{"id":300634,"date":"2021-02-22T10:25:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T05:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=300634"},"modified":"2021-02-22T11:16:57","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T06:16:57","slug":"islamabad-man-creates-strawberry-biryani-and-twitter-asks-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/islamabad-man-creates-strawberry-biryani-and-twitter-asks-why\/","title":{"rendered":"This Pakistani Creates &#8216;Strawberry Biryani&#8217; and Twitter Asks Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The thing about classics is that they work as they are and must not be tinkered with. Of course, there are people who are into extreme experiments. That is how we ended up with strawberry biryani.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, someone actually thought it was a good idea to put strawberries in biryani. Now the question remains, what do biryani enthusiasts, biryani connoisseurs and the public think?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/kumail-nanjianis-attempt-to-make-biryani-will-leave-you-with-a-broken-heart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kumail Nanjiani&#8217;s Attempt to Make Biryani Will Leave You With a Broken Heart<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Islamabad&#8217;s &#8216;digital evangelist&#8217; Saad Hamid thought it would be a good idea to create this bizarre combination of strawberry biryani, or as he calls it &#8216;<em>strawbiryani<\/em>&#8216;. (As though the city doesn&#8217;t already get trolled enough for a lack of biryani connoisseurs)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We made \u201cStrawbiryani\u201d at home today and I am curious to know what desi Twitter has to say about it.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We made \u201cStrawbiryani\u201d at home today and I am curious to know what desi Twitter has to say about it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PCZ0Ug38gc\">pic.twitter.com\/PCZ0Ug38gc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Saad \ud83c\udf53 (@SaadGH) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaadGH\/status\/1362706197724340229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The picture shows some pretty good-looking rice cooked along with chicken or mutton, and four strawberries on top.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/almas_raheel\/status\/1362728736357904385<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s safe to say, desi Twitter wishes this <em>Frankenstien food<\/em> ceased to exist. People reacted from trolling the chef to straight up crying blasphemy.<\/p>\n<p>Some users compared it to other viral food combinations like pineapple pizza.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s good. Can do better. Add some Cherries on top and garnish with pineapple slices. Serve it in chilled beer glass and enjoy \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dustin Jammer (@Anbhigya1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Anbhigya1\/status\/1362714046164701185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/wirthling\/status\/1362802036883009543<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Worse than pineapple pizza<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u05d4\u05e1\u05df (@jerseybbt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jerseybbt\/status\/1362713337054654474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Does it taste better than apple biriyani?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud835\udc9e\ud835\udc5c\ud835\udcbe\ud835\udcc3\ud835\udc9f\ud835\udcbe\ud835\udcc3\ud835\udc5c\ud835\udcc8\ud835\udcb6\ud835\udcca\ud835\udcc7 \u2b50\ufe0f (@coindinosaur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coindinosaur\/status\/1362718202149539842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/VISHSAI\/status\/1362781148980547586<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Others just asked, why? Strawberry biryani is another instance of fusion confusion we didn&#8217;t need.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m curious. What purpose do the strawberries serve? I see meat so its not a vegetarian thing. Does it replace potatoes? Or is it for decorative purposes only?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83c\udf38 (@afifahtweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/afifahtweets\/status\/1362711991786250240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh no! But why. Bet you have your biryani with zarda too&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Beenish Hussain (@imbeenishussain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imbeenishussain\/status\/1362716221926301698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/_nervoussystem\/status\/1362716641528745985<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then there were people calling this straight up criminal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fit case for blasphemy, please report this tweet.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/39LEyKB8Pl\">https:\/\/t.co\/39LEyKB8Pl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u0635\u062f\u06cc\u0642 \u062c\u06cc\u0644\u0627\u0646\u06cc Siddique Jilani (@szjilani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/szjilani\/status\/1362780032377176071?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/chupkaryaar\/status\/1362706637211975680<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"in\" dir=\"ltr\">Wajib ul Qatal xD<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; U\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf0 (@UzairAhmad_Khan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UzairAhmad_Khan\/status\/1362708952606257153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Canceled<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hira (@HiraSaeed__) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HiraSaeed__\/status\/1362708276320874496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"et\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cToheen e Biryanii\u201d disowning you Saad :p<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Muhammad Abdullah (@Abdullahsalim80) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Abdullahsalim80\/status\/1362709913542266883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Things got ugly.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">Use \ud83c\udfa7 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VSoWgydLH6\">pic.twitter.com\/VSoWgydLH6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; sai\ud83c\udf79 (@LFCSai7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LFCSai7\/status\/1362717886603620353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G73QtWCKsT\">pic.twitter.com\/G73QtWCKsT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CFC_Aafi (@aafi_kk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aafi_kk\/status\/1362712592834265091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/amna_syed512\/status\/1362725515921027075<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That just hurt.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Glad to see that Italian food is not the only one being defiled for attention.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; giulia tonelli &#8211; I \u2764\ufe0f JKR and Chimamanda (@latonella) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/latonella\/status\/1362737647853187074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some were even looking out for a fellow brown man, asking Saad to return to the light.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/HassanRonaDaldo\/status\/1362723344018149377<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bsdk delete this<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; T. (@whaphaa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whaphaa\/status\/1362739178304385026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iScRbPyTsD\">pic.twitter.com\/iScRbPyTsD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alif (@vanillasky458) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vanillasky458\/status\/1362746351730257920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/purplegooop\/status\/1362749989877932035<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/south-african-chef-offends-pakistanis-indians-with-disgusting-biryani-recipe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South African Chef Offends Pakistanis &amp; Indians with Disgusting Biryani Recipe<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>There were even people calling this a gimmick for attention online. Is this denial to accept that someone has defiled biryani, yet again?<\/p>\n<p>Or did this man intentionally invite the wrath of the internet for a minute of viral fame?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hype of attention seeking. Putting strawberries on Biryani makes it a strawbiryani lol<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; R M Hassam Sajjad \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 (@EngrRMHS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EngrRMHS\/status\/1362728635522711552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Habib1Rehman\/status\/1362716090326020096<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You didn&#39;t tho. You just placed 4 strawberries on biryani and took a pic for some twitter attention. If you had actually cooked strawbiryani those strawberries would be mush during Dum. So yeah.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; black cat &#8211; \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 Free \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 (@KaliBilli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KaliBilli\/status\/1362840958379970569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K4TDvFNY2F\">pic.twitter.com\/K4TDvFNY2F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; yasir (@ynaveed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ynaveed\/status\/1362706556991766530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/it_ends_with_us\/status\/1362725185443528706<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Navtweeets\/status\/1363307845933019140<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Is this &#8216;<em>toheen-e-biryani<\/em>&#8216; or just a viral gimmick? Is strawberry biryani a combination you&#8217;d be willing to try? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The thing about classics is that they work as they are and must not be tinkered with. Of course, there are people who are into extreme experiments. That is how we ended up with strawberry biryani. Yes, someone actually thought it was a good idea to put strawberries in biryani. Now the question remains, what do biryani enthusiasts, biryani connoisseurs [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/islamabad-man-creates-strawberry-biryani-and-twitter-asks-why\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":300652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1298,2199,1606,1291],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-300634","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"category-featured","9":"category-food","10":"category-social-media"},"wps_subtitle":"Is this a gimmick or an abomination?","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/stawberry-biryani-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/stawberry-biryani-758x424.jpg",758,424,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/stawberry-biryani.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Ummara Sheraz","categories_name":["Culture","Featured","Food","Social Media"],"title_text":"This Pakistani Creates \u2018Strawberry Biryani\u2019 and Twitter Asks Why","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=1298,2199,1606,1291&exclude=300634","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300634"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=300634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}