EVENT Singer Chinmayi and her mother talk about eating healthy
Recipe for success Chinmayi giving away prizes
T here was enough food for thought at the prize distribution function for the recipe contest organised by chennailivenews.com.
Well-known playback singer Chinmayi, a self-confessed foodie, and her mother T. Padmhasini, who has done research on Indian herbs, graced the occasion.
Mother and daughter talked about different aspects of food. Padmhasini, delved into the strengths of Indian cooking and Indian ingredients such as dry ginger (sukku), pepper (melagu) and castor oil; Chinmayi, gave a humorous account of life with a mother who used to feed her all kinds of kashayams. “Of course, they have improved my immunity and made my voice what it is today,” she smiled. She also spoke about her budding interest in baking.
Padmhasini, an Indologist and a musicologist gave useful health tips. She stressed on the need to have chukku kashayam in the morning on an empty stomach as it cleanses the stomach. Strict vegetarians, the duo highlighted the goodness of vegetarianism.
From the several entries to the cookery contest, Padmhasini and Chinmayi picked three winners — Sripriya Venkatraman (surakkai halwa), Lalitha Mahadevan (rosagulla) Chandra Vasudevan (porivilangai urundai) and Prathima Giri (chakkali).
