Which spiced rice dish from South Asia was brought to Sri Lanka in the early 1900s by Indian Muslim traders, and in versions that also spread to Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania thanks to centuries of Indian Ocean trade and later British colonial migration?

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Biryani. Biryani reached Sri Lanka in the 1900s through Indian Muslim traders, while regional versions appeared in Kenya, Tanzania and Somalia through the long-standing Indian Ocean trade and later British-era Indian migration.