Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh organizes Karavali food fest and cooking contest

Riyadh, Oct 19: Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh(KWAR), a well Known NRI social Organization, conducted their maiden food festival and cooking competition on October 4, 2013 at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Even though it was KWAR’s maiden show at this level, a total number of 12 teams took part in this completion which was mainly based on Mangalorean traditional dishes and cuisine.

The Grand Show was well managed by KWAR’s Cultural secretary Prakash Shetty, Suresh Suvarna, Jayakar Poojary and ably supported by KWAR executive members.

The show began at 1 p.m. and the four designated judges, experts in food industry began their evaluation based on Taste, Presentation, Hygiene and Variety.

All dishes presented were homemade preparations exclusive to KWAR Members and their families. The judges were amazed by the sheer variety of Mangalorean tongue twitch, finger licking multi cuisine and well prepared sweets. It was a great task for the judges to judge near 100 different varieties and they did their task with great sense of responsibility testing their taste buds.

All the food stalls were bearing traditional names such as Parba, Oorda Ruchi, Kudla Hut, Raj Kamal, Barsa Adpil, Halli Thindi, Oggarane, Murudeshwar specialty, Konkan Ghar, Konkan Ghar family and Pakashala.

The Best category of Homemade Tasty Food(RUCHI) was won by Mrs and Mr. Sathish Amin (Oorda Ruchi), Barsa Adpil, won second and Barsa Halli Thindi won the third prize.

The other winners were ‘Kudla Hut’ of Latha Rajesh, Ritika Kamath and Smita Haridas for Best presentation, best stall and also bagged the highest votes for ‘Viewers’ Choice’ for the Best stall.

Parba group rightly won the Best Prize for the Best in Hygiene. Konkan Group won a Special Prize for the Variety of Food they displayed in their well-managed Stalls. The Crowd of around 300 men/women and children were entertained to the tune of Bollywood Famous Lungi dance by Eric D’sa and his Konkan group.

KWAR Vice President Parvez ALI enthralled the crowds with some spot games with some lovely prizes. All the participants were awarded Special Certificates in recognition of their hard work, dedication and participation.

KWAR president Royston Prabhu thanked all the members for their overwhelming support and invited all those present to be part of KWAR’s 6th Annual day Celebrations which will be held in Riyadh on the 22nd Nov 2013.

The show ended in a cordial note after reciting the national Anthem.