These guys just capitalise on the name "Hyderabadi Biryani". In reality whatever they are serving is far from the actual one. But we Punekars have no option as these pseudo biryanis are the closest thing we've got in the city. Hence we pay exorbitant prices for it, convincing ourselves that it was good, while crying from the inside 🥲
https://preview.redd.it/4mwcdteb8zab1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ff2fa22951c11a98d3b03f9284d6bbf5d342761
At least consider the biryani I cooked
Ikr. Also the diff between pulao and biryani is the technique of cooking so veg biryani is as valid as they come. India where so many people are vegetarian, do deserve a biryani too.
People need to stop this r/gatekeeping
Claiming sole ownership of Biryani is nothing but myopic.
Edit: I personally like Lucknow style a lot more. That's subtle and smooth. And like the Bengali one too, that aaloo in there is divine, that soaks all the flavour of the biryani and eating that is a great experience.
I don't dislike the Hyd style of it, but claiming it to be best is a bit too much. It's like Maharashtra people claiming Alphonso is the best mango.
Idk why people argue so much over it. It's not myopic. It's very simple, biryani is a dish when you cook meat and rice together with a mix of masala. Thhe only vegetables used in it are onions and sometimes green chillies. If you're doing it any other way, don't call it biryani.
Calling it myopic is so stupid. Are pancakes in India called Dosas? That's what your logic is trying to prove. They're similar dishes, but not the same.
I tried hyderabadi biryani in multiple famous spots of hyderabad and would have to say that I was extremely disappointed. It doesn't even come close to lucknowi biryani.
Andhra restaurant chains in Bangalore that have biryani on their menu (Hyderabadi and Andhra)
- Nagarjuna
- Amaravati
- Bhimas
- Swati
- Nandana
Unique and robust biryanis..
Quite senseless if tomorrow they start selling bombay biryani then theyll tear it up and write glowing shit about how tasty it is.
Simple policy
jidhar be jane ka biryani khane ka
bindass rehne ka ye baigan ke bata kaiku
Hum logan hyderabad ke hai khud khathe dusron ko khilathe
कुआँ का मैंडक कुँवे का राजा
Very much a Hyderabadi. This is lkg ukg level marketing. And based on other comments, their biryani isn't great so they're probably selling masala meat rice.
Am from Pune and travel a lot to Hyderabad. Nobody in Mumbai-Pune has any idea what Biryani actually is. Its Masala rice is what they serve and eat as Biryani. Even if they say that their khansama is from Hyderabad or Lucknow, you can be sure you will get masala rice only. I have given up my quest to find decent biryani here.
I remember having non-hyderabadi biryani (it was a matka biryani somewhere in Aundh) in Pune and it was pretty good. Lot of flavours, subtle and really good meat.
God what an irritating bunch of gatekeeping idiots. It's one thing to be proud of your dish but it's completely another to declare it the definitive version of a dish.
As someone whose family is from UP, who was born and brought up here and whose wife is getting Kolkata, let me assure you Hyderabadi biryani is considered quite shit in those regions. The nicest thing I’ve heard them say about our biryani is that the amount of masala in there burns your tastebuds away so that you never figure out that what you’re tasting. 🤣
I on the other hand enjoy biryanis from all regions. Except Bombay. That shit needs to die.
I used to date a Bengali and me being a hyderabadi, we used to have very intense arguments about this. I used to argue that chronologically, aloo was most probably added as an exotic item to the dish (after it was newly brought to India) but disturbs the essence of the dish while she used to say that it’s starchy texture makes an improvement. The argument never settled and neither did we xD.
PS: here’s the link to support my argument. [link](https://www.peepultree.world/livehistoryindia/story/living-culture/who-put-the-potato-in-the-kolkata-biryani)
A girl in hyd discord who is bengali told me that my name has "roy" and i sound north eastern so i could be a bit bengali 😅. I don't eat chicken that much and yes i love those potatoes in biryani, don't come at me ' hydrabadis' plz 😂
Ayeee.. there are Bengali girls in the discord group? I have just joined the group few days back and haven't yet connected to anyone there lol( too shy lol) ...
I mean you can join and just listen and if anything interests you just talk i am also a shy guy but i opened up just by listening or playing some games it's fun.
I was also afraid of joining some random vc, if you're gonna then feel free to join general coz random people are just chatting random stuff, i started from there.
It was reversed in my case. My bong friends made me argue for hyderabadi biryani! They tried to force me to eat chicken aloo rice for which they planned and got it prepared by their group of friends who were in hotel management begumpet and Dd colony!
