DomainK Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 lolwuttt I LOVE IT!! khatta khatta sambarrrrrrrrrrr mmm:yay: Doesn't count. You love virtually anything that can be called food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Never had or even saw biryani once in 17 years I spent in Chandigarh. Things maybe changing now' date=' but the only southie food (if you can call Biryani that) that has nationwide presence is dosa and to some extent, idli.[/quote'] http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/punjabi-cuisine/cuisine-of-punjab-handi-biryani :winky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 me 2 nevr had biryani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomainK Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 me 2 nevr had biryani Never had biryani? Is that even possible? :nervous: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Never had biryani? Is that even possible? :nervous: My thoughts exactly,I mean it must have been prepared in Some Shaadi or Party right? But the more I think about it now,I went to Punjab 2 years back on vacation don't recollect seeing Biryani in a lot of food joints :hmmm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganeshran Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Biryani is hardly a southie dish. If anything it can be called a Mughal one which developed in parallel in Lucknow and Hyderabad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 sachi no one eats biryani here in punjab :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 what? Daal Chawal doesn't count? and a blob of meat between two buns does? Daal Chawal is probably over eaten. Also, not only do we have it over the holidays but at least 200 of the 365 days in the year. Where did I say Dal Chaawal does not count... I came out in support of it in my OP. But, it's not a holiday dish per se. I am talking about a festival dish, made occasionally on holidays, by everyone in India, and is a symbol of that holiday. There is none really, which is not a negative. Just an observation. We are probably too diverse for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikred Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Biryani is hardly a southie dish. If anything it can be called a Mughal one which developed in parallel in Lucknow and Hyderabad. If you want to consider including Hyderabad as part of South India then Hyderabadi Biryani is more than "hardly a southie dish". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tridibans_16 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 me 2 nevr had biryani Never had biryani? Is that even possible? :nervous: My thoughts exactly,I mean it must have been prepared in Some Shaadi or Party right? But the more I think about it now,I went to Punjab 2 years back on vacation don't recollect seeing Biryani in a lot of food joints :hmmm: Well not true actually. I have lived in Amritsar and I can tell you that Biryani is available in many famous restaurants/ food courts. I am really surprised Sabby has never eaten Biryani :omg: Next time I come to Chandigarh to meet Harmeet Singh, I will definitely come to Ludhiana and take you out to taste it :two_thumbs_up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tridibans_16 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 sachi no one eats biryani here in punjab :P Jhoota :finger: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey #10 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Where did I say Dal Chaawal does not count... I came out in support of it in my OP. But, it's not a holiday dish per se. I am talking about a festival dish, made occasionally on holidays, by everyone in India, and is a symbol of that holiday. There is none really, which is not a negative. Just an observation. We are probably too diverse for that. I see what you're saying. With 5000 years of history behind the variety of foods we have, it will be hard to find one dish that is "national" for any occasion. Everyone eats laddoos over "ganesh chaturthi". All I can come up with in that regards. Not really a meal though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Jhoota :finger: sachi no one i know eats it and many of my friends are not even punjabi :hysterical: acha ludhiana wala plan pakka fir! :icflove: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tridibans_16 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 sachi no one i know eats it and many of my friends are not even punjabi :hysterical: acha ludhiana wala plan pakka fir! :icflove: Looong time back I this Palak wali daal and paratha at my friends home (lives in Jalandhar). Still can't forget the tast :icflove: Yahan Mumbai me northie dishes are so bland :(( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tridibans_16 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Looong time back I had this Palak wali daal and paratha at my friends home (lives in Jalandhar). Still can't forget the taste :icflove: Yahan Mumbai me northie dishes are so bland :(( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Looong time back I this Palak wali daal and paratha at my friends home (lives in Jalandhar). Still can't forget the tast :icflove: Yahan Mumbai me northie dishes are so bland :(( haha...food is awesome here :D if u come here wil def give u gr8 treat :P:yay: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tridibans_16 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 haha...food is awesome here :D if u come here wil def give u gr8 treat :P:yay: :two_thumbs_up: :icflove: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gs Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Maggie Noodles? Life saver! Especially if you live outside India as a student and on a shoe-string budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 Biryani is hardly a southie dish. If anything it can be called a Mughal one which developed in parallel in Lucknow and Hyderabad. Biryani is as much a south dish as it is north Indian. In fact there are more south Indian varieties! The origins of Biryani has various theories. The prevailing thought is that it was brought to India, from Persia, by the Muslims. "Dum" (slow heat) style cooking can be found in Perisa. Dum is a persian word used in Urdu. However, this can be debated because biryani was known even before the times of Babur. Chef Jacob (may he rest in peace), during his research on ancient Indian dishes, found an inscription going back to 348 BC that has mention of a barrel of biryani sent by the Chola King to his Pandya counterpart, while the latter corresponded by sending the pinattu, or the fruit of the palm. This again needs to be verified by others, but if true, might give credence to the thought that Biryani was originally a south Indian dish that traveled to the north. Pratibha Karan, author of the book titled [ame=http://www.amazon.com/Biryani-Pratibha-Karan/dp/8184000936]Biryani[/ame], says that Biryani is an Indian invention derived from Pulaos which the muslim invaders brought from their lands. She thinks of it as an army dish. Soldiers did not have time for making separate dishes and so just mixed the meat they hunted with rice, thus starting the trend which caught on and became mainstay. In south, mutton rice called "Oon Soru" in Tamil, dating back to 2 AD, could be considered as the precursor of the modern Biryani. Biryani can definitely be considered a pan-Indian dish. If Dal Chaawal is the staple of the masses, Biryani is the exotic dish of holidays, festivities and weddings. Persians might have inspired it but we have made it our own, and colonized it with delicious regional variations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganeshran Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 If you want to consider including Hyderabad as part of South India then Hyderabadi Biryani is more than "hardly a southie dish". I meant it's not something that can exclusively be identified as a southie dish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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