Video narration
Shaadi ki daawat mein garam biryani ki plate aati hai—khushbudaar chawal, gosht aur masalon ki paratein. Lekin is ek plate ke peeche sadiyon ka safar chhupa hai. Aksar kaha jata hai ki biryani Mughals ke saath seedhe India aayi. Itihaaskar ek hi janm-kahani par ekmat nahi. Iske naam aur andaaz par Persian aur Central Asian asar maana jata hai. Bharat mein pehle se chawal, gosht aur masalon ke pakwan the. Dono dharayein mil gayin. Mughal daur mein shahi rasoiyon ne in andaazon ko naye masalon, tareeqon aur darbar ki pehchaan di. Phir shehron ne ise apne rang mein dhala. Awadhi biryani ka andaaz alag, Hyderabadi ka swaad aur tareeqa alag. Yahin soch badalti hai: biryani kisi ek vyakti ya shehar ki khoj nahi, balki mil-julkar badli hui kahani hai. Har kshetriya biryani iska naya adhyay hai. Biryani sirf pakwan nahi—Bharat ki milti-tehzeebon ki khushbudaar kahani hai.