Just what is it that makes Hyderabadi Biryani so special. The cinnamon and cardamom, the saffron, the aniseed flower or the painstaking manner in which it is cooked, the taste of all these masalas blending with each other and the meat, to emerge into an outstanding dish.
I live in Kerala and was dying to eat authentic biryani. A friend had spoken about this outlet the other day and said ' you get amazing biryani there'. I thought let me try that place and ordered for a biryani from there. After a long wait, the door bell rang. By this time, I was famished. I just wanted to hog it all. I opened the packet in anticipation.
'Hmm'.. I thought to myself. 'This looks good'
I put a spoonful of that delectable biryani into my mouth.
'Uggh'...I blurted.
This was the most horrible biryani I had ever tasted. You cant even call it biryani. It was rice and curry mixed together and keralites simply believed that it is biryani.
Thats when I decided, I shall never ever order for biryani again, at least never ever in Kerala.
I come from Hyderabad and know what exactly a biryani should taste like. The masalas and the way it is made is an experience in itself and then when you taste it, well, you just feel like you have come to heaven. For food lovers, and especially for biryani lovers, Hyderabad is the place to be in.
To put it in short, the taste of an authentic Hyderabadi biryani, is the amalgamation of two souls, body and mind, that they completely blend with each other to form a single being.
Sigh...biryani !!
I live in Kerala and was dying to eat authentic biryani. A friend had spoken about this outlet the other day and said ' you get amazing biryani there'. I thought let me try that place and ordered for a biryani from there. After a long wait, the door bell rang. By this time, I was famished. I just wanted to hog it all. I opened the packet in anticipation.
'Hmm'.. I thought to myself. 'This looks good'
I put a spoonful of that delectable biryani into my mouth.
'Uggh'...I blurted.
This was the most horrible biryani I had ever tasted. You cant even call it biryani. It was rice and curry mixed together and keralites simply believed that it is biryani.
Thats when I decided, I shall never ever order for biryani again, at least never ever in Kerala.
I come from Hyderabad and know what exactly a biryani should taste like. The masalas and the way it is made is an experience in itself and then when you taste it, well, you just feel like you have come to heaven. For food lovers, and especially for biryani lovers, Hyderabad is the place to be in.
To put it in short, the taste of an authentic Hyderabadi biryani, is the amalgamation of two souls, body and mind, that they completely blend with each other to form a single being.
Sigh...biryani !!
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