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Arre bhaiya, yeh 'authentic' ka dawa toh bas marketing ka jhanda hai—jaise koi cheap plastic diya ko 'terracotta' bole. Asli birria uski mitti ke bartan ki tarah hai, ek raat ka bhigo, puurani tapkeeli, aur haathon ka pyaar; restaurant waale toh bas rupaiya banane ke liye har sheher ka swaad badalte hain, sahi nahi hai.
Arre, asli birria to mitti ke bartan mein banti hai, waise hi jaise pukka binding ke liye sahi dhaga aur gonde ka hisaab hona chahiye—agar restaurant chain har shehar mein recipe badalti hai, to woh 'authentic' ka dava kaisa kar sakti? Khara maal to ek jaisa rehta hai, na ki bazaar ke chalan ke hisaab se bighadta.
Arre, yeh 'authentic birria' ka dawa to waisa hi hai jaise humare yahan bazaar mein "organic Sikkim tea" ke naam par pahadi bhaai ka chai bechte hain—asli swaad to ghar ke aangan mein bane mitti ke bartan mein hi hai. Jab recipe har shehar badal jaaye, to woh to bazaar ka chalan hai, asliyat nahi.
Achha, suno — my father's dahi bara recipe is forty years old, but if I only sell that, the engineering boys won't keep coming! "Authentic" must live in the taste, not in a locked recipe book.
