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I adore Andhra food, have done so ever since I had my first taste of it, not here in Hyderabad but at Nagarjuna, Bengaluru in the new millennium. Since then, my taste buds have sworn loyalty to the robust, spicy flavours of Andhra cuisine. I digress.. So when Onamalu (that wonderful platform showcasing rare , regional cuisines pioneered by founder Gopi Bylapulla ) hosted an Uttarandhra lunch @theculinarylounge I was enthused enough to join, though I had moved house barely two days ago. And what a fabulous feast of the rare repertoire of Uttarandhra cuisine it turned out to be. Curated by home chef Sowjanya Narsipuram, (who has lived in all the three regions of Uttarandhra, namely Srikakulam, Vizag and Vizianagaram )and served on a banana leaf, the meal provided a rare and unique insight into Uttarandhra cuisine, a first for me. Junnugulu Boorelu, a red Jowar sweet dumpling with a coconut-jaggery filling won everyone’s palate on the table, and so did Oodala Talimpu , barnyard millet tempered with curry leaves Aavapindi Pulihora and Matki Pappu, moth dal cooked in a gravy along with methi leaves , Jeedipappu Kobbari Paala Koora (cashew nuts cooked in a fresh coconut milk gravy, with ths cashews resembling the broad Lima beans). Guna Charu, a raw jackfruit-moringa curry, finished with tamarind & jaggery was presented as the chef’s signature dish and paired with the thick@mudda Pappu made for an offbeat culinary creation. From the minumala Pachadi (urad dal chutney) to the Kala Bhatti Paramannam (black rice, jaggery, and coconut, with a hint of camphor and cardamom, divine!), Every morsel was a delicious representation of this little known sub cuisine of Andhra cuisine, with its focus on millets, cashew nuts, coconut, seafood PS: Since chef Sowjanya is vegetarian, the food she cooked was vegetarian though thete were prawn and chicken curries cooked by the chefs of Culinary Lounge. To end, this was a fabulous culinary initiative by the Onamaalu Community. [Andhra food, Uttarandhra, Home chefs, Culinary Lounge]

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