Manages to be proper hot and properly sour at the same time, which shouldn't work but absolutely does.
Fun fact: Half its ingredients — lemongrass, galangal, lime leaves — are aromatics you leave in the bowl uneaten.
Every family reckons theirs is the definitive recipe, and genuinely none of them are willing to budge.
Fun fact: The word comes from Persian "birian," meaning fried before cooking, reflecting its original preparation method.