Foodies of Bapatla showed up with many novel recipes in the ‘Our State, Our Taste’ cookery contest organised by The Hindu and the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Department in the town.
Municipal Chairperson Thota Malleswari was the chief guest at the event.
A total of 135 participants marched towards the venue to showcase their talent. The show was powered by Butterfly Group, in association with RKG Ghee and Oil and rice partner Fortune. The gifts were sponsored by CMR Group and Kanchi Kamakshi.
The chefs, Harnath and Rajgopal, were pleased to see a huge crowd of amateur cooks. They were happy that most of the dishes were not the routine ones.
The winning dish was bommidela-royyala-ulavacharu, a self-invented dish by M. Sattar Baig. Viyapurallu, a dessert item by P. Hemalatha, was the first runner-up dish. The second runner-up dish was birakaya-birapottu kandipappu kura, presented by S. Vidya Roshni.
Tumma jiguru laddu, ragi vadalu, vankay bandalu, balamrutham cake, panduchepa bajji and mamidikaya pulusu were a few new dishes presented at the event.