People who eat this vegetable either love it or hate it; there doesn’t seem to be an in-between.

A winning recipe of bitter gourd would remain a sweet memory for a long time to come for M. Prasanna of Chilakaluripet city in Guntur district where The Hindu’s ‘Our State Our Taste’ cookery contest attracted close to 200 enthusiastic participants. The event was organised in association with the Andhra Pradesh Tourism.

Women of all age groups descended on the Prathipati Gardens at Chilakaluripet on Wednesday to showcase their amazing kitchen skills. The kakarakaya-ulli kaaram (stuffed karela) won hands down.

The dish won a cash prize of ₹50,000 for Ms. Prasanna. Korameenu chepala pulusu, a dish prepared by J. Dhana Lakshmi, was adjudged the second best by the jury, fetching a cash prize of ₹30,000 and biryani made with kanda (elephant yam) got the third prize (₹20,000) for N. Prasanna.

Prathipati Venkata Kumari, wife of Minister P. Pullarao, was the chief guest. She went around the tables laden with an array of delicious recipes and tasted some of them. Later, she told the participants it was heart-warming to see such good response in the small town.

The event was powered by Butterfly in association with RKG Ghee and oil and rice partner Fortune. Gift hampers were sponsored by CMR Shopping Mall, Guntur.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / the Hindu / Home> News>Cities> Vijayawada  / by Special Correspondent / November 15th, 2018