EVENT & EXHIBITIONS 4 CHENNAI INSPIRING ENTREPRENEUR 15 SPICE CONTENTS 22 HOLISTIC READING FOR CHILDREN 24 Cosmetic Surgery 27 LINUS KITCHEN 28 COOKIN’ IT UP 32 HAIR RAISING QUERIES 36 CS FREE CLASSIFIEDS 41 ART & CULTURE 43 BARGAIN STUFF around Chennai this week.
Rama Krishnan, CEO India, Pizza Republic
Sharda Sriram shares her learning from a workshop
Dr. R. Karthik on the needs that Cosmetic Surgery fills.
Linu Paul’s Kadala Curry to soak your puttu in
Sheethal Jayakrishna reminsces on how food has taken over every aspect of life.
Dr. Talat Salim replies.
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Madras & EXHIBITIONS Shopping Sandhai around Chennai this week.
Express Avenue, Royapettah
Thursday, 16th & 17th February 12.00Noon - 8:00pm
The biggest flea market cum carnival that Chennai has ever seen! Catch a celebration of arts, crafts, music, flea market, food and more at the Madras Shopping Sandhai! Catch live bands, folk performances, arts & crafts activity center for kids and more! A flea market by artists, designers, hobbyists etc! A bazaar cum carnival which has something for everyone!A platform to showcase your products! There is also a Baker’s Bazaar for the home bakers, competition for kids and women! Gear up Chennai for a soul filling weekend in Feb! Express Estates, Whites Road. Feb 16-17, 2013. Interested in keeping a stall or conducting workshops or sponsorships? Mail us at madrasshoppingsandhai@gmail.com Want to just volunteer and have fun? We would love to have u on board! Just mail us what your interests are!
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Organic Terrace & EXHIBITIONS Garden Workshop
around Chennai this week.
ASHVITA BISTRO, No.11, bawa road, alwarpet
SUNDAY 17th February 4.00PM
Eco Alternatives and Ashivta Bistro invite you to an ‘Organic Terrace Garden Workshop’. All gardening enthusiasts keep yourself free on Sunday, Feb 17th. By popular demand we are having our rooftop gardening workshop once again between 4pm - 6pm at Ashvita Bistro, Chennai. Horticulturalist Mr. Harish Krishnamoorthy will tell us simple traditional organic farming techniques that can be applied to your home garden. A good way to learn the basics of growing your own veggies at home. Special topics include a practical look into the usage of Panchagavyam, Vermicompost ,Coir Pith for potting, hints on pest, disease management, identifying and trouble shooting disorders in plants.
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Sequence & EXHIBITIONS End of Season Sale
around Chennai this week.
3, Anandhu street, Maimoon Manzil
MONDAY ONWARDS 18th - 23rd February 11.30 - 7.00 PM
Sequence up to 50% off End of Season Sale Sequence welcomes you to their End of Season sale upto 50% off on Designer Salwar Kameez, Handbags & Jewellery. Great Stuff at even greater price!
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Melange & EXHIBITIONS Exhibition around Chennai this week.
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY 19th & 20th February 10.30AM - 8:30pm
Hyatt Regency, Teynampet
Melange Exhibition Exquisite Real and Fashion Jewellery, Designer Kurtis, Suits and Sarees, Western Wear, Kidswear, Handbags, Footwear, Accessories, Home Decor and More! 60 Master Designer’s showcasing more than 50,000 exclusive designs only at this Exhibition. Never Before Sale.
Free Entry
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The Epic & EXHIBITIONS Show around Chennai this week.
The Music Academy
FRIDAY 22nd February 4.00PM - 8:00pm
578 entertainments, a new start by an upcoming choreographer Anusha Swamy, maintaining a high profile in the field of Indian cinema presents, The Epic Show. A performance for a cause, by the kids for the kids, creating a platform to bring out young talent of the under privileged children, treating them no different from the others and putting them alongside a lot of professionals from different levels of the society. Apart from this, The Epic Show not only brings people from different aspects of life but al...so brings together different forms of dance on the same stage. Aerial dance, solo duet, conceptual dance etc. to be looked out for. Promised to be M.A.D...MUSIC, ART & DANCE... A fusion like never before! TICKET PRICES: Rs. 1000, Rs.750, Rs.500, Rs.200 GROUP DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE.
