Lucknow¡¯s Famous Biryani Shop Makes Veg Food For The First Time In 65 Years To Feed Migrants
Click here to find out how the members of the business Wahid Biryani are setting up stalls to feed migrants with vegetarian food.
Lucknow is famous for its finger-licking food across the country, especially its delectable awadhi biryani.
The famous ¡®Wahid Biryani' stall in Lucknow is now serving vegetarian food to migrants passing through the city.
TOI
According to TOI, the eatery has been feeding over 1,500 migrant workers daily for the past one week by serving vegetarian food including vegetable biryani made of cottage cheese and peas, and now called the ¡®navratna biryani¡¯. For the first time in its 65-year history, the eatery, which now has seven outlets in Lucknow, is serving a vegetarian platter.
The joint¡¯s chefs left for their homes after the lockdown was announced so the owner of Wahid Biryani, Abid Ali Quraishi has put on the chef¡¯s cap along with his family members. Even though the family is observing rozas, it is cooking and serving food to the migrants on the city¡¯s outskirts.
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To make distribution easy, the eatery has set up distribution tables which hoist the tricolor at four points on the city¡¯s outskirts: Chinhat, Polytechnic Crossing, Sitapur Road, and Agra Expressway.
According to the report, the family of four, that includes Abid¡¯s two sons and a brother, along with some staff, are serving the food. Abid said they plan to continue serving even after Eid.
¡°Hum apni poori jaan aur poora maal laga rahe hain is seva mein (We are putting all our heart, soul and money into the service). We hope that labourers reach their homes safely and we can help them on the way,¡± TOI quoted Abid as saying.
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Four cauldrons (degh) of Navratna Biryani cooked daily and taken to the four spots. Each cauldron contains 15 kg biryani which can be served to about 400 people. The platter includes potato or paneer sabzi, fruits, juice, biscuits and water bottles.
Wahid Biryani was started by Abid¡¯s grandfather Aladdin in 1955 on a cart in Chowk. Later, Abid¡¯s father Wahid took over and gave the business the brand name as it exists today.
Apart from NGOs and the government setting up shelters to feed the needy and help migrants, it is people like Abid Ali who are reaching out to those migrants who somehow have not received the help or food they need to survive.
