Mandi biryani replacing the popular Hyderabadi biryani?

Food lovers from the Old City are going crazy and are travelling all the way to the new city to enjoy the Arabian dish. 

Mandi biryani is gradually replacing the popular Hyderabadi biryani with more and more food-lovers getting hooked onto the dish, a report in the Deccan Chronicle says.  

Food lovers from the Old City are going crazy and are travelling all the way to the new city to enjoy the Arabian dish that is available in premier hotels at Gachibowli, Hitech City Tolichowki, Jubilee Hills and Banjara Hills. Mandi sign boards dot the vicinity.

“One of the main reasons people look beyond Old City is that there instead of going in for steamed chicken or mutton topping, the chefs are topping up grilled chicken or tandoori chicken on biryani rice. It is sold as mandi and not as mandi biryani,” a chef from a popular biryani hotel in Old City said.

“Not only locals, even foreign tourists while at Charminar ask for mandi. We are planning to start genuine mandi for residents of Old city very soon,” Mohammed Javed, head chef of Farasha restaurant said, adding that being adjacent to the iconic structure is boosting their business.       

“Earlier I used to take my family to Shadab restaurant in Old City for chowki biryani, but now we have several options close to my house”, said Asadullah Baig, a techie.

“I have been to UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait where I tasted mandi. I am surprised that some of the top restaurants in Banjara Hills make mandi in an almost similar fashion. The taste is equally good. It is a mouth-watering dish,” said another food lover Afsha Bakali.

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