4.00 pm : Art & Craft Stalls open. Exhibition 1: By the kids with their super awesome goodies they made for you at a very cheap rate. Exclusively for you.
Exhibition 2: Wonderful shirts and t shirts and designer wear for girls at a beautiful rate and all the clothes are imported. All the Funds Raised Through the tickets are going towards the kids.
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Landmark Sale & EXHIBITIONS Upto 70% off
around Chennai this week.
UPTILL MONDAY 25th February 10.00AM - 8:00pm
All Landmark stores
Landmark Sale – Upto 70% OFF! The sale is on till the 25th of February, the Landmark sale has never before discounts on products across all categories. And to make this Sale even more enticing, Landmark has tied up with Axis Bank, to offer customers an additional 10% discount on bill values over Rs 1500/-, if they use their Axis Bank debit or credit cards, to make the payment. This year’s sale outdoes the last year, with heavy discounts on assorted merchandise. The highlights of the sale include: bestselling books at a starting price of Rs. 49/-, 3 for 2 on the Top 500 new releases and bestsellers in books, 70% OFF on Graphic Novels International Magazines at the Landmark price of Rs. 99/-, Upto 50% OFF on toys with great discounts on Squap, Scrabble, Pictionary, Puzzles, and a whole range of remote controlled toys that will ensure that there’s something for each one in the family!
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One Day Study & EXHIBITIONS Management
around Chennai this week.
School Of Success, R A Puram; Mahalingapuram
MONDAY 23rd February 10.00AM - 4:00pm
It’s Exam time! Creative techniques to stay focused; increase memory; concentration skills. And most importantly, Helping children take charge and make studies FUN! :-)) School of Success, a Chennai based organisation that conducts ‘transformational’ programs for children helping them take charge of their lives at an early age, announces its Study Management Leadership. Price: Rs. 850/- per child (includes snacks and lunch)
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MEN ARE & EXHIBITIONS FROM MARS...
around Chennai this week.
Taj Coromandel Chennai
FRIDAY 22nd February 6.00PM - 10:00pm
A Seminar in Chennai John helps men and women understand, respect and appreciate their differences in both personal and professional relationships. His approach combines specific communication techniques with healthy, nutritional choices that create the brain and body chemistry for lasting health, happiness and romance. His many books, videos, workshops and seminars provide practical insights to effectively manage stress and improve relationships at all stages of life and love.
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A Pot & EXHIBITIONS Full of Stories
around Chennai this week.
Visva Vidya Mandir, “Little Millennium”
SATURDAY 23rd February 4.30PM - 5:30pm
A story telling session for adults and kids by Members of Chennai Storytelling Association. Come get enthralled by the stories
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& EXHIBITIONS around Chennai this week.
Cocktail Fashion Collezione Aringar Anna Arangam
MONDAY 6th & 7th MARCH 10.00AM - 8:00pm
5+ Acres of fun Ample car parks
100+ Stalls 20+ Food Stalls
50 Unique Designers under one destination, presenting the finest collection of Haut Couture, Pret Wear, Indian Couture, Designer wear, Jewelry, Accessories,
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Home furnishings, other lifestyle products and much more. Stall bookings open.
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Seminar for & EXHIBITIONS Working Women
around Chennai this week.
FRIDAY 8th MARCH 9.30AM - 5:30pm
Hotel Quality Inn Sabari
Woman of Worth We are glad to introduce to you the upcoming Open Program organised by Lighthouse Leadership on 8th of March 2013, The International Women’s Day. This program is designed to make a difference in the lives of women in the corporate world, enabling them to face challenges, achieve greater heights & move forward successfully in their careers as well as personal lives.