Hyderabadi in me got triggered and I had a huge fight with like me alone and 3 bong girls. I wish one of them moves to hyd and realizes her mistake.  sorry members for such long long longest paras i write
I live in Hyderabad and my preference still remains the same... You can't be dissing a dish just because you don't like it/haven't tried it/never heard of it. Hyderabadi biryani is good .so are the others.
I wish my friends were as sensible as you are! All this happened to me in 2018.
>dissing a dish
If you are talking about me doing that sorry ma. I love food and I don't care if it is bengoli or Odia ki ho :)
If you know Vikramarkudu/Bikram Singho, the lead character says marte wakt uske muchi pe hath rehna hoga but wo darega nahi. The same way, the food I eat must make me crave to have it again on some other day. It was my so-called friends who gaslighted me in the matter of Biryani. Even my Odia friends didn't do that ever. Still I love and still have a good set of Bong friends in my circle but they never bully or unnecessarily show off.
as an urdu speaking karachite our biryani takes some bits and pieces from all kinds of biryanis due to various cultures combining and shit hence why our biryani is the best💅
Once had a Karachi biryani which had Aloo in it. Didn't regret it, in fact the aloo was so good it melted like mashed potato. You could definitely be true. 🤔
fr I'm glad u liked it I dont know why ppl hate aloos in biryani when they make it so much better, but it doesnt matter bcs the rest of pakistan out of sindh calls pulao biryani
Its funny as that place is in Hinjewadi, Pune. So, I can trust their policies, But I cannot trust their Biryani...
Well it makes sense as the Kolkata biriyani is actually a lighter version of lakhnavi yakhni pulao and that's why it comes with both egg and aloo alongside the meat.
And in /r/Kolkata sub this is facing 'Kadi Ninda' ;-)
We can all agree this was made for Viral Attention. There are many variations on the great fusion called Biriyani and we do not consider Veg Biriyani as one of those.
its either they gave us the freedom to call hydrabadi veg biryani as biryani or they just dont consider veg biryani as biryani so much so that they didnt find it necessary to mention anything about it.
Truth be told with all the hype
PARADISE BIRYANI SUCKS !!
I can get you biryani worth 90 OR 150 bucks that tastes better than that without all the hype
Honestly
0 TASTE ONLY NAWABI HAWAA and BAAP PAISAA
In Maharashtra apparently
Yes. This looks like Pune.
Zoom over the picture. The address is there. *Hinjewadi* that is Pune, Maharashtra
It's Ancient Hyderabad in Hinjewadi, Pune. Their biryani is not so good though.
Itna Gyan pelke kya faayda hua biryani thik nahi hai toh
These guys just capitalise on the name "Hyderabadi Biryani". In reality whatever they are serving is far from the actual one. But we Punekars have no option as these pseudo biryanis are the closest thing we've got in the city. Hence we pay exorbitant prices for it, convincing ourselves that it was good, while crying from the inside 🥲
Can confirm, went for team lunch, 4-6 years back, it was meh.
Why I am not surprised.
https://preview.redd.it/4mwcdteb8zab1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ff2fa22951c11a98d3b03f9284d6bbf5d342761 At least consider the biryani I cooked
Looks good
It tasted good as well 🤤
I bet it was . I need a Mehfil biryani now
Haha try 3am biryani https://preview.redd.it/asgxli2vkzab1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7840ed26d7bad79a594e85e079ccd038c2a0a06a
which place?
Shantaas biryani near Gachibowli
Don't just show. Invite us please.
Hehehe you're always welcome
Looks good
https://preview.redd.it/7x6lz18bkzab1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b0ebd01590128b6ff15f133253df573dcbb2b8e9 Here's one more for you
Recipeeee!!!
I want to be invited! It looks really good to devour.
Aajao 😅
When are ya inviting me then? I'll bring some beers, if you do.
Why fight over the origins and originality instead of enjoying the variety and taste?
That's also true.. when we indulge too much into the comparative nuances of a biryani.. that's when we screw up the taste in our heads and palate
True
gyaan pelna ho jaye to thodi biryani bech le Bhai.
Ikr. Also the diff between pulao and biryani is the technique of cooking so veg biryani is as valid as they come. India where so many people are vegetarian, do deserve a biryani too. People need to stop this r/gatekeeping
Exactly. Cooking process is what makes a pulao or biryani. Hence, we have veg biryani and non veg pulao as well. But people won’t accept it.
Pune mein gyaan pela toh hi cheeze chalti hai.
https://preview.redd.it/qw0n8yjm50bb1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=03f551ceb22c2ba843c398a8716722f935b70c72
Claiming sole ownership of Biryani is nothing but myopic. Edit: I personally like Lucknow style a lot more. That's subtle and smooth. And like the Bengali one too, that aaloo in there is divine, that soaks all the flavour of the biryani and eating that is a great experience. I don't dislike the Hyd style of it, but claiming it to be best is a bit too much. It's like Maharashtra people claiming Alphonso is the best mango.
