The Twin Cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, specially the
main and old areas have Irani Cafés and Restaurants at every Crossroad and on
every Street. The most popular item available and sold in thousands at every
Irani Café is Irani Chai that is Irani Tea. It is available from well before
sunrise to midnight. I wrote about the popularity of Irani Chai earlier, which
you may read by clicking on the following link:
Along with Tea; a number of snacks are available at these
Cafés. While some snacks are available during specific times of the day,
biscuits are available at all times. The most popular among these ‘Tea
Biscuits’ are Osmania biscuits, Tie biscuits and Salt biscuits. You may
identify these biscuits from the above pictures. They are all soft and crispy.
People enjoy dipping these biscuits in Irani Chai and eat.
Osmania biscuit is named after the last ruler of the
‘Princely State of Hyderabad and Berar’ (from 1911 to 1948), H.E.H. The Nizam,
Mir Osman Ali Khan. It is named after him as he loved these biscuits! Surely it
is food befitting royalty!
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