Traditional Thai Pongal at Cinnamon Grand’s Chutneys

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Exult new beginnings at Cinnamon Grand’s Chutneys this Thai Pongal day and enjoy the best South Indian cuisine Colombo has to offer.

Thai Pongal, one of the biggest festivals celebrated in South India is traditionally a thanksgiving for the plentiful harvest received. On this auspicious day, Chutneys will become a shrine for culture and nature, draped in sugar canes, flowers and kolums, offering the perfect ambience for you and your family to celebrate.

Choose from Chutney’s vibrant and authentic South Indian menu, which pays homage to the culinary extravagance that is South Indian fare. With experienced South Indian Chefs Venu and Krishna as part of the Chutney’s team, the menu boasts the most inventive yet authentic of cuisines, mainly from the Andhra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka regions. Ordering off the ala-carte-menu on Thai Pongal day, will entitle you to a special traditional Thai Pongal counter, so you can fully indulge in the experience.

This complimentary table of treats is available for lunch (12-30 p.m.) and dinner (7-11 p.m.) to diners who order a meal off the main menu, on 14 January 2013. The table will lay out a mix of traditional sweets and savouries for your palette’s pleasure, including chakkarai pongal (milk, sugar rice), bellampongal (jaggery rice), avalpongal (habalapethi), ven pongal (mung dhal with rice), rawa pongal (semolina rice), jaggery kiribath (proper ponghal rice), aval, kadala, vadai, modham and susiam.

Spend this year’s feast of the sun and harbinger of a plentiful harvest at the most authentic of South Indian restaurants and celebrate true traditional cuisine with your family. For reservations call 2497361/2 or 2497372.