India’s Famous MasterChef – Geeta Sridhar

Our favourite masterchef finalist of the 4th season shares her journey & her best mushroom based recipes during this lockdown.
Geeta Shridhar was born and brought up in Chennai. She moved to Mumbai after her marriage and spent the early years of her marriage caring for her father who was bed-ridden owing to cancer. His cancer was growing fast, something changed upon his death and she devoted herself to charitable activities. Some of these also included providing food to the cancer patients at the Tata Memorial Hospital. Her love for cooking was noticed by all the people around, and this encouraged her to participate in the famed cooking show, Masterchef (India) where she finished up being a finalist on 4th season. She did pretty well on the show and later her children encouraged her to write blogs comprising of the numerous recipes that she had used on the show.
Her initiative will encourage our youth to cook. She also gives insights on newer cuisines enlightening people about the food. She takes part in charitable actives, which should also encourage the youth to do so and feels that in turn it will help better our society. Also during the covid-19 lockdown her team distributed masks and food without any help of any govt organisation/funds.
Geetama says “Mushroom is one of my favorite ingredient and I prepare a variety of dishes with it. Mushrooms do contain 80-90 percentage of water and are very lowest in calories. They are good source of minerals and are high in anti-oxidants. Research studies show that consuming white button mushrooms reduces the risk of developing breast cancer. It also helps to boost our immune system. As mushrooms are super loaded with important nutrients, we should include them on a regular basis. It’s crucial to distinguish between mushrooms are that are safe and those that aren’t. Avoid eating mushrooms that are from the wild. They can possibly be toxic and can lead to serious illness and death in some cases. Be safe and buy your mushrooms from the easiest place like the grocery store. Mushrooms are defiinately rich source of calcium and they also help strengthen our immune system and one should include them in our diet whenever possible.”
1.MUSHROOM LOCKDOWN PARATHA

