Biryani for 800 People

Me when I get home from the pub at 2am on Friday. Biryani for 800 people 4 kg ginger 2 kg garlic 200 kg mutton (cut 6 pieces from each 500g of meat) 50 kg rice 32 kg masoor 80g saffron (8 tolas) 2 kg chilli powder (red) 2 kg crushed chillies (red) 500g whole green chillies 360g elaichi 250g turmeric (use sparingly of this quantity and use egg yolk to obtain richer colour) 500g jeera 250g shah-jeera 250g tej 20 kg ghee (use sparingly. If mutton is fatty, less with be needed) 20 litres oil 1½ litres lemon juice (or vinegar or ½ vinegar and ½ lemon) 40 x 500ml yoghurt

A social media post shows a person arriving home from the pub at 2 a.m. on Friday, paired with a cookbook page containing a recipe for “Biryani for 800 people.” The joke exaggerates the aftermath of a night out, as though the person has returned home ready to cook an absurdly enormous feast. It is used as an absurd reaction to being extremely drunk, hungry, or unexpectedly ambitious late at night.

• @rzeczyzabawne / 19554 2025-01-06