New Delhi: Rajneesh Maller, the General Manager of ITC Hotels and Chef Manisha Bhasin opened up about their food preparation for the dignitaries at the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on Saturday.
“With the guidance of the Prime Minister in 2023, when we had done the G20, it was completely millet-based, and I’m so glad to see that the trend has really picked up today and people are adding millet to their diet. Because they’ve travelled from all over the world, we are trying to cater to our dignitaries who are attending this media as well.
Maller said, “When it comes to Indian food, the curated cuisine comes from across the country. Manisha Bhasin said, “It’s a great honour for ITC Hotels to cater again after doing the G20 and World AI Summit and now the BRICS While talking to ANI. So we have taken pride in ensuring that the masalas, the ingredients, emphasis on millets, etc., have been laid when it comes to the food. So we are showcasing the food from most of the countries. So, of course, there is Indian food, which is our Bukhara, Dum Pukht and our kebabs and curries. So of course we have also sprinkling of millet here with a little bit of millet pulao and millet, you know, barnyard millet kheer. So we are doing all those things which are getting showcased here,” added Manisha Bhasin.
Meanwhile, earlier today, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in India and received a vibrant cultural welcome in New Delhi as performers showcased Assam’s Bihu, Manipuri dance, Gujarat’s Garba and Kathak, a classical dance from northern India, for the arriving delegation at Palam Air Force Station, putting India’s diverse dance traditions at the heart of his reception. Xi is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi later on Saturday at Bharat Mandapam for a bilateral meeting.
His entourage includes Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, and Wang Yi, Chinese foreign minister and a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.
Xi Jinping is expected to advance proposals on Global South cooperation at the BRICS summit, much as he did during the SCO Summit in Bishkek, according to a Xinhua report.
