Some of the longest queues that I have come across are those of college admissions and government job interviews. However, the love for biryani has got hundreds of people in Karnataka queue up since early in the morning in Hoskote.
Anand Dum Biryani, a famous eatery in Hoskote which is 5 km outside of Bangalore, serves as much as 1,000 kilos of mutton biryani on Sundays. Their biryani is so famous that people start queueing up since 5 AM in the morning. Most times, during the course of the day, hundreds of people will be found standing in what can be called the longest line one has ever seen outside the shop!
Anand, the 35-year-old owner of the eatery, has been making the famous biryani since the past 21 years. He says that biryani has become synonymous to Hoskote – Hoskote now means Anand Dum Biryani!
The dish is made with ingredients – including vegetables, spices, rice, and the meat – all grown in the nearby villages. So much so, that even the ghee is procured from the villagers. The biryani is cooked overnight as the shop opens at 6 AM and customers are ready to gorge on some tasty rice for breakfast!
Recently, a video of the long queue outside Anand Dum Biryani went viral online. Hundreds of hungry biryani lovers can be seen standing in masks waiting for their turn to arrive. Have a look:
Queue for biryani at Hoskote, Bangalore. Send by @ijasonjoseph
Tell me what biryani this is and is it free? pic.twitter.com/XnUOZJJd2c— Kaveri 🇮🇳 (@ikaveri) September 26, 2020
People online claimed how it has become a ritual for Bangaloreans to visit the eatery on weekends.
Mutton Biryani at Anand Dum Biryani. Has become a weekend morning ritual for many from Bangalore to go there.
— Harish Upadhya (@harishupadhya) September 26, 2020
Some said that the queue is longer than those of liquor stores!
And I thought that such queues are outside liquor stores only
— kitsharma (@kitsharma) September 26, 2020
Wow 😲, longer queue then liquor queue of Delhi 😏
— iSumeet (@Really_imSumeet) September 26, 2020
The place serves their famous biryani on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.
They server only on 3 days a week and gets over by 8.30, 9 am.
— maxmelbin (@maxmelbin) September 26, 2020
Here’s a video which captures the eatery’s story and gives us a glimpse of the biryani being cooked and served:
Anybody salivating already? 😉