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The SAARC food festival brought together the best of the subcontinent
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As part of the SAARC festival in the Capital, the Indian Council for Cultural Relations organised a three-day festival of food from these countries in collaboration with Indian Tourism and Development Council. Two chefs from each SAARC country had be
en flown in to serve a range of dishes at the Durbar Hall of the Ashok hotel here from last Friday till this past Sunday. The festival was inaugurated by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the presence of many a dignitary including Karan Singh, the President of ICCR.
All the chefs, 16 in total from eight countries, have made a name for themselves in their home country.
Among them were Tommy Miah and Mohammad Mansur Bari from Bangladesh, Zeenat and Shrimen from Maldives, Jeevan and Rohini from Nepal, Ayub Khan and Shaekh Habib from Pakistan, Tilak and Manoj from Sri Lanka and Kezang from Bhutan.
They whipped up dishes, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian, often identified with their respective culture.
While there was ekma dasti from Bhutan, there was Malidivian juna, not to forget the green Bengal chicken from Bangladesh.
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