Hindustan Times
The great biryani search continues. But Lucknow, it turns out, is pulao country. It is also the place for outstanding kababs and kormas. And it has the best chaat in the entire country
I went to Lucknow as part of the great biryani search. But all controversies about whether Lucknow made a biryani or a pulao were quickly settled. Every single person I met in Lucknow was clear that Lucknow only dealt in pulao, not in biryani. Read more
(6 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Sunday, April 5, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Filed under Rude Food · Tagged Biryani, Dish, Food, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Lucknowi biryani, pulao
I am off to Hyderabad, home of grand cuisine, alternative centre of north Indian food to Lucknow, birthplace of famous biryani and a city celebrated in gastronomic legend. Truth be told, I know very little about Hyderabad. I was here in the ’70s, a trip I remember because it coincided with the death of Elvis Presley. Read more
(4 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Saturday, February 21, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Filed under Rude Food · Tagged Aurangzeb, Awadhi, Azizia, Beef, Biryani, Chandrababu Naidu, Deccan, Delhi, Dhaba, Discovery Travel, Dum Pukht Biryani, Goat, Hyderabad, Hyderabadi Biryani, Hyderabadi Food, Kebabs, Kuchcha Biryani, Kurries, Lucknow, Maurya, Meat, Nizam of Hyderabad, North Indian Food, NT Rama Rao, Recipe, Rice, Saudi Arabia, TV
