Times when Biryani Grew to be And so Critical, The item Created Good & Bad Items Happen.

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Times when Biryani Grew to be And so Critical, The item Created Good & Bad Items Happen.


Biryani was not always my favourite food, as a child I was unimpressed by the heap of rice and meat on my plate. But growing up there was a phase when Biryani was a weekly affair, dreary Sunday Mass followed by Biryani for lunch, for my aspirational father Biryani was a symbol of prosperity and for my culinarily gifted mother it was her prized blue ribbon.



Although I do remember the day I stood next to my mother as she removed the pot from the oven. The wheat flour dough she had used to seal it was like biscuit and we cracked it open - she lifted the lid and the steam rose in waves of aromatic spices and scented rice - the air was suddenly heavier with ghee and the weight of legacy.

And in that moment I just knew there was a lot I was missing, like the fact there is history and legend folded in between the layers of grain and masala.

As an adult I pieced together the missing bits, I was able to appreciate the process, the nuances of spice, the fine details, the adaptations to region and taste. But also able to see the fascination of the average Indian man with biryani.

Votes in exchange for biryani

The context of biryani in the modern day has been influenced by the status it represents, it's origin in lavish Mughal kitchens and amongst wealthy Arabs makes it an ideal to aspire to.

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So if a man promises a vote in exchange for biryani it is probably because that is the life he aspires to. In fact in Hyderabad they had noticed a boom in sales of Biryani around the time of election campaigning, and in Chennai contests for the Assembly are often dubbed Biryani Bypolls for the goodies that are showered on the voters.

A wedding was called off when the two families disagreed over biryani.

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