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Elevate your love story: Weddings amidst majestic hills at Coorg Marriott

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Discover Coorg Mariott Resort & Spa, where natural beauty, cultural charm, and luxury combine for unforgettable weddings in India “Scotland.”

Coorg, often dubbed the “Scotland of India,” is an enchanting setting for weddings, combining natural splendor, cultural heritage, and a delightful climate. The Coorg Marriott Resort and Spa enhances this allure, providing exceptional experiences in a magnificent environment. Opting for a wedding in Coorg, especially at the Coorg Marriott Resort and Spa, guarantees a distinctive and unforgettable occasion, treasured by you and your guests forever.

Embraced by Nature:

Set in the heart of the Western Ghats, Coorg Marriott Resort & Spa boasts stunning mountain vistas and offers a retreat from urban chaos. Imagine saying your vows with misty hills as your backdrop, creating an enchanting forest ambiance. This 5-star luxury resort in Madikeri, Coorg, offers unique cultural activities for guests, such as visiting coffee estates, traditional dance shows, outdoor dining, and nature trails.

Perfect Climate:

Coorg’s year-round agreeable weather makes it an ideal wedding location for global travelers. From cozy winter nuptials to lively monsoon festivities or peaceful summer ceremonies, Coorg caters to all seasonal preferences. The Coorg Marriott Resort & Spa, surrounded by misty mountains, lush greenery, and cascading waterfalls, invites guests to immerse in the region’s natural beauty.

Luxurious Accommodations:

As the first Marriott International resort in Coorg, the Coorg Marriott Resort and Spa brings Marriott Bonvoy benefits to the area. The resort features 108 elegantly appointed villas and cottages, with stunning views of green landscapes and plantations. Each room includes a private balcony for guests and global travelers to relax and enjoy before the big day. Brides and their friends can indulge in poolside fun or a soothing spa treatment at Quan Spa. Some cottages also boast a private pool for a secluded swim.

Versatile Venues:

The resort offers over 16,000 square feet of event space, including five exquisite venues and a large pre-function area, ideal for destination weddings or intimate family events. The hotel’s adaptable banquet spaces, like the Silver Oak Banquet Hall, are customizable and feature custom floral arrangements. The Kote Betta Terrace, an outdoor venue with an Amphitheatre, showcases Coorg’s breathtaking natural scenery.

Culinary Delights:

The resort’s dining experiences are a culinary exploration. A skilled team of chefs can craft a bespoke menu to delight your guests. From lavish traditional meals to international gastronomic experiences overlooking the valley, your wedding banquet will be a memorable feast.

Madiker Kitchen offers international and traditional Kodava cuisine in a contemporary all-day dining setting. Grills By The Valley allows dining under the stars with forest views, offering reimagined delicacies and expertly crafted drinks. Mercara Outpost is a vibrant space for work, socializing, and relaxation, serving light snacks, innovative cocktails, and a creative cocktail menu. Coco Lab is a modern coffee lounge with an immersive ambiance and skilled baristas, featuring high bar stools for coffee art viewing. The Deck, a swim-up pool bar, is ideal for enjoying sundowners with light bites and relaxed conversations.

Spa and Wellness:

The Quan Spa, with six therapy rooms, blends ancient Ayurvedic wisdom and modern wellness practices, providing a serene environment for relaxation and pre-wedding pampering.

Guest Amenities:

Spread over 37 acres of lush terrain, Coorg Marriott Resort and Spa offers 108 rooms, villas, and cottages, including one- and two-bedroom villas and a Presidential Mansion, catering to your wedding party’s needs.

Local Culture and Activities:

For those wanting to incorporate local Kodava culture and traditions into their wedding, the resort can seamlessly integrate these elements, offering a culturally rich experience for you and your guests and global travelers. Before the wedding, enjoy activities like Coffee & Spice plantation tours, trekking, bird watching, Wildlife Documentary Shows, Arcade Games, and more.

Coorg Marriott Resort and Spa is the perfect choice for a grand destination wedding or an intimate celebration, blending natural beauty, cultural richness, and tailored experiences.

source: http://www.travelandtourworld.com / Travel and Tour World / Home> Asia / January 16th, 2024

A Group Of Young Homegrown Chefs Are Elevating & Shining A Spotlight On Coorg Cuisine

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A Group Of Young Homegrown Chefs Are Elevating & Shining A Spotlight On Coorg Cuisine

The versatility of Indian cuisine continues to impress food enthusiasts who seek rich flavours and manage to find a range of varying flavour palettes in a single country. However, some regional cuisines are often overlooked due to the appeal of other famously adored dishes. One of them is Coorg cuisine, which has been influenced and shaped by the history, geography and culture of the people of the region. Many young chefs from Coorg are now mastering their own family recipes and sharing them with millions on social media. Here are a few homegrown chefs on our radar who are elevating and shining a spotlight on Coorg cuisine.

