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Chef Damu

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[Wikipedia] Damodharan Kothandaraman, professionally known as Chef Damu, is an Indian celebrity chef. He is known for hosting numerous cooking shows and serving as a judge on popular Tamil language television programs, most notably Cooku with Comali on Star Vijay. He holds the Guinness World Record for the long

Quotes by Chef Damu

Rasmalai is easy to make, a simple, healthy and tasty sweet everyone can make at home during Deepavali.

Easy

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I request parents to teach their children cooking as it is important to good health.

Children

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I always check with elders back in the village before I try out something new.

Elders

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I have documented even 3,000 year-old-recipes which I stumbled upon during my research.

Even

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Our ancestors grew a lot of millets and incorporated them in their diet.

Ancestors

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I wanted to achieve something because I thought that we should not just be born and live, so I started writing books.

Achieve

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In order to make young people go for millet dishes, perhaps calling the dishes by their generic name without prefixing the millet…

Name

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Split up your three meals to improve digestion. Eat healthy.

Digestion

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I got the desire to cook from an early age when I saw my mother cooking, but then my mother did not…

Age

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Every child should eat heartily and be like me.

Child

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Now it's become fancy to say 'I don't know cooking.' I went to speak at a girls' college, and they all so…

College

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I want to revive forgotten recipes; kambu, kelvaragu, thinai, samai, kuthiraivali.

Forgotten

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I have an old book of traditional recipes that I refer to.

Book

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People will easily forget our traditional grains such as ragi, kambu and thinai varities.

Easily

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I'm really not interested in commercial ventures; this gives me enough time to pursue my passion and spend time with my family.

End time

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I am someone who loves to cook and eat well.

Am

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If your mind is good, you will cook well.

Food

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Acting helps to discover an unknown side of yourself.

Acting

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My heart and passion lies in reviving authentic dishes and celebrating their distinct flavours.

Authentic

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I was from a Tamil-medium school, and my peers were English speakers, so it was intimidating. But I was aware that English…

Aware

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I visualise the ingredients before I try anything new.

Anything

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I travel to over 35 countries to conduct demos where I stress the food-as-medicine concept.

Conduct

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Rice with rasam and a thogayal is healthy and high on medicinal properties.

Healthy

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My recipes are a mix of time tested formulae and new age experiments.

Age

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I feel elated that I got the chance to meet the who's who of the hospitality industry from across the world.

Chance

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