Our beloved biryani has been in news for quite some time for multiple reasons. Last week, we saw political leaders claiming it to be an act of rebel in the ongoing anti-CAA-NRC protests in the national capital. And much like the poha controversy, people on twitter assembled to defend it.

What began as a cordial discussion, people from all over the country started naming their favourite biryani and soon the discussion turned into a war of words to protect and support their respective states and biryanis.

Biryani is a one-pot rice dish cooked with different kinds of meats, chicken and mutton being two of the most popular options. The accumulation of the spices and the cooking procedure is what makes each biryani so different from each other. For example, the Awadhi or Lucknowi biryani is made with smoother and fragrant spices and Hyderabadi biryani has a heavier spice quotient which makes it stronger in flavour too.

Now, biryani being biryani, the discussion attracted people from all over the country to give their valuable remarks. While Amitabh Kant said that he prefers Thallasery Fish Biryani from Paris restaurant in Kerala, politician KT Rama Rao came forward claiming Hyderabadi biryani to be the best. He added that any biryani that is not Hyderabadi is just a poor imitation of it.

A twitter user tweeted saying, “Kolkata biryani with Aloo is the biggest scam after 2G scam.” To which journalist Rohini Singh agreed and tweeted “Agree. Worse than a 2G scam. And dare I say the over-spiced Hyderabadi biryani too. No one makes biryani the way it is made in homes in Lucknow- fragrant, delicate tasting and just pure deliciousness” along with taking a jibe at the Hyderabadi biryani. She also revealed that she admired Lucknowi biryani because of its smooth flavours and fragrant, light taste calling it “indeed the food of kings”.

Following this, famous food critic Vir Sanghvi also joined this ongoing repartee and kept forward his biryani preferences. Giving Hyderabadi the lowest rank, he said that he could eat Kerala biryani every day, Lucknowi biryani once every month and Kolkata biryani once every month.