Bengaluru: Most of us are Biryani fans but how far can you go for it? A restaurant in Karnataka’s Bangaluru has been making headlines since it was re-opened for customers after months of lockdown. This the third consecutive Sunday that the restaurant witnessed long queues for Biryani.
Today, the famous Anand Dum Biryani in Hoskote witnessed a long queue of biryani lovers again. The queue was about 1.5 kilometres long, and a video showing the craze has gone viral on social media. People can be seen wearing face masks and trying to reach the endpoint just to eat the biryani.
The Anand Dum Biryani is located about 25 kilometres from Bengaluru city centre and the video showing people standing in the queue has gone viral on social media and many netizens also questioned for not following social distancing norms.
After facing huge losses due to the pandemic, the owner of the restaurant Anand estimated a 20 per cent increase in the sales of biryani in just three weeks.
Take a look at the long queue here:
Queue for biryani at Hoskote, Bangalore. Send by @ijasonjoseph
Tell me what biryani this is and is it free? pic.twitter.com/XnUOZJJd2c— Kaveri ?? (@ikaveri) September 26, 2020
“We generally used to have a good rush on Sundays before the lockdown. We stopped serving during the lockdown for five months and reopened only a month ago. We have a lot of people posting about our restaurant on YouTube,” Anand said.
Anand began making biryani several years ago, before this he used to sell idlis and chitranna. While starting with only a few kilograms, they later expanded to making and selling hundreds of kilograms of biryani on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. They begin the cooking process at night in order to serve customers who start lining up around 6 am, and typically run out of food within a few hours.
According to Anand, they use only locally grown ingredients, while also rearing their own sheep for the mutton. The massive pot of biryani is cooked over a wood-fired flame before it is finished with a coal dum.
Bengalureans have been driving to the Hoskote spot for years for their early morning biryani breakfast, and as its popularity grows, it looks like they might have to start waking up even earlier than usual.
