When Chef Nishant Cooked Nariayal Makhane Ki Kheer For Lata Ji
Image Credit: Nariayal Makhane Ki Kheer by Chef Nishant

Legendary singer Lata recently passed away at the age of 92. As she will remain immortal through her songs so will ger voice. Not many may knoiw that this Bharat Ratna recipient was also an avid foodie and loved the food that was cooked by sister Asha Bhosle. 

In a quick conversation with our own Delhi Chef Nishant Choubey he said that in an event happened to have cooked for Lata ji. One been quizzed as to whether he was briefed before you were deciding on the meal he says “Not in specific but I was told that there will be many reputed personalities from Bollywood who would be part of the exclusive event , it was no surprise for me to curate the vegetarian menu as it is the trend and it was always , I wanted to  do something out of box and conceptualised serving my menu in a  tasting format”

Nishant who designed a Saatvik plate says “Saatvik is not an easy menu to attempt for ,I picked up holistic nutrition rich saatvik ingredients and spun my menu by giving it an amicable twist , broke up the myth that saatvik is boring and made it very interesting”

Welcome drink at the event- Asthamrit

It nothing new that the whole Mangeshkar family was known for their love of food. But if you ask Nishant one celebrity that you really want to cook for, pat comes the reply “Late Mother Teresa is one that I really want to cook for if she is ever alive , I have the fascination to cook for Rata Tata since he is a foodie and proud Indian, he is humble and extremely down to earth”.