The word Biryani always brings palate tingling mouth-watering pictures to the mind. With the Awadhi style Biryani in the North to the Hyderabadi styled Biryani in the south along with the Murshidabadi Biryani in the East, the fight over which one is better will continue to rage. But before we delve further, there has been a small controversy that has been brewing in social media about my favourite rice.
The incredulous myth that has been propagated is that the rice that is being found in today’s market is made out of plastic. Although we are living in a world where adulteration is at an all-time high, but the plastic myth has been used to malign quite a few products. As I had disproved the Kurkure controversy beforehand by visiting their factory in Kolkata, I decided to dig behind this personally.
Rice is one of the main products that the fertile plains of India produces. After the green revolution in the 70s, there has been a tremendous increase in it’s production of our country. India today produces nearly one hundred million tonnes of rice a year. Basmati is one of the premium quality rice which is used extensively in making the Biryani I love so much. The newest myth that has been floating around is telling us that this Basmati Rice is made out of plastic.
Now the inherent problem of this myth is that creating a natural cereal with plastic is impossible and that too being done for a product that is consumed in such huge quantities is unheard of. The idea originated from China where workers are seen creating a white granular material which was later construed to be fake rice. But as is the problem with social media, it has basically created a mole out of a molehill.
Since the outage of the video, people have panicked across the states of Southern India. But the Indian government has worked double time to ensure that this menace does not go out of hand. After conducting multiple tests across the country, Basmati rice has been given the seal of approval and you can have it without any fear at all. Padamshree Dr. VP Singh, Retd. Head division of Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute is talking about how the Basmati rice in our country is totally natural in this video.
Now that I have busted the fake rice myth, you can enjoy your Biryani to the fullest. Do tell me which of these Biryanis would you like to try out and why.
