The Department of Hotel Management of J.J.College of Arts and Science

(Autonomous), Pudukkottai. Organized a Special Lecture Programme through its

Dukes and Dutchess club from 9.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m 9th Sepetmber. The Resource

person was Mr.R.Kaviarasu, Commis - I, South Indian cuisine, Darza Resorts,

Coimbatore. The lecture was attended by 50 students and 4 Faculty members of the

Hotel Management Department.

The Guest speaker was heartily welcomed by Mr.M.Manikandan of III B.Sc

(HM & CS). The speaker is can expert in south Indian cuisine. The session was very

interactive and students participated enthusiastically. In the beginning

Mr.R.Kaviarasu gave an introduction on South Indian cuisine, Role of Masalas,

Spices and Gravues in it. He explained various ways of cutting Vegetables and Meat

used in South Indian cuisine. He highligted the Stable foods of South India and he

listed out the South Indian Breakfast varities. Later he explained the organizational

structure of South Indian kitchens. He spoke on the ways to standardise the recipies.

The vote of thanks was given by a Ist year student Mr.K.Sureshkumar and

Dr.S.Karthikeyan, Head of the Department presented a small token of appreciation

to the Guest

As per the feedback received from the participants programme was a very

good learning experience. The lecture helped them to understand “The Richness and

Variety of South Indian Cuisine”.