Biriyani

Just the word Biriyani would make me feel hungry.The excitement never wanes whenever I hear the word biriyani,and our country will never be devoid of biriyani,biriyani must be the only dish that has many versions varying to geographical locations and yet each one is authentic.It's definitely a culinary delight that mughal rulers have  gifted us.Somewhere i read that Biriyani was a secret dish in Emperor Akbar's kitchen which he would relish everyday.Somehow we are lucky than the emperor as we have many varieties.And I was thinking how would a secret dish be revealed througout the nation and each region has a different version,finally i could think of only this,the emperor would definitely have invited other kings and nawabs of his time,and they would have been surprised at biriyani and tried it out in their own guess work and thats is why Lucknow,Oudh,Hyderabad,Arcot and Ambur have tasty biriyanis for they were under mughal rule for a long time.My mom wasn't invited for any emperor's feast,but her biriyani too is yummy.Biriyani for lunch today:)<i></i></p>