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Curry Life is hosting its Culinary Workshop on the 27th June at the Crowne Plaza London Docklands. Presented together with experts from the hospitality industry, it promises to be an event packed full of insight into future trends and advice on how the curry industry can recover post-pandemic.
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he evening will include a drinks and canapés reception, with plenty of opportunity for networking. This will be followed by talks and presentations from industry experts and suppliers, live cooking demonstrations and a gala dinner. In our event preview, speakers highlight their experiences from the last year and how they have kept positive, offer a taster of their presentations and share advice on kick-starting the curry industry.
The power of spice Acclaimed food writer and celebrity chef Mridula Baljekar will be
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highlighting the health benefits of everyday spices. She is passionate about healthy eating and says Indian food is ideal for a healthy diet. “Spices have healing properties which many people are unaware of,” she says. Everyday spices such as turmeric have been used in India for thousands of years to cure arthritis, boost the body’s immunity levels, fight heart and brain diseases and many more ailments. Chinese herbalists called turmeric a ‘healing plant’. Other spices we use daily are garlic, ginger, chilli and onion, all of which contribute to a healthy lifestyle”. Baljekar’s next book, due to be published in 2022, is called Spice Secrets; A Doorway to the Magical
World of Spices. It features the health benefits of spices and their origin, a guide to buying and storing and easyto-follow recipes. As well as writing her book, Baljekar has been busy in the last year adapting her business in light of the pandemic. With her cookery classes and live cooking demonstrations cancelled during Covid-19 restrictions, Baljekar looked to replace some of the lost income, while also helping those who love Indian food, but who could not visit their favourite restaurants. “I developed a range of Indian ready meals and launched them in food stores near my home in Windsor and I am hoping to take my meals to a wider market in the near future,” she says.
