Frugal fare at nominal prices, but manna for those
living on shoestring budgets: Amma Unavagam, which has proved to be a hit with
Chennai residents, will shortly reach nine other cities. Budget restaurants
that serve one-rupee idlis and sell low-cost plates of sambar and curd rice for
lunch, will come up in Madurai, Tiruchi, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Salem, Tirupur,
Tuticorin, Vellore and Erode by the end of this month.
These nine municipal
corporations will have 10 restaurants each, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa informed
the Assembly. And the fare in Chennai is set to expand too. The menu of Amma
Unavagams in Chennai will include pongal, variety rice preparations, besides
chapathi served with kurma. These budget canteens now function in 200 wards in
Chennai, where idli is sold for one rupee, sambar rice for Rs 3 and curd rice
for Rs 3. Breakfast is available from 7 am and 12 noon. Lunch will be served
till 3 pm.
Following requests for
providing varying fare, the canteens will serve pongal and sambar for Rs 5 in
the morning and tamarind rice or curry leaf rice during lunch for Rs 5. As it
will take some time to procure chapathi-making machines, the dish will make its
entry only in September. Two chapathis with dhal or kurma will cost just Rs.3.
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