Flavours of South India, distilled for a global audience
11 months, 1 week ago

Flavours of South India, distilled for a global audience

Live Mint  

In 2017, while working at Zee, I was with a team that conceptualised a restaurant awards property. Sample this: Butter from a region in Tamil Nadu, named Uthukuli, is wrapped in dehydrated beetroot sheet like a toffee, and served with a delicately spiced chicken gravy accompanied by mini Malabar parota and salli. Consider the chillies: Guntur from Andhra was used in the pan seared lobster with a spring onion emulsion; and Salem from Tamil Nadu went into an inventive sweet-sour jam with coriander that accompanied a soft shrimp dumpling. The first Avartana opened in ITC Chola Chennai in 2017, the second in ITC Royal Bengal last year, the third launched in Mumbai this week, and the fourth will be in Delhi. It’s a fine way of taking South Indian flavours overseas—one rasam glass at a time.

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