Seeking to tap the hugely popular online food market, prison authorites in Kerala Thursday began offering piping hot biriyani prepared by jail inmates.
In the first phase, the plan is to sell biriyani combo online, priced at Rs 127.
The combo, which was specifically designed for online sale, includes 300 grams of biriyani rice, one roasted chicken leg piece, three chappathis, a cup cake, salad, pickle and one litre bottled water along with a plantain leaf to eat the food, authorities at the Viyyur central jail, where it is being prepared.
The prison authorities have tied up with Swiggy, online food delivery player, to deliver food from the Central Jail premises.
Freedom Food Factory, an enterprise selling food prepared by inmates at Kerala's prisons, has been engaged in the business since 2011.
"We are going online for the first time," Superintendent of Viyyur Central Jail, Nirmalanandan Nair told PTI.
"We started making and selling chappathis in 2011. It was the Viyyur Central jail which started making chappathis on