In a world that thrives on fast food, the Kannada Sangha of SJC brought back the taste of traditional cuisine at a food fest held here on Thursday. Ahara Mela’ 10, as it was titled, the fest was full of mouth watering home made food items that were sold in record time.
There were nine teams who took part in the fest, and they brought food items cooked from home. Jolada roti, akki shavige, chandrahara, maddhur vade, vangibath were some of the items that were displayed. “This is organised every year, but this time we are conducting it in a bigger way and it’s our first step towards our mega fest Kanasu,” said Ravikiran, president of Kannada Sangha.
The food fest was conducted during the lunch hour and one could witness large number of students rushing in to savour their favourite dishes. There were also lots of traditional games such as kuntebille, chowkebara, pagadeyaata arranged to entertain the students.
“It’s nice to have food fests like this, as they bring in a lot of traditional culture to the limelight and my favourite is joladha roti with brinjal curry,” said Dr Beatrice, HOD of Microbiology department.
The most interesting part of the food fest was the exhibition of different models that depicted the everyday life of village people. Earthen vessels (mud toys) like grinder, stove, idli maker etc were showcased to give a glimpse of the traditional forms of cooking.
This fest is excellent and I’m very delighted to be part of it. All the food items are cooked exceedingly well by the students and I feel as if I am in my home town, having my granny’s preparations. Today’s generation forgets the traditional food and prefer fast food; so this is a nice way to bring students back to home made delicacies,” said Dr Poornima, lecturer of Kannada department.
- Maria Loveena, I M S Com
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