Calm down dude. Why the heck are you getting hysterical over biryani. I guess having some biryani right now will cool you down. I never said biryani is the sole property of India and I am aware that it is enjoyed in the entire sub-continent but is mostly recognized as an Indian dish and has it's roots in India, particularly the Mughals of Delhi and the Nawabs of Hyderabad. BTW wiki's biryani origin says the following and no where did it mention pakistan
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Origin[edit]
The exact origin of the dish is uncertain. In
North India, different varieties of biryani developed in the Muslim centers of
Delhi (
Mughlai cuisine),
Lucknow (
Awadhi cuisine) and other small principalities. In South India, where rice is more widely used as a staple food, several distinct varieties of biryani emerged from
Telangana (specifically
Hyderabad),
Tamil Nadu,
Kerala (
Malabar), and
Karnataka, where minority Muslim communities were present.
Andhra is the only region of
South India that does not have many native varieties of biryani.
[6][10]During the
Safavid dynasty (1501–1736) in
Persia, a dish called
Berian Pilao (
Nastaliq script: بریان پلو) was made with lamb or chicken, marinated overnight – with yogurt, herbs, spices, dried fruits like
raisins,
prunes or
pomegranate seeds – and later cooked in a
tannour oven. It was then served with
steamed rice.
[11]
According to historian Lizzie Collingham, the modern biryani developed in the royal kitchens of the
Mughal Empire (1526-1857), as a confluence of the native spicy rice dishes of India and the Persian
pilaf.
[12] Indian restaurateur Kris Dhillon believes that the dish originated in Persia, and was brought to India by the Mughals.
[13] However, another theory claims that the dish was known in India before the first Mughal emperor
Babur came to India.
[14] The 16th-century Mughal text
Ain-i-Akbari makes no distinction between biryanis and pilaf (or pulao): it states that the word "biryani" is of older usage in India.
[15] A similar theory, that biryani came to India with
Timur's invasion, appears to be incorrect, because there is no record of biryani having existed in his native land during that period.
[14]
According to Pratibha Karan, the biryani is of South Indian origin, derived from pilaf varieties brought to the Indian subcontinent by the
Arab traders. She speculates that the
pulaowas an army dish in medieval India. The armies, unable to cook elaborate meals, would prepare a one-pot dish where they cooked rice with whichever meat was available. Over time, the dish became biryani due to different methods of cooking, with the distinction between "pulao" and "biryani" being arbitrary.
[6][14] According to Vishwanath Shenoy, the owner of a biryani restaurant chain in India, one branch of biryani comes from the Mughals, while another was brought by the Arab traders to
Malabar in South India.
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