1. Anjali Ganapathi

A home chef who has been sharing the authentic recipes behind traditional Coorg cuisines, Anjali Ganapathi runs a small, niche catering company called Pig Out with her core team. She has always had an inclination towards exploring her roots and since a very young age learnt the art of cooking some wonderfully complex dishes. The chef presently shares her wisdom with many through her online recipes and also organises events at cooking studios and other places across the city. The customer base extends beyond native Coorgi people as Chef Anjali wishes to introduce the regional cuisine to different communities around India.  

Find them here.

2. Curly Sue Pork

Pork dishes are easily the star of Coorg cuisine, especially if cooked in the traditional way using family recipes. The Curly Sue takeaway joint and blog is perfecting the method of these recipes and making them more accessible to everyone. They source the meat from farmers who own their own farms and use a delightfully indulgent process of slow cooking the meat for four to eight hours. The most delectable meat needs to be given its due and the chefs at Curly Sue are adamant about achieving just that as well as sharing some insight into their process of preparation.

Find them here.

3. Sitara Cariappa

A food blog run by chef Sitara Cariappa and her family is an ode to the Coorg people and their love for coffee brews, spirits and meat dishes, especially those made with pork. They often delve into the childhood memories that are so closely associated with the cuisine and discuss their family recipes. The page also helps the audience to gain an understanding of the local ingredients and how they can be utilised to achieve wholesome flavours. They are slowly building a community of food enthusiasts who all share a passion for learning more about the specialities of the region as well as the culture that enables its excellence. 

Find them here.

source: http://www.homegrown.co.in / Homegrown / Home> #HGExplore / by Gulbahaar Kaur / April 11th, 2023

Unravel the Culinary Secret of Kodava Cuisine at Four Seasons Hotel Bengaluru

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Bengaluru is about to witness a distinctive and unforgettable gastronomic experience as Four Seasons Hotel Bengaluru announces an exploration of the remarkable cuisine of Coorg on the 15th and 16th of November, at CUR8, the hotel’s signature restaurant. This two-day pop-up at Four Seasons is the third in a series of unique partnership with Chef Pin; showcasing the incredible culinary talents of home chefs. In this latest pop up, home chef Radhica Muthappa brings to the forefront the lesser known, yet incredibly rich and vibrant Kodava Cuisine.

Coorg, nestled in the lush greenery of south west of Karnataka, is not only known for its breathtaking landscapes but also for its distinct and flavourful cuisine. Coorgi cuisine, often referred to as Kodava cuisine, reflects the culture and traditions of the people of Kodagu, known for their warm hospitality and love for robust and earthy flavours.

At the heart of this culinary celebration is Radhica Muthappa, a passionate home chef who has mastered the art of this cuisine and is set to bring her love for the Kodava culture to the table, creating dishes that pay homage to the region’s rich culinary heritage. Her journey as a chef has been a remarkable one with a background in working at The Park Hotel in Chennai and now running a couple of cloud kitchens from her home in Bangalore. She has honed her skills over the years, and her expertise in Coorgi cuisine ensures an authentic and unforgettable dining experience.

The culinary delights of this micro-cuisine that have long remained undiscovered by many, are a beautiful blend of indigenous spices, aromatic herbs, and local produce from Coorg, creating dishes that are hearty, delectable, and deeply rooted in tradition. Savor Radhica Muthappa’s flavourful masterpieces including dishes like ‘Coorg Meatball (Kaima Undey) Curry’ and her signature dish, ‘Pandi Curry with Kadambattu’ and embark on a journey with Four Seasons Hotel Bengaluru into the heart of this regional culinary treasure, celebrating the indigenous ingredients, authentic recipes, and a commitment to quality and innovation.

In an age where the world has become a global village, there is something incredibly special about exploring micro cuisines like Coorgi Cuisine. Guests can interact with the home chef and learn about the cuisine and the culture of the state in the sophisticated atmosphere of CUR8, where stylish decor and attentive service create the perfect setting for a memorable dining experience.

This pop up at Four Seasons Hotel Bengaluru is a gateway to understanding the Kodava way of life, making this event an exploration of both food and culture.

Date: November 15th and 16th, 2023

Venue: CUR8, Four Seasons Hotel Bengaluru

source: http://www.hospibuz.com / Hospibuz.com / Home> Buzzing News> Hotel News / September 11th, 2023

Meet The Custodian Of Kodava Food: Kaveri Ponnapa

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With Indian cuisine in focus both globally and locally, there has never been a better time to chronicle Indian culinary culture in all its diversity. Rushina Munshaw Ghildiyal, herself the custodian of Uttarakhandi food, showcases 16 other women who are each committed to keeping their own culinary heritage alive. These are some of India’s most passionate culinary custodians, who are driving conversations around and exploration of regional, micro regional and community cuisines through media, books, TV, home delivery menus from their own home kitchens, and pop-ups at restaurants.

