I loved this so much that I collected all my menus 😀Īlso good for the ego, are the highly attentive and perceptive kitchen and dining staff, who make it a point to explain each dish and to be at hand to serve and clear up intuitively.

This bears the menu details and gives the ego a boost with the name of the guest printed at the bottom. The charming part of every meal is the endearing little paper scroll fastened with a ring of palm leaf strip. Portions and dishes are as per the treatment and hence are different for each guest.Īll meals are accompanied by spice/condiment infused hot water which uses ingredients like coriander, cumin, curry leaves or other herbs. It is especially delightful to savor items that are made from their home grown coconuts.īreakfast, lunch and dinner are the main meals served here and a small tea time snack called Healthy Bites provides the evening’s excitement. Most of the produce is procured locally and plans are on to also grow their own vegetables. The executive chef being on leave, the other chef Sanu and team, went all out to make mealtimes memorable for me.

And their creativity definitely merits a mention too, with innovations or should I say Onio’vations like Onion payasam for example. Rock salt, honey, jaggery, wholegrain flours and other such alternatives, have a presence in their menu.Įvery meal is prepared not just uniquely for every individual as per the doctor’s recommendation but is also absolutely freshly made with no compromise. The dishes are prepared without the use of refined and polished ingredients including sea salt, white sugar, refined flours and chemical additives or colors. Cure cuisine, true to its stylish label, is food that is prepared here with ingredients that are permitted by ayurvedic principles, which naturally also mean that they are healthy and suitable for treating various ailments, with the added benefit of being presented in a gourmet and highly visually appealing manner. Part 2 of the 3 part series covering Amal Tamara – An Overview and Amal Tamara – Cuisine and Amal Tamara – Experiences.Īt Oottupura, one can choose to dine indoors or outside on the verandah by the pool. So let sit down at our table in the restaurant called Oottupura and let us sample what they call Cure cuisine, while we experience the level of pampering that goes into making every guest feel special even with healthy and simple fare which is not rich in fats and spices. The purely vegetarian ayurvedic menu incorporates ingredients which adhere to the principles of ayurveda, resulting in food that is easy to digest and assimilate and aid the healing process. The USP of Amal Tamara’s cuisine is to make ‘invalid food’ seem very very ‘valid’ indeed 😀 ‘No thanks, I will just have a Beetroot juice please’

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