Lucknow. Many biryanis are famous in the city. But the 55-year-old Idris’s Mutton Biryani comes first. People stand in long queues to eat this Biryani. Wait for your number to come. Even today this shop located in Nakhas is very small, but chairs have been put inside and outside for the people. Where people sit and eat it. The specialty of this Biryani is that even today it is cooked on the Bhatti. Due to cooking on the furnace, its taste increases manifold.
The owner of this place Abu Bakr told that this shop was started by his father. Started at this place. People are liking the Mutton Biryani here for about 55 years. Its taste is famous not only in Lucknow but across the country. People come from far and wide to eat here. He told that Mutton Biryani, Mutton Korma, Rumali Roti, Kulche and Sheermal Roti are also available here, but only Mutton Biryani is famous.
what customers say
Customer Aslam told that he comes here from Gomti Nagar after traveling about 25 to 35 kms. His daughter also likes it very much, that’s why two to three times a week she goes here. While the customer Ravi told that he has come to eat here for the first time but the taste here is better than the other biryani of Lucknow.
Mithun Chakraborty has also tasted
Bollywood’s famous actor Mithun Chakraborty has also tasted the Biryani here. They also like this biryani a lot. The owner here told that Mithun Chakraborty asked him to come to Mumbai many times but due to personal reasons he could not go to meet him.
so are the prices
Mutton Biryani Rs 150 Half
Mutton Korma Rs 150 Half
Mutton Stew Rs 160 Half
17 rupees each
Sheermal roti Rs 16 each
Rumali Roti Rs 6 each
There is a huge crowd in Ramadan
In the month of Ramadan, a large number of people come here for Iftar in the evening, in such a situation, there is no place to step here in the evening and you will be surprised to know that today in the age of digital, they neither have online payment facility. There is no facility nor home delivery. The shop opens at 12 o’clock but then the work of making Biryani is done. From four o’clock customers start coming here and at eight o’clock the shop also closes.
This is how mutton biryani is made
First of all, it is prepared by taking mutton. Then the mutton is cooked well by adding all the spices. After this, rice is poured over the mutton, color is added to it. They have special spices, they are poured and after pouring pure desi ghee on top, it is cooked on the furnace for about 20 minutes. There are about four bhattis here on which biryani is cooked. Several kilos of biryani are made here in a day.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : April 15, 2023, 14:36 IST