Seminar Fee: 3000/- per person
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INSPIRING ENTREPRENEUR RAMA KRISHNAN CEO India, Pizza Republic IN CONVERSATION WITH
Chennai Spice
I was accused of trivialising cooking through my one page cookbooks. RAMKI SAYS
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Q. When did you begin your culinary career? Did you go to culinary school? Who taught you how to cook? A. 15 years back, when I had to travel
frequently abroad, I missed our food. Tried cooking and after a series of mishaps, finally understood getting the big picture is what matters - and details sort themselves out. Since then I’d been on a high cooking cuisines across the world. Never went to culinary school or had a formal teacher. Q. What was your first job in the restaurant industry? A. International Flavours & fragrances hired me as a
consultant for developing a series of new flavors for Pepsico products. That was my first paid assignment. After that I’ve been consulting restos and bakeris across Chennai. Q. When did you open your first restaurant? When you started out, what specific idea, purpose or vision was your key driving force? A. 6 years back, I opened a small outlet outside my friend’s place, Farm Bazaar in Ambattur
called Pizza Man. That’s where it all started. Idea: Pizza making can be greatly simplified. Vision: Cut wastage, setup costs to the bone so that food becomes close to free Key driving force: The smile on a customer’s face when a ‘lifestyle’ product suddenly becomes a regular purchase! ramkicooks.blogspot.in | facebook.com/pizzarepublic.india CHENNAI SPICE | FEBRUARY 16th 2013 | 15
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INSPIRING ENTREPRENEUR RAMA KRISHNAN CEO India, Pizza Republic IN CONVERSATION WITH
Chennai Spice
Q. With an abundance of Pizzerias’ in Chennai what according to you sets Pizza Republic apart? A. 1. Emphasis on Freshness. Everything we use is
bought fresh and leftovers dumped at the end of the day. We store nothing but cheese & sausages. 2. Emphasis on decentralisation: Each store is a completely autonomous entity and prepares everything it needs from scratch. 3. Emphasis on ultra low price, Personalisation & Quality. We offer the widest range of Pizzas in town and you can create never ending combos yourself. Our prices are the lowest in the industry on a like to like basis and we’ve managed to build quality into the system, so that it becomes free and costs us nothing. The systems are so robust that most of our staff have never seen a pizza before, let alone make it. Still they turn out the finest pizzas in the city! Q. What were the three most important things to get your business up and running? A. The idea.
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I goofed up on a lot of these while starting out and have finally managed to get it right! Q. What do you find most challenging as a restaurateur? A. Training people. Everything else can
be systemized, but people remain the only uncertain quantity! Q. Do you have a favorite mantra that keeps you inspired? A. Change the rules of the game! In Pizza
Republic we gave customers gourmet quality pizzas at throwaway prices. The next project we are working on, would take this to the next level! Q. How do you inspire and retain your employees? Quality manpower shortage seems like a big threat in the hospitality industry of late. A. We do not recruit from the regular fast
food employee pool. This has the greatest attrition. Most of our staff are first timers and they stick on longer. We also recruit physically challenged people.
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INSPIRING ENTREPRENEUR RAMA KRISHNAN CEO India, Pizza Republic IN CONVERSATION WITH
Chennai Spice
Q. What is your customer service philosophy? A. If you are not awed, we do not want your money! Q. What according to you is the biggest mistake restaurants make? A. Not acting on customer feedback! Q. It isn’t just about good food then is it? A. Nope. It is about the whole experience. Good food
is just the entry token to the game. Q. Where do you get your inspiration and ideas? A. Mostly from customer comments and feedback.
From online forums like Chennai Food Guide. And from other restos. Q. What has been your greatest professional success and your biggest setback? A. I was accused of trivialising cooking through my
one page cookbooks. To end this argument once and for all, I used the same principles to cook solo & from scratch, a ten course meal for 500 people, in less than 3 hours. I pulled it off. Biggest setback: Not able to convince publishers
that My One Pagers are actually cookbooks! I got them exhibited at the Frankfurt book show to rave reviews, but am still unable to find a publisher willing to take a chance on them! CONNECT
Q. What are your views about food reviewers in general and how have their reviews influenced your business? A. Unless the person understands food, and
in particular the cuisine, the reviews just reflect their ignorance. In Pizza republic, we’d been lucky in building a groundswell of support through social media like Chennai Food Guide & Facebook. Q. What are your views about the recent phenomena of food bloggers and social media? How do these elements influence your business? A. Social media is scary! It demands
immediate solutions and can make or break a resto virtually overnight. Food bloggers are an emerging phenomenon and play a vital role in how the community perceives restos. We actively engage them. Q. What’s your favorite dish on the menu? A. A day old Margherita. The truest test of a
pizza is how it tastes after one day.
