During the ‘vidai’ ceremony, the family stands behind their daughter (the bride) and the womenfolk hold out their dupattas (scarves) as the bride gently throws rice behind her. This symbolizes that even though the Lakshmi of the home is departing, she is ‘paying her debts’ to the family, and leaves her blessing of wealth and prosperity and eternal happiness with her family.

It is customary for the newlywed bride to tip over a kala (an urn) of rice with her foot upon her arrival to the new home. This is called the Graha Pravesh. This is considered to bring prosperity and a sway of divinity to the new home of the bride.

This biryani is actually a Mangalorean muslim style biryani which is also known as “meat biryani”, it is found in Karnataka and is light and less spicy in taste. The biryani rice is cooked with ghee and local spices along with chicken, mutton, fish and prawns and is left to sit overnight for the flavour to settle down in the entire dish.

This biryani is a Kerala speciality,also known by the name ‘Kozhikode’ biryani. The rice used for this biryani is a special type. It is thinner and of fragrant variety named ‘Khyma’. This biryani is generally cooked in ghee and a lot of spices with fried onions to add a sweet taste.

This biryani is famous in Tamil Nadu. It originated from Dindigul Thalapakatti region. The rice is cooked with curd and lemons which gives the dish a tangy taste.

One of the tastiest biryanis is this Malabar biryani which is cooked with soft chicken wings, steamed rice and mild spices and garnished with sautéed dry fruits.

This biryani is found in the coastal regions of Karnataka. This biryani is made by infusing the the rice and chicken with masalas. This biryani gives a mixed taste of red chillies, onions along with chicken chunks.

Rice, is the staple food for half of the world’s population. People from different cultures in the world have been consuming white rice for thousands of years. But nowadays the purification of rice is being manipulated. Rice is being polished to change their appearance, taste, and texture. Rice polisher machines buff the kernels of rice, using talc or some very fine dust.

In the 20thcentury, kitchen appliances for consumers were created that allowed individual to cook polished rice in their homes. But the manipulated rice polishing has an adverse effect on the health of consumers.

One must avoid consumption of this kind of rice to stay healthy as the consumption of rice that is polished by low-quality talc and other ingredients are causing illness among rice consumers.

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