'It looks so wrong': NYT's 'Singaporean chicken curry' was in fact a recipe for chicken briyani

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SINGAPORE - When Ms Shila Das gave The New York Times the recipe for chicken briyani, she never expected it would generate controversy and a deluge of hate mail.

The American newspaper interviewed the 51-year-old Singaporean for its Jan 21 feature about how multicultural Singapore celebrates Chinese New Year.

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