With takeaway dips and diy doughnuts recreate a restaurant style at home. Classic chickpea meets desi chilli hummus, because of Anoli Mavani, who makes 10 flavours of the favored unfold. T
ry it along with her pita bread, pita crisps and entire wheat crackers. Explaining how she acquired hooked to it when she was in Dubai, Anoli, founding father of The Hommus Family, says, “I experimented with many different flavours in hummus, and based on the feedback, I narrowed it down to the 10 best flavours.”
The Hommus Family now has Greek Melody (spinach and feta), Basilica (pesto) and Zesty Cilantro on the menu. Wheat crackers too can be found in a wide range of flavours together with oregano, rosemary, thyme and pepper.
Anoli is presently engaged on her newest enterprise, The House of Kizo, focussing on desserts, muffins and cookies, utilizing entire wheat and jaggery.
@The Hommus Family, Vepery, pre order solely. Delivers throughout the town. For particulars, name: 9791088988
Kiran Thomas’ Raisin-chilli dip, a aromatic medley of pounded Kashmiri chilli, raisins, olive oil and jaggery, is a fast, simple approach to jazz up dinner. “You will get the full impact of the flavour only when chillies are pounded in the ammikal (stone grinder),” she says.
Apart from this, her different bestseller is Adachetti, a conventional Kerala-style chutney made with small onions or shallots, tamarind, birds eye chilli (kandhari) and crystal salt. It is on the market on pre-order. “In our home, we add water to the sea salt crystals and use that for cooking the adachetti.
The smoky flavour is from roasting the shallots and chillies in wood fire and then grinding it in the stone. Then, a little coconut oil is mixed in it and it is ready to serve. It goes well with plain rice,” says Kiran.
She takes pre-order for set meals with customisable menu for as much as 10 individuals, providing Kerala-style fish pickles, fish moilee and hen stew. @Kiran’s Goodies, ECR, delivers throughout the town, For order, name: 7823909095
After a diploma on the Academy of Pastry and Culinary Arts, Bengaluru, Harshini labored on the Marriott Courtyard, Kuwait as a pastry chef in 2019. “But I lost my job there and had to return to Chennai during the pandemic.
A few months after that, in December 2020, I launched Just Gateaux,” says Harshini.
Just Geateaux provides a DIY Doughnut field. “The box comes with six doughnuts (50 grams each), and an assortment of toppings and decorative sprinkles, so flavours can be customised,” says Harshini.
Though it’s primarily focused at youngsters, there’s nothing stopping you from diving into cinnamon sugar, chocolate and vanilla custard too.
@Just Gateaux, OMR, supply throughout the town, For order, name: 6383151724
