September's meeting proved extremely popular
with the Roses as it was very much food related!
After
the normal introductions from the committee and updates as to what is going on
with the WI at a National and Federation level we moved onto the Curry Cookery
Demonstration part of the evening!
We
were joined by the lovely Prett Tejura from Curry Cuisine who
took the plunge in the middle of a recession and followed her passion for food
and founded a cooking school. Prett was accompanied by her friend Alison who also helped with the demonstration and her daughter Nayesha who sold some of the amazing chutneys and spice mixes.
Prett's
entrepreneurial flair enabled the school to flourish and in 2009 saw
it diversify into manufacturing for retail. The family recipes were
so well received by customers for their truly authentic taste and flavour, that
demand was created to develop a retail range which included chutneys, spice
mixes and dessert sauces - of course our Roses all took advantage of the free
tasting samples and used it as a great opportunity to stock up on some tasty
condiments that were well promoted and marketed by Nayesha!
Prett with the help of
her assistant showed us how to cook perfect Pilau rice, a tasty chicken curry
and what was perhaps most exciting for some of our Roses (mentioning no names
here!) how to make the most charming chappatis.
