New Delhi, August 26, 2018: Tamilnadu Chamber Foundation organizes Vibrant Tamilnadu – a Global Expo and Summit (Food Edition) at IDA Scudder Trade Centre, Madurai Tamilnadu from August 12 to August 15, 2018. On the final day (15.8.18) of this Vibrant Tamilnadu, the Tamilnadu chamber foundation and South India Chefs Association (SICA) took the daring attempt of largest bean salad for Asia book of records and Guinness book of records.
Renowned Chef M.S.Rajmohan who formulated and executed this largest bean salad idea, he led the team of 17 chefs belonging to South India Chef’s Association and they were assisted by 63 hotel management students from five different hotel management institutes across Tamilnadu. The final total weight of this largest bean salad is 1121.6 KG. The salad was certified on spot by the jury person Vivek Raja who is an official adjudicator from Asia Book of Records. The big stainless steel vessel is custom made for this purpose, this vessel is 126 kg weight, 8 feet diameter and 2 ½ feet deep. The large weighing platform is also made for this purpose which is 6 feet x 6 feet in size and can weigh upto 2 Ton.
The general rule for this record attempt is 50 % of the total quantity of this bean salad must have multiple beans varieties. The dressing ingredients will not be counted as ingredients for this attempt. The final weight of the prepared salad is taken as total volume and not the accumulative weight of ingredients. This bean salad record attempt is not attempted by anyone at anywhere; this is a very fresh record attempt so we have created this challenge and it is done as per the specific guidelines of Guinness world records. We have prepared the plan of work for this largest bean salad as per Guinness world records guidelines and got the preapproval of the same from Record management team of Guinness world records two months before attempting this challenge. Each and every thing in relate to this record attempt is performed as per the Guinness pre-approved plan. The entire record attempt is documented and recorded by videography and photography.
Usually the salad will be in western flavour but this Bean Salad is prepared in South Indian flavour which is a mix of varieties of beans, vegetables, tadka, coconut etc., (recipe of the bean salad is attached with this email) Designated Food Safety Officer Somasundaram and Assistant Commissioner of Labour (enforcement) K. Kalidas accessed the food standards and weighing methods during the event.
A concoction of steamed black and white lima beans, kidney beans, mung beans, green gram, black-eyed peas, horse gram, green peas, groundnut, black and white chickpeas were blended together with edible oil, green chillies, coriander leaves, grated coconut. Also mixed together with the beans were vegetables including carrot, beetroot, cabbage, capsicum, potato, onion with flavoring ingredients like vinegar, cumin seed powder, asafoetida and tadka. The top of the bean salad is colored with tri colour in the mark of Independence Day. The preparation of this bean salad starts a day before the attempt and it goes up to 18 hours including soaking, cooking and pre-preparing the ingredients & vegetables. Each bean is weighed individually before and after the cooking and it is recorded in the log note. The vegetables are also weighed before and after pre-preparation. Beans are most nutritious ingredients and we are mostly using very less in our diet but this record attempt is aimed to promote the healthy eating habits and including the beans in our daily diet as major portion. Documents with supporting evidences will be sent to the Guinness World Records for its certification.
Corporate Comm India(CCI Newswire)
