Its official Biryani is most popular food of India

[velu]

11 minutes ago, Real McCoy said:

Here take some delicious barbecued cockroaches in your plate. Contains Vitamin E I once saw that bald guy on food channel trying out cockraoches in I believe SEA saying how delicious it was

 

In Korean street food they give lukewarm water with live krill to drink

[Real McCoy]

11 minutes ago, velu said:

 

In Korean street food they give lukewarm water with live krill to drink

Now I'm imagining someone ordering a biryani through swiggy with a live krill in it

[coffee_rules]

32 minutes ago, Real McCoy said:

Here take some delicious barbecued cockroaches in your plate. Contains Vitamin E I once saw that bald guy on food channel trying out cockraoches in I believe SEA saying how delicious it was

Crunchy, salty and sour. I have tasted one. I really want to try red ant chutney from NE India once.

[Mariyam]

4 hours ago, Alam_dar said:

In fact Pulao in Pakistan/Afghanistan/Tashkand and in all other central asian countries has been made with meat.

 

It is little confusing for me to differentiate between Pulao and Biryani. 

 

It seems that in Pulao, you make Qorma of meat first, then add water in it to make Yakhni, and then finally put the rice in it. While in Biryani, you make the rice separately in plain water, and then layer it with the Qourma. 

 

Where are @beetle and @Mariyam

I think you are confusing pilaf with pulao. Pilaf is rice with meat, which is generally nor marinated. Biriyani is meat marinated along with the rice so that the rice too gets the essence of the meat. 

 

Pulao, from what I understand has no meat. 

 

PS: not any kind of an authority on the topic.

[Alam_dar]

45 minutes ago, Mariyam said:

I think you are confusing pilaf with pulao. Pilaf is rice with meat, which is generally nor marinated. Biriyani is meat marinated along with the rice so that the rice too gets the essence of the meat. 

 

Pulao, from what I understand has no meat. 

 

PS: not any kind of an authority on the topic.

Pilaf and Pulao are one and the same thing. Only it's pronunciation is different in the Central Asian Countries like Tajikistan, Uzbekistan or even in Russia. 

 

And Pulao is always with meat in Pakistan/Afghanistan (personal experience), while  Pilaf in Central Asian countries is also the same with meat. 

 

Afghani Pulao (Kabuli Pilaf)

 

By the way, Afghani consider their Afghani Pulao better than Pakistani/Indian Biryani. 

 

Same is with Turks and Central Asian Countries. They even don't like Basmati rice but want to use their  Risotto type rice.  

 

Thailand people preffer their Jasmin rice over Basmati too (not sure though as data sample is very small  for me). 

[Nikhil_cric]

East Asian food is fine as long as you KNOW what you are eating . Ditto with food from the northeastern states. 

 

I used to love Hyderabad biriyani but it's really unhealthy lol as most biriyanis are. 

[Alam_dar]

5 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

East Asian food is fine as long as you KNOW what you are eating . Ditto with food from the northeastern states. 

 

I used to love Hyderabad biriyani but it's really unhealthy lol as most biriyanis are. 

Exactly. 

Biryani is very unhealthy (perhaps less healthy than Pakora and Samoosas, but one has to be careful).

 

By the way, which one do you find more healthy between rice and roti? 

[coffee_rules]

Pulav is made using sauteed veggies or cooked meat with spices and cook  rice (in a cooker) with all together. 

 

Biryani is having marinated meat or veggies, with spices and add rice as a layer over and under the meat. bake the whole thing in a slow cooker or oven. The essence of spices are borne into rice and meat in a Biryani, more than in Pulav.

[velu]

5 hours ago, Alam_dar said:

 

It seems that in Pulao, you make Qorma of meat first, then add water in it to make Yakhni, and then finally put the rice in it. While in Biryani, you make the rice separately in plain water, and then layer it with the Qourma. 

 

Where are @beetle and @Mariyam

 

dude.. never tag any hardcore feminist in a food thread  

[Nikhil_cric]

10 minutes ago, Alam_dar said:

Exactly. 

Biryani is very unhealthy (perhaps less healthy than Pakora and Samoosas, but one has to be careful).

 

By the way, which one do you find more healthy between rice and roti? 

Hmm. There are many varieties of rice so that's difficult to answer. But I have generally been better off eating unpolished rice . But then again im south Indian . Those from the north would swear by roti and that's alright too .

[coffee_rules]

4 minutes ago, velu said:

 

dude.. never tag any hardcore feminist in a food thread  

Response be like, that is so misogynistic, to assume that when it comes tp food, women are "expected" to know better!

Edited August 11, 2019 by coffee_rules

[Alam_dar]

3 minutes ago, velu said:

 

dude.. never tag any hardcore feminist in a food thread  

Hahaha
I showed this courage only while @beetle told earlier she likes cooking and she is a wonderful cook. 

[velu]

5 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Hmm. There are many varieties of rice so that's difficult to answer. But I have generally been better off eating unpolished rice . But then again im south Indian . Those from the north would swear by roti and that's alright too .

 

using unpolished rice ( you meant brown rice i guess )  for making rice items are out of fashion even in 90s i guess ..

also rice was a staple food in only in parts of tn and andhra till green revolution ..

 

south karnataka , western tn and some parts of andhra/telengana use to take raagi ..

north karntaka use to take jowar ..  south tn and malluland use to take kapa and red rice ..

