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Imagine ordering the regular chicken biryani from your neighbourhood eatery on a Saturday afternoon — not for Rs 149 per plate — but Rs 49. 

Users of Ola-owned food-delivery service provider Foodpanda are already taking advantage of this. But, it gets better.

Having placed your order for two plates of biryani, you proceed to pay through mobile wallet Paytm, and find that you have been refunded Rs 30. So, you effectively pay Rs 68 for an order that would have otherwise made your purse lighter by Rs 280. 

What can you have with your biryani? Mutton kebabs? Chicken tikka? You