oval for the top of a round pot.
Step 2: The round pot
Start at the oval's left end. Draw the pot bulging out like a ball, round to the right end.
Tip Biryani is layered rice cooked in a round pot called a handi.
Step 3: A dome of rice
From the rim's left end, draw a tall bumpy dome over to the right end. Rub out the rim inside.
Step 4: A big drumstick
On the dome draw a big drumstick: an egg of meat on the left with a bone going up right.
Tip Make it big and let the knuckle poke up over the dome.
Step 5: A lime wedge
Under the knuckle draw a half-round lime wedge. Inside, draw a rind curve end to end and 3 thin lines.
Step 6: Mint leaves
Draw 2 pointed mint leaves, one under the bone, one low on the left, each with a middle line.
Step 7: Saffron rice
Low on the front of the dome, draw 2 big bumpy patches for the yellow saffron rice.
Step 8: Steam
Above the rice draw 2 wiggly steam lines, starting a little above the dome and going up.
Step 9: The band
Start on the pot's left side just under the rim. Draw a bowed stripe round to the right side.
Step 10: The table
Draw a line under the pot from far left to far right, just touching its bottom.
Step 11: Cream rice, yellow saffron
Go over your lines, then colour the saffron patches yellow and the rest of the rice cream.
Step 12: Green lime and mint
Colour the lime and the 2 mint leaves light green.
Step 13: Brown chicken
Colour the chicken meat brown, leaving the bone white.
Step 14: Grey pot, navy band
Colour the pot grey and the band under the rim navy. Your biryani is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: biryani, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