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INSPIRING ENTREPRENEUR RAMA KRISHNAN CEO India, Pizza Republic IN CONVERSATION WITH
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INSPIRING ENTREPRENEUR RAMA KRISHNAN CEO India, Pizza Republic IN CONVERSATION WITH
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Q. What is the most popular thing on the menu? A. Chicken Supreme has been a top performer.
The recently launched Fishwaroopam has been doing well too! Q. What is your favorite thing to eat? A. Anything from a cuisine I’m researching /
writing about. Q. What does family have to say about your pet project? A. My mom would rather have me as a 9-5
software engineer. She’s not too happy I chose cooking as a career. Q. What makes Ramki tick? A. The belief that we can dramatically increase
quality and cut costs in any food related business, by following a few key principles. CONNECT
Q. Do you use eco-friendly packaging? What else do you do to reduce your environmental impact? A. Yeah our boxes are bio degradable, and we
use liners to prevent fat soaking into the box. Our plastic pizza covers are being replaced by degradable ones. Our seasoning sachets are made from paper and not plastic. Q. At the end of the day, what accomplishment makes you the most proud? A. A good customer review makes it all
worthwhile Q. What is the one book that you recommend as a must read, and why? A. Harold McGee. On Food and cooking Q. Who are the likely possible partners or professional service providers you would recommend every entrepreneur who would like to step into the hospitality industry should work with? A. Online facilitators like Gograb.in. Delivery
Q. What restaurant concepts/restaurateurs do you respect in your city? A. Themed restos like Amazon brighten up
the scene. Restos which get customers involved concepts like BBQ Nation Restos which actively engage the foodie community like Crimson Chakra. Q. How do you foresee the future of food in Chennai and what do you think are the challenges that may arise for restaurateurs like yourself? A. Chennai will end up having food from across
the world, with numerous specialty restaurants. More affordable veg dining options will emerge. The challenge as ever would be to manage staff, innovate constantly and listen to customer feedback!
guys like Yo Potato. Tech facilitators like Nexmoo.
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Chennai Adoption & EXHIBITIONS Drive (CAD)
around Chennai this week.
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SUNDAY 17TH February 10.00AM - 3:00pm
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Chennai Adoption & EXHIBITIONS Drive (CAD)
around Chennai this week.
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SUNDAY 17TH February 10.00AM - 3:00pm
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Getting your tiny tots ready to read is quite tough but certainly not impossible. I realised that when I attempted to initiate a holistic approach to reading for my 4 year old son. Christmas
Holistic Reading FOR CHILDREN
Sharda Sriram
Vacations had commenced and my little one was growing fast.
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I wanted to help him explore the world through reading. We attended a small reading workshop at the Serangoon Public Library in Singapore. To my surprise, my son and I thoroughly
the written and spoken word. It also helps you bong
enjoyed the workshop. We enjoyed the session so much that I
with your child. Choose a time every day when you
would like to share our experience with everyone.
both can enjoy spending some time together. It doesn’t
Readers aren’t born, they are made. Desire is planted by parents who work at it. – Jim Trelease Parents play a very important role- Do you know that there are six pre-reading skills (Motivation, Awareness, Narrative skills, Phonological awareness, Letter knowledge and Vocabulary) that children must learn in order to learn to read. Parents, play a very important role to enhance these skills in their children. This is because, you know your child best and therefore can find the best and easiest method that would suit them. Do not ever force your child to read but whenever they are in a good mood spend time with them and make reading fun. It is never too early to help your child develop skills that he or she needs for a lifetime of learning. Promote reading in your child Read aloud- Reading aloud nurtures your children’s love of both
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matter even if it is only a few minutes, that you can spend reading and listening to your child. Be a Role Model- It is important to set an example for your child. When children see their parents reading and enjoying it, they will also be tempted to imitate their parents and experience what they see their parents experiencing. They will come to understand how important and valuable reading is. I’ve always noticed that whenever I read a book, my son comes and sits next to me with his book and tries to read too. It may only be for a few minutes and even if they may be making errors, it still helps is developing their interest for reading. Visit Libraries and create one at home- Create your very own mini library at home. A child is more likely to pick up a book when there is nothing to do. Make
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public library visits a part of your weekly routine. Read everywhere you go
- Flip a flap books- a child will love to explore these at
Equip yourself with books for yourself and your child whenever
this stage.
you set out on any long distance journeys. This will show them
- Books in durable plastic or cloth materials which will help
that reading is a constructive and fun way to pass time while also learning about many interesting things. Choosing books for your child Books are the first step into the world of reading and storytelling. Although babies and toddlers may not be able to read yet, you can provide your loved ones the opportunity to
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the young ones to stimulate their senses and imagination. For Three to Five Years
Rhymes Play an Important role
- Books that are visually attractive.
