Hotel Sri Krishna Deva Rayalu (meals ready)

Ramakrishna S. Pillalamarri (pkrishna@ARL.MIL)
Thu, 2 Nov 95 15:19:39 EST

That would indeed be interesting, to compile the trends in Andhra cuisine
over the years, as depicted in these poetical works.

Andhrulu bhOjana priyulu - anTAru, along with many other things. My most
favorite among such things is "tikka konta lEka telugu vADeTlounu!".

One of the quite famous poems describing the cuisine is the poem
from Amukta mAlyada, which serendipitously appeared in this group,
just a few days ago, thanks to Sankhavaram pANini (I am following the
pillalamarri style of wRITing, which I didn't even know existed until
Suresh pointed it out yesterday! It saves bandwidth!).

teli nuli vecca yOgiramu diyyani cArulu dimmanambulun^
balucani yambaLul cer''akupAleDa niiLLu rasAvaLul phalam'-
bulunu sugandhi Siitajalamul vaDapindelu niiru jallayun-
velayaga beTTu bhOjanamu vEsavi jandanacarca munnugan^

In one poem he rattled off a whole slew of foodstuffs, just the
summer seasonal variety.

I remember part of a poem from manucaritra, where peddana describes
pravara's wife, as

vanDa nalayadu vEvuru vaccenEni
anna pUrNaku nuddiyou natani gRhiNi

and SrInAtha's complaints

sajja jonna kULLU, sarpambulunu tELLu
pallanATi seema palleTULLu

and

rasikuDu pOvaDu palnA-
DesagangA rambha yaina yEkule vaDukun
vasudhESuDaina dunnunu
kusumAstrunDaina jonna kUDE mringun

more later......

Ramakrishna