The city foodies will explore the taste of ‘The Dravidians’ food’. A 10-day food festival ‘Dravidian Street Food Festival of South India’ will be organised at Courtyard-by-Marriot.
Chef M.Y. Amruthavalli from Tamilnadu will take the food lovers on a journey to `Dravidian Street Food of South India’ to trace the long history of this cuisine by cooking and serving this sumptuous food. The fest will begin on April 6 and continue till April 16.
While addressing the media persons on Tuesday, she said, “The food festival will include mouth watering varieties of food from Hyderabad, Chennai, Kochi and Karnataka. Some of them include stunning chutneys, majigga idli, pesarattu iddiappam, kalaapam and fried, stews, roast, seafood, and temple payasam.”
“It has been a tough research as not much is written about Dravidian cuisine. There are limited references. But I have made an attempt to present a sample of the fare,” says Chef. This festival is part of the community kitchen series of the hotel which has just begun.
Chef Amruthavalli’s research has enabled her to identify a few dishes which she presents at the festival. “The Dravidians made a dish called masaa which is similar to the modern dahivada. But I have adapted this in rasa vadai," says Amruthavalli. There are an equal number of veg and non-veg dishes from the four Southern States. Chef Amruthavalli will be assisted by junior chefs from Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.