What began as a fun talk about biryani soon turned out to be a topic of debate for everyone on twitter. Fun and intense replies started flowing from across the country. People were ready to fight for their favourite biryani. While some prefer Hyderabadi biryani, some swear by Lucknowi biryani.
Biryani is one dish that we all love and is super close to our hearts. Have you ever met a person who hates biryani? We haven’t. But do you know about the origin of biryani? While most people relate biryani to the Mughals, there have been traces of this dish prior to their era. There are also mentions of a dish named Oon Soru in Tamil, which dates back to as early as 2 A.D. It was composed of rice, ghee, meat, turmeric, and bay leaf. There is another story that depicts that Mumtaz Mahal, once visited army barracks and asked the chef to prepare a special and nutritious dish for the army personnel and thus biryani was created.
Now, coming back to our debate, journalist Rohini Singh replied to a user who ridiculed Kolkata biryani. In her reply, she also showed her distaste for the Hyderabadi biryani.