TRICHY: Like every year, this time too the foodies in town are lapping up their favourite Diwali delicacy — turkey biryani.
This specialty dish is trending in Trichy now with several restaurants offering the tasty festive treat to customers for the next few days till Diwali.
Unlike other cities in Tamil Nadu, Trichy restaurants have been following the trend for nearly two decades now after a restaurant in Palakkarai introduced turkey biryani, people say. "It has been nearly 20 years since turkey biryani has become famous among the food lovers in Trichy city. A paratha stall in Palakkarai was the pioneer. Since then, there is a craze among people to have the mouthwatering dish," says B Kamal, a restaurant owner on Vayaloor road who sells a plate of turkey biryani for Rs150.
Turkey biryani is usually served at few high-end restaurants in normal days, that too in limited quantities, for a much price higher than for mutton and chicken biryanis. It is different during Diwali because several restaurants serve the dish. This time they are inviting customers with mouth-watering offers like — one tandori chicken free with one plate of turkey biryani for Rs 200.
The foodies say turkey biryani, brings to this city, in some form, the traditional Thanksgiving dinner hosted in the US and Canada in which roasted turkey is the centerpiece of the ceremony.
The restaurant owners in Trichy district buy turkeys from a few farms in areas like Kavalkaranpatti and some farms in Villupuram district.
"Turkeys are available in large numbers in Villupuram district where farm owners rear the bird for a year till Diwali. We order for the turkeys weighing 8 kgs to 10 kgs a few weeks before Diwali. The response in increasing year by year because people want to taste a new dish during the festival season," says A Dharmaraj, a restaurant owner in the city.
For the people in Trichy, tasting turkey biryani is part of the festival celebrations. "The shopping trip usually also include a visit to a restaurant which offers turkey biryani. We feel like we are missing something if we don't have it," says a shopkeeper S Reeta in the city.
This specialty dish is trending in Trichy now with several restaurants offering the tasty festive treat to customers for the next few days till Diwali.
Unlike other cities in Tamil Nadu, Trichy restaurants have been following the trend for nearly two decades now after a restaurant in Palakkarai introduced turkey biryani, people say. "It has been nearly 20 years since turkey biryani has become famous among the food lovers in Trichy city. A paratha stall in Palakkarai was the pioneer. Since then, there is a craze among people to have the mouthwatering dish," says B Kamal, a restaurant owner on Vayaloor road who sells a plate of turkey biryani for Rs150.
Turkey biryani is usually served at few high-end restaurants in normal days, that too in limited quantities, for a much price higher than for mutton and chicken biryanis. It is different during Diwali because several restaurants serve the dish. This time they are inviting customers with mouth-watering offers like — one tandori chicken free with one plate of turkey biryani for Rs 200.
The foodies say turkey biryani, brings to this city, in some form, the traditional Thanksgiving dinner hosted in the US and Canada in which roasted turkey is the centerpiece of the ceremony.
The restaurant owners in Trichy district buy turkeys from a few farms in areas like Kavalkaranpatti and some farms in Villupuram district.
"Turkeys are available in large numbers in Villupuram district where farm owners rear the bird for a year till Diwali. We order for the turkeys weighing 8 kgs to 10 kgs a few weeks before Diwali. The response in increasing year by year because people want to taste a new dish during the festival season," says A Dharmaraj, a restaurant owner in the city.
For the people in Trichy, tasting turkey biryani is part of the festival celebrations. "The shopping trip usually also include a visit to a restaurant which offers turkey biryani. We feel like we are missing something if we don't have it," says a shopkeeper S Reeta in the city.
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