I am sure everyone remembers at least one rhyme
- Books that convey experiences on their day to day routine
from their childhood if not several. I never realized
(e.g.- Personal Hygiene, Good and Bad manners)
the importance of rhymes until I started to teach my son. When a loving adult and a young child play”
be exposed to the wonderful world of books. I always prefer to
- Books about exploring the world around them and simple
gift little ones some great books as their birthday gifts. I have
adventures etc.
attempted to classify the kinds of books that may be most
- A book with repetition exercises encourages children to
suitable until the age of 5 years.
feels great joy and pleasure while at the same time
participate. Children enjoy repetition activities of phrases
the adult can bring out the child inside him or her.
For Birth to age Two
with sound and action. Adults must also actively participate
A child experiences the rhythm and rhyme in their
- Books on rhymes, songs and nursery tales.
in these activities with their children.
body, hears the musical notes of the song and hears
- Books with large and simple but colourful pictures.
- Let the pre schooler choose the books he or she wants to
the language in a different way from adults. New
read. Guidance from parents is necessary to determine their
vocabulary, information about places and ideas are
preferences and reading ability.
introduced to children in a fun, joyful and loving
- Books with simple text that are in large and bold print. - Books that are small which will grab their attention and which they can hold easily. Preferably choose the animated character which they love eg. Mickey Mouse words books,
- Select some easy books with very few words to encourage independent reading
toy story books, Thomas and friends’ first phonics
- Also include some legends, poems to expand their interest
books etc.
areas.
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Build an engine” or sing a rhyme together, many great things happen without us realizing. The child
environment. Nursery rhymes which are often bouncy, stimulates the social, emotional, physical, intellectual and musical development in children. That is the reason why it serves as a very important foundation in a young child’s development.
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Cosmetic surgery, like every other medical field has seen amazing advances in terms of procedures and techniques. Doctors and researchers are constantly looking at ways to enhance the experience of patients while working towards improving results that last longer with minimal scarring.
through my saree? How can I lose it? Will exercise help? I’ll
Today a Cosmetic Surgeon can transform you from ‘average’
Luckily, there is a solution. And it does not involve crash
looking to ‘stunning’ by working with you to achieve it, right
dieting or depriving yourself of food. What it does involve is a
from the top of your lovely head to the tips of your pretty
complete wedding makeover for both the bride and the groom
toes. Together, you will decide on what minor corrections you
complete with nutrition consultations that will cleanse your
may need to achieve your maximum beauty quotient. It could
body from within to make your skin glow and your hair shine
be a little hair transplant to cover a bald spot or a small fat
on your special day. It will involve helping you achieve the body
crash diet till the wedding. But will it show on my skin?” This is the one time in your life when you need to look your best, as it is a new step you are both taking. For this, you need to relax instead of getting all worked up. Agreed. The questions are many, the doubts even more. They are called the heebie-jeebies. The good news is that almost
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every bride and groom goes through these thoughts.
transplant to fill a tiny wrinkle. With science making leaps and bounds of progress almost every day, these are all easy and relatively painless procedures. Liposuction sucks out those stubborn rolls of fat that refuse to go, however much you exercise. Picture this normal scenario: Boy has met girl, and both of them are ready to tie the knot of holy matrimony. The engagement is fixed, and a wedding date is on the cards six months after. Panic sets in. “What if I look older than my husband on my wedding day? Am I too fat? Is my skin bad? Will the roll of fat on my tummy show
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Cosmetic Surgery Emerge Transformed Dr. R. Karthik
of your dreams, too. Complete with six packs for the guys and flat two packs for the girls. One visit to Chennai Plastic Surgery and you could go under the care of an entire team of experts. Talk to them, tell them what exactly your concerns with your body (and mind) are, and they will work on you. Inside and out. Right from the tips of your hair to the tips of your toes. A Cosmetic Surgeon and his accompanying team can work towards unveiling the new you by planning ahead. Six month before the date is a good time to begin. Choose your team with care. Ask for referrals and have confidence in the team who will be working towards a perfectly planned beautification plan. Together they will consult and work to literally sculpt out the unnecessary and bring out the inner, glowing you – so you step into matrimony confidently, gorgeously.
