Festival season, when sale of kitchen equipment peak, does not offer hope for wet grinder manufacturers in Coimbatore. R. Soundarakumar, president of the Coimbatore Wet Grinders and Accessories Manufacturers’ Association, told The Hindu on Tuesday, September 26 that the demand used to peak from Dasara and go on till Pongal. ‘Consumers now buy idli/dosa batter from shops’ There is no …
The staple south Indian breakfast of steaming hot idlis or crispy dosas with chutney has created and sustained over the years hundreds of small-scale and cottage industries in Coimbatore. They have also evolved through the decades to be available in different versions — conventional, tilting, and tabletop — that are used in both, houses and hotel industry, says R. Soundarakumar, …
