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Hyderabadi Haleem gets GI status
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Wednesday, 08 September, 2010, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Our Bureau, Mumbai
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Yes, Hyderabadi Haleem has been granted the GI (Geographical Indication) status along the lines of the Tirupati laddu, Darjeeling tea, Goa feni and Banares silk. Food & Beverage News, a couple of days ago, had reported that Hyderabadi Haleem might be given the GI status. After a series of meetings and inspections spread over a year, P H Kurian, Controller-General of Patents, Designs, Trade Marks and Registrar of Geographical Indications, presented the GI certificate to M A Majeed, president of the Haleem Makers’ Association, on Saturday last.
The tag implies that henceforth shops that prepare Haleem outside Hyderabad will not be able to sell products as Hyderabadi Haleem and even those within the city can only claim the GI tag if they meet the quality standards. Majeed said the GI status carried certain standard procedures that had to be followed, right from procuring the ingredients to the 12-hour cooking process.
“It can be called Hyderabadi Haleem only if the maker follows the prescribed standards accepted by the GI officials. For example, it has to be goat meat, cooked in pure ghee. And it has to be done over firewood for 12 hours. You can’t cook on gas and claim the GI tag,” said Majeed
Majeed, whose Pista House is the largest Haleem maker in Hyderabad, exuded confidence that the tag would help protect the popular dish. “We filed for the GI tag as we felt the need to check the misuse of the name Hyderabadi Haleem. People in other places are making the dish in this name without even following the basic quality standards,” he said.
In fact, a large number of cheap restaurants in Hyderabad are also making Haleem during the holy month of Ramzan without observing the quality standards. What will happen to such restaurants? Will they be able to prepare and sell Haleem?
Now since Hyderabadi Haleem has got the GI status, will someone take up the case of Hyderabadi Biryani for a similar GI status. Hyderabadi Biryani is famous and Biryani made outside Hyderabad is not the same in taste and quality.
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