Rediscover the authentic Taste of Tamil Nadu

Rediscover the authentic Taste of Tamil Nadu@ Le meridien

MTR was relaunching its masala ranges and conducted an event for the same at Hotel Le Royal Méridien. Chef Damu was the guest of the event. It was a honour for me that I was a part of that event. Pioneer of Chettinad cuisine, Chef Damu was the Chief Guest who introduced the masala to us. Miss Rekha Nahar, GM Marketing, also gave us a brief about the MTR group, its working system and how they got the idea of these masalas and also how they got the recipes.

MTR is a friend in every household and needs no introduction. It is a more than 90 years old company which produces breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack and desserts. It brings the authentic taste of India to every household. To retain the authentic flavors of the masalas MTR is using the pounding method instead of grinding. Breaking the whole spices slowly enhances the flavor of the spices. This is the trick of MTR which made the group to serve the authentic taste.

The flag bearer of the chettinad cuisine chef Damodaran K, lovingly known as chef Damu was the chief guest of the event.  He gave a cooking demo of the masalas. It was really a great experience to be a part of his cooking demo. He not only gage the demo of how to use the masalas but also gave few tips how to enhance and retain the flavor of the masalas. Chef while preparing the recipes.

Recipe of the Samber, Veg Chettinad Masala and Parappu  kozhambu prepared by chef

Pix of the dishes

This awesome interactive session with chef Damu was followed by a really relishing lunch. The lunch was prepared using MTR range of masalas. It was not only tasty and lip smacking but also authentic. The menu consisted of rice, puliyogare, veg biryani, rasam, samber, kozhambu, veg chettinad masala and few more.

All dishes were really good. But veg chettinad and veg biryani were the star as per me. The flavors were very so good that one cannot stop eating.

Whole meeting was very interactive, jovial and friendly one. Meeting with Chef , talented bloggers and MTR group people was indeed a great experience.

some pictures clicked by Karthik.. 

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