Biryani is one of my all time fave foods. I tend to prefer the southern styles which isn’t easily available outside of south India.
Which is why Kolapasi’s Vijayawada style biryani really hits the spot for me.
Other faves in the Bay Area: Dindigul Thalappakatti (Milpitas), Appakadai (Sunnyvale and Dublin)
@skinnylatte I wonder what’s the difference between Hyderabadi and southern style. Hyderabadi biryani tastes off to me cause we are accustomed to Lucknowi style, which is less spicy
@farah wayyyy spicier than Hyderabad style hehe
@skinnylatte 🥵 eek! Yeah I cannot do spicy food
@farah let’s just say I had it for lunch yesterday, I still feel the spices in my belly, and I am having leftovers for lunch of the same thing and I can probably have that at every meal
@skinnylatte Someone should study your digestive system for science 😅😂
@farah it has survived dysentery in Bangladesh and Burma, it can survive anything
I find many of the northern styles of biryani to be very good technically, but also 1/10th the flavor in terms of spices. If I’m not feeling the warmth of a ton of pepper and cloves riding through my biryani while I eat it, I’m most likely not wanting to eat it
One day I’ll make a biryani zine of all the hundred types of biryanis I love in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andra Pradesh
Just how much time did you spend in that part of the country!? Even my storied knowledge suggests this was at least 1-3 years :o
@jaym I’ve been to Chennai every year since 2004? Except the last 6
Maybe sometimes 4 times a year to Chennai, sometimes it was 5 days, sometimes it was 5 weeks, sometimes 3 months, so I guess if you add up all of it, quite a lot
I also drove a rickshaw around it https://rickrollshaw.tumblr.com
@skinnylatte Girl, if you want that much spice in your biryani, you want curry not biryani!! To us, in Bangladesh, biryani is by default is a less spicier dish than traditional curries and such. Btw have you ever had Tehari? Traditionally cooked with mustard oil, it has a zing that’s unbelievably delicious
