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Sunday 13 July 2014

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Paradise Biryani Recipe Biography

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Paradise started off as a typical Irani cafe in Secundrabad in 1953. Next to the Paradise cinema. It served tea and snacks. Somewhere along they introduced the biryani and then there was no looking back. Everyone in Hyderabad is gaga over Paradise biryani. So I decided to check it out. And I went to their outlet in Hi Tech City.

“Alas! It was disappointing.

I was reminded me of Milton’s epic poem “Paradise lost”. In which Adam and Eve loose the plot by eating the forbidden fruit. When the world’s at your feet, why do you have to go looking for trouble. Here I guess one can loosely associate growth as the forbidden fruit for Paradise. Most successful restaurants do want to grow after some point. What direction do they take shapes up the future. The most difficult choice is to expand by yourself or take on franchisees. Both models have their own pluses and minuses. Paradise I guess, has taken the franchisee model route. And the results are quite obvious. Not to take anything away from them. The service in the new outlets is still spot on and the decor’s decent, in fact a shade better than the original one. But it’s the food, that doesn’t make the cut.

Hyderabadi biryani is very specific in it’s characteristics. The mutton melts-in-your-mouth. And’s pink in colour. The pink colour comes from using saffron and not turmeric. The biryani’s subtly spiced and you get an explosion of saffron. And potle-ka-gosht or meat of young free-range sheep is used in the biryani. Alas, the Paradise biryani at the Hi Tech outlet had turmeric, not saffron. And was an instant put off. Overall the biryani was ok-ok. But not great. And definitely not up to the hype around Paradise. I was bitterly disappointed. This was my last hope of finding a classic Hyderbadi biryani in a commercial place.

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Paradise biryani

The original Paradise biryani
I was so disappointed with the Paradise biryani. That I decided to write about it. You usually won’t find me writing negative posts or rubbishing stuff. But I wanted to highlight this one as the Paradise biryani’s supposedly the best thing going around. But then I decided to check out the original Paradise biryani outlet in Secundrabad before I wrote about it.

The Paradise biryani at the original Secundrabad outlet blew me away. It was stunning. The mutton pieces just melted in the mouth. The mutton was pink in colour. The meat vs rice ratio was quite decent and it was minimally spiced. I wouldn’t call it the best biryani I’ve had. But Paradise biryani’s decently close to the authentic stuff I’ve had at Hyderabadi weddings.

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Double ka meetha at Paradise biryani restaurant

Details of the restaurant
Address – Paradise circle, Secunderabad.

Phone number – 040-6631 3721

Timing – 11am to 11pm everyday

Pricing – The mutton and chicken biryani both’re priced at Rs. 140 each. They also serve Chinese and other stuff, but I’m not sure if you should bother with that. The biryani comes with mirchi ka salan and raita.

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