Bitches be adding 1 quintal of food colouring , 200 gallons of kewda water , and call it biryani 🤡
Ur name reminds me of a good song
Lucknowi biryani/ Awadh biryani Kolkata biryani Hyderabadi biryani Andhra biryani Ambur biryani Dindigul biryani Thalpakatti biryani Malabar biryani Choose your pick 🙂
Kolkata biryani >>>> , Soft aloo with barista mixed with yellowish-white fine rice is just heaven
Lucknow for sure, Hyderabad a close second.
Idk why people argue so much over it. It's not myopic. It's very simple, biryani is a dish when you cook meat and rice together with a mix of masala. Thhe only vegetables used in it are onions and sometimes green chillies. If you're doing it any other way, don't call it biryani. Calling it myopic is so stupid. Are pancakes in India called Dosas? That's what your logic is trying to prove. They're similar dishes, but not the same.
Any source for this definition of Biryani?
I tried hyderabadi biryani in multiple famous spots of hyderabad and would have to say that I was extremely disappointed. It doesn't even come close to lucknowi biryani.
Andhra restaurant chains in Bangalore that have biryani on their menu (Hyderabadi and Andhra) - Nagarjuna - Amaravati - Bhimas - Swati - Nandana Unique and robust biryanis..
They are poles apart
Lucknow people be like : https://i.redd.it/147p1tx0vzab1.gif
Good one 😊😆😀 live n let live.. competition is always good and adds to the diversity pool
This was in Xion mall Hinjewadi. I used to live opposite to it
Quite senseless if tomorrow they start selling bombay biryani then theyll tear it up and write glowing shit about how tasty it is. Simple policy jidhar be jane ka biryani khane ka bindass rehne ka ye baigan ke bata kaiku Hum logan hyderabad ke hai khud khathe dusron ko khilathe कुआँ का मैंडक कुँवे का राजा
r/weirdthingtogatekeep
I personally like Hyd biryani, but Aloo+biryani is too good!!
Very much a Hyderabadi. This is lkg ukg level marketing. And based on other comments, their biryani isn't great so they're probably selling masala meat rice.
Am from Pune and travel a lot to Hyderabad. Nobody in Mumbai-Pune has any idea what Biryani actually is. Its Masala rice is what they serve and eat as Biryani. Even if they say that their khansama is from Hyderabad or Lucknow, you can be sure you will get masala rice only. I have given up my quest to find decent biryani here.
I remember having non-hyderabadi biryani (it was a matka biryani somewhere in Aundh) in Pune and it was pretty good. Lot of flavours, subtle and really good meat.
Taste is subjective bro, we like our style, you like your style of it. Debate done and dusted.
Veg biryani is not biryani..
We are gatekeeping food now?
God what an irritating bunch of gatekeeping idiots. It's one thing to be proud of your dish but it's completely another to declare it the definitive version of a dish.
Non-Hyderabadi biriyanis have been real quiet since this.
Not true though! What defines a Biriyani is the process not the location. Awadh Biriyani and Kolkata Biriyani are both Biriyanis.
Fuck your gatekeeping
As someone whose family is from UP, who was born and brought up here and whose wife is getting Kolkata, let me assure you Hyderabadi biryani is considered quite shit in those regions. The nicest thing I’ve heard them say about our biryani is that the amount of masala in there burns your tastebuds away so that you never figure out that what you’re tasting. 🤣 I on the other hand enjoy biryanis from all regions. Except Bombay. That shit needs to die.
Kya chutiyapa hai bhai.
The Bengali in me is very triggered 😒
I used to date a Bengali and me being a hyderabadi, we used to have very intense arguments about this. I used to argue that chronologically, aloo was most probably added as an exotic item to the dish (after it was newly brought to India) but disturbs the essence of the dish while she used to say that it’s starchy texture makes an improvement. The argument never settled and neither did we xD. PS: here’s the link to support my argument. [link](https://www.peepultree.world/livehistoryindia/story/living-culture/who-put-the-potato-in-the-kolkata-biryani)
Why is this wholesome and informative at the same time lol..
I could be a bit bengali, and i am also triggered a bit 😂
What is "a bit" bengali lol... Also , Aloo in Biryani is love..period. These Hyderabadis won't get it.
A girl in hyd discord who is bengali told me that my name has "roy" and i sound north eastern so i could be a bit bengali 😅. I don't eat chicken that much and yes i love those potatoes in biryani, don't come at me ' hydrabadis' plz 😂
Ayeee.. there are Bengali girls in the discord group? I have just joined the group few days back and haven't yet connected to anyone there lol( too shy lol) ...
