Hyderabadi or Lucknowi, which biryani do you like the most, a food fight is going online:
Biryani is a popular Indian dish, but each region has its unique way if preparing it. The reason for variation might be because North India was introduced to the dish by the Mughals and South India by the Arabs.
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Hyderabadi biryani is layered with saffron and coconut, Lucknowi ‘dum pukth’ biryani, Coorgi Mutton Biryani, Bhatkali Biryani, Mangalorean Fish Biryani, Memoni Biryani, Assamese Kampuri Biryani, Awadhi Mutton Biryani, Thaleserry Biryani, Sindhi biryani, and Kolkata biryani.
And a tweet by a user about potatoes in the Kolkata biryani has triggered a massive food fight online:
Kolkata Biryani with aloo is the biggest scam after 2G scam.
— Piyush Rai (@Benarasiyaa) February 3, 2020
Some defended the inclusion of potatoes while others took shots at vegetable biryani.
Wrong!! I vetto ! Aloo is like a Navratna company in that plate. Don’t try to sale the Navratna company is a Bad debt.
— Mayukh Ranjan Ghosh (@mayukhrghosh) February 3, 2020
Go take a walk! And let me eat my biryani with alu.
— Paromita Kar (@Paromita2005) February 4, 2020
The best example of two positives make a negative is biryani with aloo in it. Just…no.
— Hannah (@hann_abby) February 4, 2020
After some time, the debate turned into an all-out war over which Indian biryani is the best:
Agree. Worse than 2G scam. And dare I say the over spiced Hyderabadi biryani too. No one makes biryani the way it is made in homes in Lucknow- fragrant, delicate tasting and just pure deliciousness. https://t.co/YGmVneWY1z
— Rohini Singh (@rohini_sgh) February 3, 2020
Fun debate on Indian biryani here (a topic only slightly less divisive than Indian mangoes). Glad to see there’s a Bloomberg connection (however tangential) to the world’s best biryani. Must try and procure some… https://t.co/bcLw2OpeSb
— Iain Marlow (@iainmarlow) February 5, 2020
Lucknow Biryani is the real Biryani. Period
— Farhan Khan (@Farhan222) February 3, 2020
Please try Dindigul biriyani (Tamil Nadu) made with seeraga samba rice (small grain). Very flavorful, meat is in smaller pieces. Very different. In Dindugal Thalappakatti if in Chennai. Though TN also has Ambur style which is ok but I feel it’s not special.
— Sriganesh Raman (@sriganeshr) February 5, 2020
Karnataka’s Donne biriyani deserves a place on the list.
— Rajaneesh (@vilakudy) February 4, 2020
I can eat a Hyderabadi Biryani once every two months. An Avadhi Biryani once a month. A Calcutta Biryani once a week.
A Kerala Biryani every day! https://t.co/8xjQqchYGF— vir sanghvi (@virsanghvi) February 4, 2020
The best biryani in world is Thalassery fish biryani from Paris restaurant. It’s made using short-grained local rice with white aikora or kingfish also known as king mackerel in Thalassery ( Kerala). Its awesome & beats all other biryanis by miles. https://t.co/MjCmNAD3aA
— Amitabh Kant (@amitabhk87) February 4, 2020
Finally, people tweeted for Hyderabadi biryani,
A Biryani which is not Hyderabadi is not Biryani.
— obaid ahmed (@obaid42) February 5, 2020
All bragging rights on best biryani in the world belong rightfully to Hyderabad Amitabh Ji. Dare I say that the rest are only poor imitations
Even UNESCO recognised our gourmet culture recently & conferred the title of ‘creative city of gastronomy’; https://t.co/wAN6J8ZbJO https://t.co/DDP8iU7wNo
— KTR (@KTRTRS) February 5, 2020
💯% nothing can come close to Hyderabad biryani. Period. Game over.
— Bhakt Of None (@BhaktOfNone) February 5, 2020
💯% nothing can come close to Hyderabad biryani. Period. Game over.
— Bhakt Of None (@BhaktOfNone) February 5, 2020
And, thus began World War III
— Chatterbot (@nandiniriyer) February 4, 2020
Which biryani do you like?
