Have you ever wondered Why Biryani Pots Are Wrapped in Red Cloth?

It is said that there was a mandatory court custom in the kitchen at that time. According to this custom, all the utensils for storing food had to be covered in red cloth. The Mughals believed red colour was a symbol of good fortune, warmth, joy, and love.

The roots of the reason date back to the time of the Mughal empire, emperor Humayun’s reign to be precise. It is said that there was a mandatory court custom in the kitchen at that time. 

According to this custom, all the utensils for storing food had to be covered in red cloth. The Mughals believed red colour was a symbol of good fortune, warmth, joy, and love.

Biryani kept foot in India during the Mughal period. The city used to follow the Nawabs of Lucknow in the use of these customs and colors in food production. In the social life, the use of red or red shawls in the nobility, nobility, warmth, has been in the era for decades.

there is also a section of people who believes that the red colour attracts people’s attention easily to the pot of biryani and that’s why a red cloth is used to wrap the pot. Well, whatever be the reason, it is definitely hard to say no to a plate full of sizzling hot biryani.