Food items like ragi paniyaram, green gram fry, fenugreek mixed salad and green gram modak were among the food items cooked by the winner of the first prize in the diabetic cookery competition, conducted by the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism attached to the Christian Medical College here on Sunday.

According to Dr Nihal Thomas, head of the department, the competition was conducted to commemorate World Diabetes Day, to create awareness on the nutritional aspects of diabetes management.

A total of 10 teams presented their culinary skills in the cooking competition with the theme “Diabetic sweet and diabetic salads”. Maheshwari from the Dietary department, CMC Vellore, who prepared ragi paniyaram, green gram fry, fenugreek mixed salad and green gram modak, won the first prize. The judges for the event were Mahendri, Head of the Department of Dietetics (CMC), Dr Renu George from the Department of Dermatology (CMC) and Dr Anitha Alfred.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> TamilNadu / by Express News Service – Vellore / October 02nd, 2013