A record number of people thronged the venue of the preliminary round of The Hindu ’s Our State Our Taste cooking contest in Belagavi on Sunday making it a full house event.
The rules were simple yet challenging and the contestants put up a tough fight. The participants had to cook a traditional Kannada dish or give an interesting twist to the recipe and bring it to the venue.
Ashwini Malaghan, who is the winner of this round, impressed the judges with her Kashmiri kahwa, paneer biryani, sago kheer, phindi chole, sago kheer, green fish fry and a whopping amount of 45 varieties.
