'Tastes of India' food festival on Dec 31, Jan 1

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Bangalore, Dec 22: Gourmets in the city have been presented with a rare opportunity to welcome the New Year by relishing diverse vegetarian culinary delights of India and neighbouring countries in the 'Tastes of India' food fest on December 31 and January one at ISKCON here.

The Akshaya Patra Foundation, feeding more than five lakh school children daily, organised the food festival, which encompassed not only Indian cuisines, but also exotic, heritage cuisine of countries that have had socio-cultural and linguistic links with India for centuries.

The spread would include regional specialties like Kakori Kebabs and Kabuli Naan from Afghanistan, Burmese Khou Suey, Momos from Nepal, Gado Gado from Indonesia, Bonchi Uyala from Sri Lanka, Zafrani Kofta and Khubani ka Meeta from Pakistan, besides flavoured Rumali Roti and Dum Biriyani.

Talking to newspersons here, Foundation Vice-Chairman Chanchalapathi Dasa said the festival was aimed at collecting funds for noon-meal initiatives. ''Tastes of India is a gala event that will allow foodies to indulge themselves with the knowledge that their enjoyment will benefit a lot of deprived children.'' He said ''the dinner buffet consists of an amazing array of more than 56 dishes put up by specialty chefs for food lovers to relish.

Yet another addition this year is a range of exotic ice creams without any additives and made of natural fruits.'' Mr Dasa said the Foundation aimed at feeding one million students by 2010, but sky rocketing prices and lack of funds were coming in the way, despite the State and Centre contributing 40 per cent of the expenditure. On an average, the expenditure incurred was Rs 25 lakh per day approximately.

He claimed that after introduction of noon-meal programme, the dropouts in schools had reduced considerably and in Bangalore, attendance had increased by 23 per cent.


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