With evolving food trends, today’s era is of health conscious
individuals, who are foodies, travelling and exploring yet health conscious. To
impart the same mantra and spread awareness about lesser known facts and
International trends, Malaysian Palm Oil Corporation organised a fun filled
event at Ahmadabad.
Trending or new
trends... was the theme, so the participants invited for the forum were the new
age bloggers, another emerging trend in the 5th estate, were dressed
in “Retro” - theme of party.
Dum Maaro Dum...
Malaysian Palm Oil Council designed the meet in a very
innovative fashion. Unlike the boring only business briefing sessions, entire
gang of bloggers were made to move across in various restaurants, where we not only tasted some recipes made out of palm oil but also had to use our grey
matter.
The culinary journey started at Kbobs where, Dr. Bhavna Shah, Country Head - Malaysian Palm
Oil Council; India & Srilanka shared inputs about the benefits of Palm
oil which, since long is used in food and packaged food industry with little or no awareness amidst consumers regarding its health benefits.
From there on, began the adventure series of 50 plus
bloggers. We were segregated in groups and given clue cards to guess the name
of a nearby restaurant....
- ‘Barbeque Nation’ was our next destination, after filling in a questioner arrived another guess series and we headed on to ‘Sugar and Spice’. After having interesting concoction of Pan shots, a milky mocktail with beetlenut leaf flavour, ringed with dry coconut powder, a Milky Mary (thats a name given by me..) later we were blind folded and served interesting wraps and Sushi’s (which we discovered later) after guessing the ingredients. Then arrived another clue card and we moved to “Happy Singh”, a nearby restaurant.
- After the tasting was the testing; that of our creativity... A salad making competition within the groups was out next adventure. Juicy fruits and veggies were served which triggered our creative juices also to flow.
- Our group, i.e. Group #1 made “Fruity Sunshine salad”, with a mix of pineapple, orange and guavas mixed with sweet chilli sauce served with red cabbage drizzled with mustard sauce, topped with a Pineapple wheel and orange peel. (a creative mix of sweet and strong punchy flavours of mustard)
Fruity Sunshine Salad
- The Nerve
Chilling and Thrilling session: Last but not the least , we reached back to
Kbobs, where each of the groups again had to finish a bowl full of Ferrero
Rocher Nutella icecream made of palm oil ... Ahhh!!! All had to indulge on the
BIG B..owl without counting the calories.
- Another BIG B arrived, a huge basket full of
goodies presented to group #4 as an overall star performer group.
Conclusion: Apart
from the innovative and fun series, we all got a great insight on a new age oil
which carries with it loads of health benefits. Palm oil has been extensively
consumed for institutional use i.e biscuits, bakery products etc. But the irony
is that somehow the ingredient has not been labelled precisely or particularly on the packaging.
Some facts about Palm oil as listed below:
Some facts about Palm oil as listed below:
1. Extracted from the flesh of Palm
Fruits
2. Most popular and least expensive
oil worldwide
3. It has high levels of HDL and LDL
fats to provide the perfect balance which is good for your heart or cardiovascular
system
4. Reduces risk of cancer as Palm
Oil has got high levels of Tocopherols – a form of Vitamin E which neutralises
free radicals preventing cancer.
5. Palm oil is an excellent source
of tocotrienols, a form of vitamin E which is very good for brain
health.
6. High levels of Vitamin A and D helps degeneration of cataract. It is also
good for bones , increasing their density.
7. Beta Carotene present in Palm Oil
gives our body extra energy boost.
8. Most widely used Oil in the world
Malaysian
Palm Oil Council thus is taking initiatives to educate the masses about this
vital ingredient in food-cycle of a human being.
By: Kulveen Narula
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