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CHENNAI SPICE TIPS
Tips for savouries Best savouries are made from freshly ground flours. If that is not possible, at least buy a fresh pack in a Store where the
Here are some options:
goods are fast moving!
• Liposuction to zap the flab and help your body look
Fat is added to all savouries to give crispness.
awesome on your big day. If the very thought of surgery freaks
For Kai Murukku , Thenkuzhal , Muthusaram ( South Indian
you out, you could do it the non-surgical way using the Exilis
counterpart of Chakli ) Thattai etc butter is the best choice.
that targets precise fat pockets.
For savouries with besan as the main ingredient, very hot oil
• Hair Fall Management and Hair Regrowth through simple
added to the ingredients gives good results.
procedures. • A small tweak to give your nose a better shape and look. • Breast lift, breast enlargement or breast reduction. • Lip reduction or enlargement. • Botox, Fillers and Laser Resurfacing to remove the wrinkles and get perfect porcelain smooth skin. Or Exilis sittings which
The amount of fat is calculated thus – for every 1 kilo of the mixed flours, 100 gms or 1/2 cup is ideal. Use table salt and not grain salt. For Murukku , Thenkuzhal , Muthusaram etc. add either jeera
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TIP SHEET cHITRA VISWANTHAN disturbing the shape. Heat the oil well first and after putting the batch in it, keep the flame medium. When the first side is cooked, turn over. Thereafter, turn over frequently for uniform cooking. Remove when the oil bubbles subside completely. Transfer to a kitchen tissue. Wait till it becomes completely cold and then transfer to an airtight container.
or white seasame seeds. First mix dry all flours, salt, jeera (or seasame seeds) & hing powder, thoroughly.
coax your collagen to resurface.
Then add the fat and knead with your fingers very well to a
• Skin Lightening treatment – you could get up to two shades
bread crumb consistency. This is important to incorporate
fairer for your big day.
air in the mixture which accounts for crispness and uniform
• Chemical Peeling and Derma Roller to zap out scars, fine
texture, as well. Do not add water to the entire quantity and
wrinkles, blemishes and replace it with a fresh, clean look.
knead.
• Nutrition and exercise consultations to help you keep your
Keep the oil ready for heating.
body healthy and trim.
Now, take a handful of the mixture in another vessel & add
All of this can be done under the single roof of Chennai Plastic
water little by little to get the correct “pressing “consistency.
Surgery, for this is where exerts converge. For you! You don’t
Repeat this for every batch.
need to run from pillar to post looking for them.
For Thenkuzhal, Muthusaram etc. it is preferable to press directly into the oil – but if it is difficult for you, press on a
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PUTTU’S KADALA CURRY LINU PAUL
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INGREDIENTS 2 cups black chana/kadala 3 tablespoon thinly sliced coconut pieces (thenga kothu ) 1 onion (chopped) 2 green chillies (slit) 1 teaspoon red chilly powder 2 tablespoon coriander powder 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds 4 button onions (sliced) 2 dry red chillies A stalk of curry leaves 3/4 cup grated coconut 1/4 teaspoon fennel seeds 2 cardamoms 5 cloves 1 inch piece of cinnamon stick 12 whole peppercorns 1 star anise Salt to taste 2-3 tablespoon coconut oil
Method Soak the kadala in water overnight. Cook the kadala along with the required amount of salt and water in a pressure cooker till soft. Keep aside. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a pan and add fennel seeds, cardamoms, cloves, cinnamon stick, peppercorns and star anise. After a couple of seconds, add 1 teaspoon of sliced button onions and saute for a minute. Add the grated coconut and roast until it turns reddish brown. Remove from fire and keep aside for cooling. Grind this mix to a paste after it has cooled. Heat the remaining coconut oil in a deep bottomed pan and splutter mustards. Add the dry red chillies and sliced coconut pieces.