Kaveri Ponnapa 

Kodava Food
Kaveri Ponnapa is a Bengaluru-based independent writer on gastronomy and heritage, who is thought of as synonymous with Kodava culture and cuisine.

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Why We Think Kaveri Is A Culinary Custodian
While researching her first book The Vanishing Kodavas, Kaveri spent a significant amount of time in the villages of Kodagu (Coorg), connected with the local people, and got a first-hand experience of their lifestyle, which is still connected with the land. The Vanishing Kodavas is acclaimed as a cultural study of the Kodava people based on 15 years of fieldwork documenting their history, customs, worship and cultural practices. Kaveri’s writings on these subjects have been published in leading national and global publications. Her website The Vanishing Kodavas, blog The Coorg Table and its Facebook page continue to be unique rich resources for information and authentic recipes and are followed by audiences from across India and the globe including the Kodava diaspora, as well as people fascinated by the unique cuisine of this small community. Her current project, based on her observations of how a cuisine is born out of a particular landscape, culture and history, is a book documenting the culinary culture of the Kodava community from an anthropological and cultural perspective, enriched with information on local ingredients, practices and recipes including many that are no longer eaten or being forgotten. Kaveri has curated successful Kodava food festivals with ITC Windsor, been consultant to the Leela Palace and Taj MG Road Bengaluru on Kodava cuisine, and continues to train chefs and speak about the cuisine at hospitality institutions such as The Oberoi Centre for Learning and Development, Delhi.

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What We’ve Learned About Kodava Cuisine Through Kaveri
– Kachampuli is a souring and thickening agent indispensable to Kodava cuisine. Every kitchen will have a bottle or three of this dark, tart vinegar – made for centuries from the ripe fruits of the Garcinia gummi gutta tree, indigenous to Kodagu – stored away. It is a signature flavour in all the classic Coorg dishes.


– Rice is central to Coorg cuisine and used in many forms. Tari is washed, dried and hand-pounded rice that breaks down roughly into three to four bits and is used to make all the Coorg puttus. Akki podi is finely-powdered rice, used to make rice rotis and batters for some fried sweets.
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Kartha masala, or black masala, is a signature spice blend made of slowly dry roasted, ground spices that lends a characteristic flavour to many classic recipes. The basic ingredients of cumin, mustard seeds, black peppercorns and fenugreek seeds are roasted slowly to a coffee-brown colour, powdered and used in curries. A few other spices might be used too, depending on the recipe.

Access Kaveri’s Wealth Of Knowledge
Website: kaveriponnapa.com/category/the-coorg-table/; thevanishingkodavas.com
Facebook: The Coorg Table, Kaveri Ponnapa
Instagram: @kaverikamb
Twitter: KaveriPonnapa

Images: Kaveri Ponnapa

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Mountain Calling: Hyatt Centric rolls out special brunch menu dedicated to Coorg cuisines

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We recommend Pandi Curry, Koli Curry and Baimbale Curry.

Hyatt Centric rolls out special brunch menu
Hyatt Centric rolls out special brunch menu

Chef Gaurav Ramakrishnan introduced a special Coorg cuisine brunch at The Bengaluru Brasseri recently. The special brunch includes dishes like Pandi Curry, Kadambuttu, Kummu Curry, Akki Roti, and more. We started off our brunch with Murgh Lasooni Tikka and Indonesian Grilled Fish. The former is a delicacy marinated in yoghurt and a few seasonings while the latter was flavourful and a bit on the spicier side. 

We then decided to check out their special brunch dishes. We started off with boiled rice and Pandi Curry. Boiled rice with pandi curry is like a staple diet in the Coorg region. The pandi curry was made using chilli powder, green chillies, masalas, and Kachumpuli (a dark-coloured vinegar). The delicacy was flavourful and complemented the rice very well. 

Kadambuttu

We went for another round of boiled rice, but this time along with the Koli Curry. This Coorgi-style chicken curry was cooked with grated coconut, tamarind paste, green chillies, and red chilli powder. The dish was more on the spicier side but we loved having it with the steamed rice. 

Next, we tried the Akki Roti with Baimbale Curry. The curry was made with bamboo shoots along with cumin and mustard. The base of the curry was cooked using coconut paste. The dish was delicious and left us craving more.

Koli Curry

Our brunch came to a close with a couple of desserts – Thambuttu and Kaavale Puttu. The former was made with mashed banana pulp and roasted broken rice along with grated coconut while the latter had ripe jackfruit pulp, ghee and cardamom. This dessert was steamed and served in banana leaves. 

If you are looking for a place to try out special Coorg delicacies, the special brunch at The Bengaluru Brasseri is one you should definitely look at. 

₹1,799++ for two. At Hyatt Centric, MG Road 

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source: http://www.indulgexpress.com / Indulge Express / Home> Food> Bengaluru / by Alwin Benjamin Soji / February 24th, 2023