A NEW RECORD! Thirteen TONS of Biryani
Sunday, March 16th, 2008 at 6:00 AM in Times
Indian chefs aim for record with 13-ton biryani
Mar 1, 2008
NEW DELHI (AFP) — Sixty Indian chefs on Saturday cooked a rice dish weighing 13-tonne (28,600 pounds) in a bid to enter the Guinness Book of World Records, organisers said.
Three cranes dumped 3,000 kilos of Basmati rice, 85 kilos of chilli peppers, 1,200 litres of oil and 3,650 kilos of vegetables into a giant vat at a New Delhi sports stadium in the presence of a Guinness observer.
The steel vat was mounted on a three-foot high furnace while the chefs clad in fire-resistant outfits perched on a platform to stir the biryani — one of South Asia’s most popular dishes — with oar-like ladles.
The cooks threw “a pinch of salt” weighing 86 kilos into the 16-foot (4.87-metre) deep steel vat, organiser Gurnam Arora said.
The sponsors used a hose to pour 6,000 litres of water into the vat and sprinkled 10 kilos of exotic spices and aromatic condiments to prepare the tangy biryani, Arora said.
“This is a great activity to revive the feasting and celebration tradition associated with biryani in India,” New Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit said.
Kaoru Ishikawa, a records manager from the British-based Guinness Book of World Records who was on hand for the 10-hour cooking session, said: “I’m here to certify them for preparing the world’s largest biryani weighing around 13,000 kilograms,” Ishikawa told AFP. Official recognition of the record is expected later in the year.
The dish would be divided and trucked to city orphanages once Ishikawa certified the weighing of the cooked biryani, garnished with carrots and 750 kilos of creamy yogurt, Arora said.
“This event is a one-of-a-kind endeavour unmatched by any other past culinary activity,” Arora said to the cheers of hundreds of spectators.
Currently, there is no listing for the largest biriyani in the Guinness Book of World Records, Arora said.
Source: AFP
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OMG !
DeenDriven | Mar 16, 2008 | Reply
That’s AWESOME masha Allah.
They do stuff like this here in America, like the a guy trying to lift the “biggest submarine sandwich ever.” When he tried to lift it, it just fell all over the ground, everyone clapped and walked away. There was so much food wasted, that memory bothers me till this day.
I like how these people actually have the noble intention to go along with their goal masha Allah.
AbdelRahman Murphy | Mar 16, 2008 | Reply
it must have smelled for days in that stadium…
Ayesha | Mar 16, 2008 | Reply
The smell of victory. Now imagined if they put some Tamatr ka Chutney. That would smell for decades.
Waasiq | Mar 16, 2008 | Reply
Did anyone listen to the audio clip?
SaqibSaab | Mar 16, 2008 | Reply
I did
Ayesha | Mar 16, 2008 | Reply
This is very very amusing and quite funny. I am not laughing at their intentions of distributing it among the poor. But one does wonder, ‘what ever gave them THAT idea?’
Irum Sarfaraz | Mar 17, 2008 | Reply
Yeah, definitely. Open up any Guinness Book of World Records and you’ll find the same for the majority of records in those books.
SaqibSaab | Mar 17, 2008 | Reply
LESS TOYS!
Waasiq | Mar 17, 2008 | Reply
I wonder how many tons of biryani the average desi eats.
Faiez | Mar 18, 2008 | Reply
i think i has good tast
Moqsood Noeman | Mar 19, 2008 | Reply
No raita? What’s biryani without raita?
Atif | Mar 20, 2008 | Reply
1,200 litres of oil.
My heart feels like it’s gonna get clogged up.
Mehreen | Mar 23, 2008 | Reply
That just craaazzzzzzyyyy !!! At least in the end it went for a good cause, and not just went to waste. Hopefully it was well cooked too….
Biryani Madness | Mar 26, 2008 | Reply
Great. Now I’m hungry.
Osmaan Akhtar | Apr 3, 2008 | Reply