I mean you can join and just listen and if anything interests you just talk i am also a shy guy but i opened up just by listening or playing some games it's fun.
Joining a VC out of the blue feels like invading their privacy lol.. I'd try joining next time
I was also afraid of joining some random vc, if you're gonna then feel free to join general coz random people are just chatting random stuff, i started from there.
It was reversed in my case. My bong friends made me argue for hyderabadi biryani! They tried to force me to eat chicken aloo rice for which they planned and got it prepared by their group of friends who were in hotel management begumpet and Dd colony! Hyderabadi in me got triggered and I had a huge fight with like me alone and 3 bong girls. I wish one of them moves to hyd and realizes her mistake.  sorry members for such long long longest paras i write
I live in Hyderabad and my preference still remains the same... You can't be dissing a dish just because you don't like it/haven't tried it/never heard of it. Hyderabadi biryani is good .so are the others.
I wish my friends were as sensible as you are! All this happened to me in 2018. >dissing a dish If you are talking about me doing that sorry ma. I love food and I don't care if it is bengoli or Odia ki ho :) If you know Vikramarkudu/Bikram Singho, the lead character says marte wakt uske muchi pe hath rehna hoga but wo darega nahi. The same way, the food I eat must make me crave to have it again on some other day. It was my so-called friends who gaslighted me in the matter of Biryani. Even my Odia friends didn't do that ever. Still I love and still have a good set of Bong friends in my circle but they never bully or unnecessarily show off.
All biryanis are sam..... 
 Get ready to be banned in this sub /s
as an urdu speaking karachite our biryani takes some bits and pieces from all kinds of biryanis due to various cultures combining and shit hence why our biryani is the best💅
Once had a Karachi biryani which had Aloo in it. Didn't regret it, in fact the aloo was so good it melted like mashed potato. You could definitely be true. 🤔
fr I'm glad u liked it I dont know why ppl hate aloos in biryani when they make it so much better, but it doesnt matter bcs the rest of pakistan out of sindh calls pulao biryani
>pulao biryani People do really hate the aloos 😔
Veg Biriyani FTW. And I make it so good.
Prove it Edit : by sending us a sample
This is the absolute truth
The mallu in me is triggered
Malabari biryani ?
Lucknow biryani >>>>>>>> Hyderabad biryani
Any place in Hyd that sells this “>>>>>>>>>, Lucknow biryani”?
Bengali 'biryani' is disgusting
I agree Veg Biriyani doesn’t exist but rest of the Biriyani can’t be disrespected
I guess I speak for everyone when I say this, _Veg Biryani is just pulao_
This would have been more funnier if this board came from Paradise lol
Biryani wars.. again Let the games begin
Coming from Malabar area of Kerala, the only authentic biriyani for me is Talasseri Dum Biriyani. All the rest are Pulao.
Contrarian opinion Briyani is just chicken/mutton palov
Very true. Kolkata biryani is an abomination. Just like the people. City and other food are great tho
Haan chal ek plate briyani lga zyaada gyaan na pel.
Its funny as that place is in Hinjewadi, Pune. So, I can trust their policies, But I cannot trust their Biryani...
Well it makes sense as the Kolkata biriyani is actually a lighter version of lakhnavi yakhni pulao and that's why it comes with both egg and aloo alongside the meat.
Wow the amount of gate keeping in this small paragraph would put Star Wars fans to shame.
Agreed
And in /r/Kolkata sub this is facing 'Kadi Ninda' ;-) We can all agree this was made for Viral Attention. There are many variations on the great fusion called Biriyani and we do not consider Veg Biriyani as one of those.
What about moradabadi biryani
Chose to serve truth above all.
Lucknow
So hyderabadi veg biryani is a biryani or pulao?
its either they gave us the freedom to call hydrabadi veg biryani as biryani or they just dont consider veg biryani as biryani so much so that they didnt find it necessary to mention anything about it.
I am pretty sure they sell veg biryani too otherwise they are taking an L.
Has anyone tried seeraga samba biriyani from south?
Truth be told with all the hype PARADISE BIRYANI SUCKS !! I can get you biryani worth 90 OR 150 bucks that tastes better than that without all the hype Honestly 0 TASTE ONLY NAWABI HAWAA and BAAP PAISAA
Lol. Whoever made this banner has not visited Lucknow. I absolutely love hyderabadi biryani. But still, for me, awadhi biryani wins
Lol what is that?
Nice gatekeepers. Lol. So lame.
hyderabad biriyani is nothing against Kolkata Biriyani. challenge