What if you wake up one morning and you read in the newspaper that Khichdi is declared as the National dish of India, what would be your reaction?! I am sure you will be astonished reading that very first line. Because it is true! Yes guys, the Food Processing Ministry will be declaring Khichdi as the National Dish Of India on the World Food Day ceremony that is on the 4th of November.
Whenever I think of Khichdi the first thing that comes to my mind is sick food. Yes, whenever my stomach is upset, my mother prepares Khichdi because that is a life saver and it is the solution to your health problems. Indeed the rice, lentils and all the spices work as magic inside our stomach, and not only that this dish is very easy to prepare if you are tired and not in the mood for some heavy cooking.
In any case, on Wednesday, Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal declared that khichdi, a dish arranged utilizing rice, heartbeats, oats and flavors, will be advanced as “Brand India nourishment” at an occasion in Delhi on November 4 called World Food India, the Hindu announced.
Over 800 kilograms of khichdi will be cooked by celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor at the event in an attempt to create a world record and promote the dish. sing a “giant ‘kadhai’ of the capacity of 1,000 litres and 7 feet in diameter”,
“Nutritious multi-grain high-protein khichdi has been selected as Brand India food which symbolises India’s great culture of unity in diversity at its best,” Kaur told reporters. “Khichdi is the wonder staple food of India and is considered the healthiest prepared food in India.”
Here’s how twitterati’s reacted since the announcement and made their own set of jokes, memes and decisions… Have a look.
Do we have to stand every time we see it being eaten? Is it compulsory to eat before a movie? Is it anti-national to not like the stuff? https://t.co/MkgWEBNQlH
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) November 1, 2017
Khichdi ke chaar yaar, dahi, papad,ghee, achaar – I want to know if the rest are also of national importance 😀 pic.twitter.com/wYB92seFMO
— Kishi Arora (@kishiarora) November 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/autumnrainwish/status/925696328117530625
https://twitter.com/TroluKejri/status/925751890310086657
Khichdi is MODI – Most Outstanding Delicacy of India
— Venkronym (@VenkronymNaidu) November 1, 2017
The world is sick and #Khichdi is the need of the hour !! ✌️ pic.twitter.com/0AtPmNZ61k
— Rohit Khilnani (@rohitkhilnani) November 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/kunfaaya/status/925716916353712128
https://twitter.com/genesiaalves/status/925691217815396352
I love #Khichdi. Supriya Pathak was excellent in it.
— Sowmya (@sowmyarajaram) November 1, 2017
What a bland idea https://t.co/dQtEA7JZo3
— Gaurav Tiwari (@gauravvns) November 1, 2017
Since this announcement has been made, everyone on has given a tag calling it the “National Dish” to which after so many tweets and posts shared by people, Union Minister of Food Processing Harismrat Kaur Badal herself gave a clarification to all stating that the dish has been selected only for the World Food Festival event and it is not a National Dish!
“Enough Khichdi cooked up on a fictitious ‘National Dish’. It has only been put for a record entry in #WorldFoodIndia,” Badal tweeted on Friday. “#WorldFoodIndia will proudly showcase India’s culinary diversity…looks like today has been a slow news day! :)”
Enough Khichdi cooked up on a fictitious 'National Dish’. It has only been put for a record entry in #WorldFoodIndia.
— Harsimrat Kaur Badal (@HarsimratBadal_) November 1, 2017
Badal also stated that the dish was picked as Brand India Food as it symbolises India’s unity in diversity. “Khichdi is the wonder staple food of India and is considered the healthiest prepared food in India and it is being eaten across length and breadth of India by rich and poor,” Badal was quoted as saying by PTI.
Well, we can only wait to see how grand the event is gonna be and how delicious the desi Khichdi will be since it is prepared by Sanjeev Kappor the outstanding chef!
