The holiday season is here in the US and A and with that commences the seemingly never ending list of potluck parties, not that I’m complaining. At one such potluck in an official setting, some of us volunteered to bring food towards the potluck lunch.

I took the easy way out, I brought salad and dressing to the lunch. A co-worker of mine, desi obviously, has his contribution listed as “Indian fried rice”, which brings up an all-important question: WTF is Indian Fried Rice?

I probably missed the memo but what is classified as Indian Fried Rice used to have a name: biryani, pulao or even, Indian Chinese fried rice. But Indian Fried Rice? What’s wrong with calling an ethnic dish by name and edumacating people? Do you call it hummus or “cooked, mashed chickpeas, blended with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic”. I’m guessing most people use the former. So why not use the proper name for Indian fried rice?

By the way, I just finished eating some great pulao at my office potluck ….. burrrrppp.

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