 

only the rest ( and rich ) use to take rice 

[Nikhil_cric]

6 minutes ago, velu said:

 

using unpolished rice ( you meant brown rice i guess )  for making rice items are out of fashion even in 90s i guess ..

also rice was a staple food in only in parts of tn and andhra till green revolution ..

 

south karnataka , western tn and some parts of andhra/telengana use to take raagi ..

north karntaka use to take jowar ..  south tn and malluland use to take kapa and red rice ..

 

only the rest ( and rich ) use to take rice 

Yes, kannadigas used to prefer raagi. Using brown rice may have gone out of fashion but my family have gone back to it since 2014 because it's healthier . I don't like white rice anymore. I put on a few pounds if I eat that. I'm mallu though I grew up in Bangalore so yeah red rice is fine as far as I'm concerned. :) 

Edited August 11, 2019 by Nikhil_cric

[Yoda-esque]

That is one scenario. The other is most culinary unsavvy people chose this as opposed to tons of other food options within India and international cuisine. Most Indians are not adventurous when trying new cuisine.
 
PS - most of the golts from my college will try golt restaurants in USA on their day out :facepalm:I used to hangout with some refined golts mostly from Hyderabad and other Indians who venture out to other options.

I can attest to that, I once had a road trip with a bunch of Telugu folks.Never again

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[Alam_dar]

5 hours ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Hmm. There are many varieties of rice so that's difficult to answer. But I have generally been better off eating unpolished rice . But then again im south Indian . Those from the north would swear by roti and that's alright too .

Are these Basmati unpolished rice? Or sticky rice, or any other verity?

I think that Basmati rice doesn't make me satisfy, and thus overeating is normal. 

Unpolished brown rice and red rice don't taste to me. 

 

I don't know how to make Bajra (pearl millet) roti, but I boil Bajra like rice, then add olive oil, onions, mint, salt, pepper etc. This way much more easy to make as compared to roti. 

 

I never tasted Jawar. Never seen any one using Jawar in Pakistan. Raagi roti is the same. Even I never saw  red rice in Pakistan. May be all these things are available in the villages. 

 

 

 

 

[Nikhil_cric]

7 hours ago, Alam_dar said:

Are these Basmati unpolished rice? Or sticky rice, or any other verity?

I think that Basmati rice doesn't make me satisfy, and thus overeating is normal. 

Unpolished brown rice and red rice don't taste to me. 

 

I don't know how to make Bajra (pearl millet) roti, but I boil Bajra like rice, then add olive oil, onions, mint, salt, pepper etc. This way much more easy to make as compared to roti. 

 

I never tasted Jawar. Never seen any one using Jawar in Pakistan. Raagi roti is the same. Even I never saw  red rice in Pakistan. May be all these things are available in the villages. 

 

 

 

 

No not basmati. Even I tend to overeat that and it's expensive . Brown and red rice. And you're right. Not everybody likes the taste. 

[coffee_rules]

15 hours ago, Alam_dar said:

Are these Basmati unpolished rice? Or sticky rice, or any other verity?

I think that Basmati rice doesn't make me satisfy, and thus overeating is normal. 

Unpolished brown rice and red rice don't taste to me. 

 

I don't know how to make Bajra (pearl millet) roti, but I boil Bajra like rice, then add olive oil, onions, mint, salt, pepper etc. This way much more easy to make as compared to roti. 

 

I never tasted Jawar. Never seen any one using Jawar in Pakistan. Raagi roti is the same. Even I never saw  red rice in Pakistan. May be all these things are available in the villages. 

 

 

 

 

You should replace all kinds of white rice (basmati, sona masoori, jasmine) with millets. Raagi can be ground and the flour mixed in water and get a texture like the chapati flour and it can be hand-pressed on a tawa to make wonderful rotis (we call it rotti). Add onion and chillies, it is heaven eaten by marinating the rottis with ghee. The same can be done with Bajra/Jowar flour as well.

 

For raagi, we also make it by mixing it in boiling water and knead it to make balls. It can be devoured with sambar/rasam/gojju (sour/sweet sauce).

 

Other millets (and even Quinoa) can be eaten, by making khicdi mixing with veggies or make a pulav. I even make upma/bisi bele baath with all kinds of millets. best way ... replace rice in your diet. If you want to eat rice only, best way is to get used to red rice (or brown).

 

 

[velu]

8 hours ago, Nikhil_cric said:

No not basmati. Even I tend to overeat that and it's expensive . Brown and red rice. And you're right. Not everybody likes the taste. 

 

Only mallus like red rice .. more than its taste , the size of the rice is scary

 

Actually plain white rice has no taste of its own .  Both brown and mallu rice has its own taste ( because in rice husk and outer layer has its own taste and nutrients ) 

[velu]

15 hours ago, Alam_dar said:

I don't know how to make Bajra (pearl millet) roti, but I boil Bajra like rice, then add olive oil, onions, mint, salt, pepper etc. This way much more easy to make as compared to roti. 

 

I never tasted Jawar. Never seen any one using Jawar in Pakistan. Raagi roti is the same. Even I never saw  red rice in Pakistan.

 

Bajra and jowar more or less tastes same ..

We usually take bajra in liquid form , bajra + curd mix and it is to be taken with onion ( bajra is quite heavy , something in onion makes it helps in digestion ) as a breakfast or lunch 

 

Decades back we use to take bajra for  breakfast and lunch ..

Raagi for lunch and dinner