Pattappas
The environment at SVR Marriage Corridor is celebratory, although there isn’t any marriage ceremony. Well-liked marriage ceremony caterer LV Pattappa and his crew are working tirelessly, taking orders, handing over the tokens, and packing Deepavali bakshanam (conventional sweets and savories) for patrons. “I’ve been organising the Deepavali mela for the previous 38 years,” says the celebrated 76-year- outdated cook dinner who caters to over 160 weddings in a 12 months. He provides, “It offers me immense pleasure to fulfill, greet and reconnect with our prospects. This one week occasion brings folks collectively and we offer breakfast, lunch and snacks together with espresso for everybody right here… the celebratory atmosphere makes everybody cheerful.”
L.V.Pattappa (proper) and his son slicing the mysore pak
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R. Ravindran
The crew begins from scratch with every recipe, so their 250-plus employees work for eight to 9 hours on a regular basis throughout the mela. Balaji, Pattappa’s son explains that each one their sweets and savouries are handmade, so that they solely put together restricted portions. He provides that high quality management is stringent: “We now have masters who’re assisted by two helpers every. My father and different senior cooks test each batch earlier than packing.”
At patttappas Deepavali Mela
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R. Ravindran
Pattappa, regardless of his superior age, is answerable for making ready their signature candy, badam halwa. He says he makes 150 kilos of it on a regular basis. “This can be a candy that must be ready with care, it must be cooked to the fitting padham (consistency) and with out utilizing extra ghee,” he says, scooping out a beneficiant dollop of the nonetheless heat delicacy and handing it over to us for a style.
Balaji says that this 12 months they’ve had an awesome variety of orders from company shoppers. As at all times he provides, “there are additionally an enormous variety of enthusiastic aged individuals who go to to allow them to courier bakshanam for his or her kids and grandchildren residing overseas“. Strive their bestsellers, which embody jangri, ladoo, mysore pak, and ribbon pakoda. Additionally pattern their thirattipaal (conventional milk candy made utilizing full fats milk, ghee and jaggery) and nukkal (complete cashews dipped in sugar syrup) that are comparatively uncommon. Pattapas has additionally launched a podi vary this 12 months.
At SVR Marriage Corridor (previously Hemalalini Kalyana Mandapam), 272, Avvai Shanmugam Salai, Royapettah. On until November 11, 10am to 9pm. Abroad and home courier is completed. 9840184546
Sri Sastha Catering Companies
RK Venkatesan of Sri Sastha Catering Companies who carried out a dwell sale counter final 12 months at a marriage corridor has determined to arrange the sweets and snacks at his 10,000-square-feet central kitchen in Porur this time. At this central kitchen, his 25-plus employees work with masters who put together sweets and savouries. Every grasp is assisted by two juniors. “I rent momentary employees (about 80 of them) for Deepavali season, sabha canteen and for weddings,” he says. Venkatesan says he makes roughly 13,000 kilograms of various sweets and seven,000 kilograms of savouries throughout this week. “Many of the sweets are made utilizing ghee, we find yourself utilizing 1,650 kilograms of ghee and 236 litres of groundnut oil to arrange this quantity,” he says. Regardless of the tiring work, this can be a festive time for the employees as effectively. Most caterers give a money bonus to their employees, together with new outfits for his or her complete household, hearth crackers and naturally sweets and savouries.. “As a superb majority of them want to return to their native city or villages to rejoice the pageant with their households, I give them go away for few days and hand over the bonus for everlasting employees in addition to money incentive for momentary employees,” says Venkatesan.
Sri Sastha Catering Companies presents conventional sweets and savories
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Johan Satyadas
“Resulting from heavy rains predicted forward of the pageant, I made a decision to not rent a venue, as an alternative I’m taking pre-orders from prospects and delivering at residence,” says Venkatesan, including that their ladoos, together with the maa ladoo, rawa ladoo and boondi ladoo, are particularly fashionable. They’re additionally recognized for his or her kai murukku, particular combination and kara sev. Venkatesan says that the method to make the sweets is advanced. “It must be completed fastidiously because the margin of error is excessive,” he says, including, “Particularly, whereas making mysore pak, if the consistency goes flawed, your entire lot can’t be bought.” Over right here, they make sweets which might be smaller in dimension, in order that the variety of items per kilogram is extra. “As we distribute sweets to pals and neighbours, maintaining the dimensions smaller is economical and there may be worth for cash,” he says.
Sri Sastha Catering Companies, Porur, orders taken until November 9. To pre-book, name 9840144561.
Arusuvai Arasu Catering
At Arusuvai Arasu Catering’s Deepavali Bazaar, held at Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam in Mylapore, you may attempt their milk sweets before you purchase them this 12 months. On the bazaar, the favored marriage ceremony caterer is bringing collectively a crew of cooks and masters to dish out about 25 varieties of sweets and 7 varieties of savouries. “That is the primary time we’re conducting such an occasion and as we’re recognized for progressive concepts, we’ve introduced masters and cooks from Kolkata to arrange a spread of milk-based sweets,” says R Soumya, daughter of Arusuvai Nataraja Iyer. “All of the components are provided by us and the cooks put together the sweets we request them to make,” says Soumya, including that the crew of six makes a spread of treats together with nuts burfi, kaju cake, badam cake and sugar-free milk sweets. Soumya says they’re additionally making extra up to date sweets, which embody a rose petal cookie (a milk-based, rose-flavoured candy topped with dry rose petals) and badam custard apple (an almond candy formed like a custard apple). Of their conventional snacks, the kai murukku and seedai are crowd favourites.
Milk sweets by Arusuvai Catering
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R. Ravindran
N Sridhar of Arusuvai Catering says that other than the standard sweets reminiscent of adhirasam, ladoo, jangri and badusha, additionally they promote sweets that they’re well-known for from their marriage ceremony catering menu. They cater to over 250 weddings in a 12 months. “Our kasi halwa, Asoka halwa and badam halwa are in excessive demand,” says Sridhar. Since so many shoppers are cautious about their consumption of sugar, he says they’ve a spread of sugar-free, milk sweets in addition to sweets made utilizing solely dry fruits.
Strive their adhirasam, ladoos, kai murukku and ribbon pakoda. “All of our employees are like household and due to this fact we rejoice the pageant by offering them and their spouses new garments, for themselves and their partner, crackers and bakshanam and so they take time without work from work for just a few days,” says Sridhar.
Arusuvai Arasu Catering, Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mantapam, Mylapore. Bazaar is on until November 12 from 9am to 9pm. Abroad and home courier is accessible. 9444408847
Arrvee Catering Companies
On the Arrvee Catering Companies, a 30-year-old catering firm in Mandaveli, Bharath Varadarajan and his crew are making ready for a final minute surge of orders.
Badhusha
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R. Ravindran
“For Deepavali, it’s at all times conventional sweets which might be most popular which is why we focus solely on ladoo, Mysore pak, jangri and badusha. For savouries, it’s at all times combination, kara sev, ribbon and boondi,” says Bharath, who couriers well-packed sweets and savouries to prospects in Bengaluru, Coimbatore and Hyderabad. Cashew cake, adhirasam and badam halwa are made solely based mostly on pre-orders and Bharath has initially made 50 kilos of every and 75 kilos of savouries, based mostly on pre-orders. “We usually make 5 kilos of sweets and savouries further to fulfill the last-minute rush. We now have prospects who attain out on the eve of the pageant and we attempt to meet the final minute requests,” he says.
Arrvee Catering Companies, Mandaveli. Pre-orders taken tll November 10. Cellphone: 9176000221