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Saute until they turn brown. Add the remaining button onions, sliced onions, green chillies and curry leaves. Saute till the onions turn light brown. Add red chilli and coriander powder and saute for a couple of minutes on low flame. Add the water from the cooked kadala and bring to a boil. Add the ground coconut paste and cooked kadala and mix well. Add salt if required. Cook until the gravy becomes thick. Serve hot with puttu.
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Every day before I left work, I was very particular about making that one phone call. No, no big suspense here. It was a call home to Mom “Amma what are we having for dinner”? Every day, without fail and without ever losing her patience even once, she would list out the items. It was a 13 km ride on my bike from work to home. But I never ever felt the distance. One reason could be that as people who have always
travelled long distances would say. “You just get used to it “. But for me, it was simply that my mind would be completely filled with visuals of the hot meal waiting for me at home. It never mattered if it was a simple dal, rice and veggies or fish curry and rice or chicken and chapattis. Just the fact, that it was a hot meal cooked by mom was enough to have me licking my lips all the way home. Words cannot express the pleasure of diving into that meal. The first drastic change to my food habits happened when I started cooking. When my husband and I moved into this cute little house, I strangely, never gave much thought to the fact that this meant that I would now have to don the cooks apron. I loved shopping and so trips to the supermarket were a pleasure. I loved every bit of the shopping experience right from choosing the staples to other indulgences. I also looked up recipes on the Internet avidly. Every one of them seemed so easy to do and were purported to be scrumptious. My “Recipes” file grew fatter every
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month. But somehow, I found that every time I actually set out to cook, I would call Mom and have her explain in great detail, the recipe for HER sambar or HER dal or HER fish curry or anything else that I craved. I still maintain a book which has her recipes, which I use far more often than any other recipe. The poor FAT RECIPE File is packed away in some corner of some cupboard. Despite my cooking style, collecting recipes had become a habit. But I soon grew a little bored of printing out recipes from those few websites that I was familiar with. Soon cook books started to attract my attention. I found the cookery section in bookstores overflowing with books on every possible dish that was CHENNAI SPICE | FEBRUARY 16th 2013 | 28
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being cooked on planet Earth. So then in my efforts to keep up with the rest of the world which seemed to be cooking, every time I visited a bookstore, I left with at least a couple of cook books. Anything with easy recipes caught my attention. It could be Indian Continental Chinese or Italian. But when channels like Discovery Travel and Living started its broadcast, we were all suddenly exposed to an even bigger variety of cuisines that seemed very tempting. My sister and I ardently followed the few cookery shows or food
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shouldn’t be surprised at his disdain, because he is used to selling every herb be it Rosemary, Thyme, Dill, Basil and several other “foreign” cuisine ingredients, fresh, SHEETHAL JAYAKRISHNA LANGUAGE MENTOR looking like they had just been pulled out of the soil. Is it any wonder then, that all of us can give any cuisine a the market is a delight. The sight of the fresh go in our own kitchens? vegetables and greens and fruits makes All this has contributed in a great way to what has me feel like I could whip up a feast with all become a regular feature of our lifestyles today. of them. Ahhh wishful thinking!!! Making a Dining OUT! Today we find multicuisine restaurants couple of dishes for the day is challenging don’t mean that they only serve different cuisines enough. Standing there I watched a smartly from our country alone. Nor does it mean only adding dressed lady pick up an Avocado and ask Continental and Chinese to the menu. Besides, theme the vendor. “What is this?” He looked at based and concept led restaurants and eateries are her and said “Avak..aedo” and I swear, popping up faster than popcorn all over the country. rolled his eyes as he looked away. I guess I The interest generated in world cuisine through the various media in the past few years, has opened up the mind of even the most conservative of us. The friendly faces cooking up a storm and all the oooooohing and aaaaaahing and rolling of the eyes, of the tasting done at the end, has all of us ready to run out and try out the dish at the first available opportunity. More often than not you will find that you can start and carry on a long conversation with a complete stranger if you CHENNAI SPICE FEATURE
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