India sets Guinness World Record with 918 kgs of khichdi
India set a new Guinness World Record on Saturday by cooking 918 kilograms of ‘Khichdi’, a traditional multi-grain dish at the World Food India event in Delhi.
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India set a new Guinness World Record on Saturday by cooking 918 kilograms of 'Khichdi', a traditional multi-grain dish at the World Food India event in Delhi. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Baba Ramdev and chef Ranveer Brar cooking Khichdi during the event. Twitter@HarsimratBadal_
The minimum requirement to set the record was 500 kilograms, however, with the help of over 50 chefs, India managed to cook over 900 kilograms of Khichdi. Badal along with Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti and Swami Ramdev cooking Khichdi. PTI
The preparation to create a world record and popularise Khichdi as Brand India food was part of 'Great Indian Food Street' at the global event organised along with industry body CII, that features traditional food from more than 20 states. PTI
Apart from popular chef Sanjeev Kapoor, other leading chefs including Imtiaz Qureshi, Ranveer Brar, Sudhir Sibal, Rakesh Sethi, Akshay Nayyar, Satish Gowda also helped in the cooking of the dish. PTI
All of the 900 kilograms of khichdi will be distributed among orphans by Akshaya Patra Foundation and Gurudwara to about 60,000 people. Twitter@SwamiRamdev