Chef K Damodharan, popularly known as Chef Damu, is on a learning spree. His teachers? Children and grandmothers from across the state.
“Last week, when I was at Tiruchi to judge The Hindu Our State Our Taste, a culinary talent hunt event, a participant walked in with 49 different dishes. All traditional food from Tamil Nadu,” recalls Damu over a phone call from his residence in Chennai. , “In Thanjavur, another participant presented 39 dishes — all simple, rural specialties of Tamil Nadu,” he says.
The preliminary rounds of the third edition of The Hindu Our State Our Taste began on April 23 in Coimbatore, and 10 districts have been covered thus far. Participants are asked to present any two dishes, one of which represents the flavours of Tamil Nadu.
