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The simple dish of idli is perhaps one of the most enjoyed breakfast items in India. While many people make their own idlis in small batches, several food joints make idlis and other south Indian dishes in large quantities and using quite effective methods.
On Friday, business tycoon Anand Mahindra shared a video of one such food joint that showed a person making several batches of idlis with much speed and precision. The undated video was reportedly shot at Om Shanti Caters, a popular food joint in Sangli, Maharashtra.
In the tweet, Mahindra was referring to 85-year-old Kamalathal, popularly known as ‘idli paati’ or ‘idli amma’, who went viral in 2019 for cooking and selling idlis for just Re 1 to cater to the underprivileged. Back in 2019, Mahindra had helped her secure an LPG connection and in 2022 his company gifted her a house.
Commenting on Mahindra’s video, a Twitter user wrote, “Amma’s idlis are best nothing can beat it, as you said sir, not only human touch, but motherly love which get mixed in, the taste becomes unmatchable!”.
Another person remarked, “But unfortunately we are losing the human touch in everything & everywhere. First we lost it when we started conversing with virtual world instead of relatives & neighbours. Then we lost human touch in our deeds. Even the cars we drive in the future wud not require humans.”
