Wednesday 16 February 2011

About Dr. Lekshmi Nair - Celebrity Chef & TV Host


Some wise guy once said "Good cooking is like a good painting. It can only be experienced, not explained". But Dr. Lekshmi Nair begs to differ. She believes cooking food is as enjoyable an activity as eating. With two books boasting of 220 recipes each running into 3rd edition within four months of its publication, a super successful culinary programme being aired on television regularly, an outdoor catering unit which can serve upto 2000 people at one go, umpteen demonstrations at various countries captivating a wide range of audience, and recently being the brand ambassador for a reputed brand of packaged food... all being the multihued feathers on her cap, one cannot but agree with what she says about food and cooking. Though happiest when wearing her chef's apron and toque, labelling Dr. Lakshmi Nair just as a well known cook would be an under-estimation & grave injustice to her varied skills. This multi-faceted personality is also a business woman, who manages her outdoor catering company called Caterina & cookery institute since the past 12 years; a lawyer, with 1st rank in LLM and a doctorate in law to her credit; a professor, who coaches her students to participate in International Arbitration Competition in between her lectures at Kerala Law Academy; and a TV personality, with her share of loyal fan following for her weekly cooking spot named ‘Magic Oven’ in Kairali TV. She is also an expert in constitutional law.

What sets Lekshmi apart is her no-frills approach to cooking. The natural & casual tone of her TV show is something her target audience relates to. A hands-on chef that she is, Lekshmi is involved in every aspect of the show right from deciding the recipe to actual demonstration. Born to (Dr.N Narayanan Nair) and (Mrs.Ponnamma Narayanan Nair), juggling multiple roles is something that comes naturally to her - be it managing the show or handling her two kids (Parvathy Nair) & (Vishnu Nair) or testing new recipes on her ever supportive husband, (Nair Ajay Krishnan).

Though proficient with different cuisines such as North Indian, Chinese, Italian, Thai, Mexican, Continental etc. her forte is conjuring up traditional Keralite dishes in its authentic taste and flavor. So what is the secret ingredient for the perfect dish??? 'Passion', she quips. 'You ought to like what you cook..and serve it with love too'.

Please visit http://www.lekshminair.co.in/ for more information and download some of my favourite recipe.

Thanks all!

Lekshmi Nair

16 comments:

  1. HI MA'AM,

    I HAVE NO WORDS TO EXPRESS HOW GLAD I AM IN POSTING THIS. I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR UR ID TO CONTACT YOU. WE ARE REGULAR WATCHERS OF MAGIC OVEN FROM THE DAY IT STARTED....... ITS A FABULOUS SHOW........ THE WAY U PRESENT IT MAKE US TO SIT AND WATCH THIS COOKERY SHOW..... U IMPARTS SOME KIND OF POSITIVE ENERGY TO VIEWERS......

    I AM WRITING FROM TRIPUNTHURA...... MY HUSBAND IS A LAWYER @ HIGH COURT OF KERALA. ONCE I HAPPENED TO SEE UR BROTHER THERE. I KEEP ON TELLING MY HUSBAND TO GET ATLEAST UR EMAIL ID FROM HIM........

    YET ANOTHER THING.... THE WAY U CARRY URSELF IN ALL OUTFITS....... NO WORDS TO SAY.....!!!!!

    WE PRAY TO GOD FOR UR LONG LIFE...... MAY HE SHOWER U WITH ALL HIS BLESSINGS

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  2. hi...laxmi mam..im a big faaaaaaaaaaan of.UUUUU..i like u very much..as a chef,as a traveller etc..plz update ur personel contact details

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  3. Hi I like you Kitchen Magic Show and your presentation , but I need to tell you something about contestants Hygiene.
    I noticed some girls got nail polis on both arms. Some men and women wearing jewellery like rings and bracelets. some people touching their head(hair) while cooking.. If it is a professional chef competition they are obliged to change these habits. advise them to wear proper clothing not just like clown.

    thanks

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  4. Dear Dr.Laksmi,

    Its been long since i am trying to contact you to participate in your show.I am an army wife.My husband currently a colonel ,I have travelled to various places and tasted and cooked for many theme parties understand the subtle nuances in taste ...the variations it has got .Being a connoisseur of food and a person who loves cooking knowing a great personality like you or meeting you I will consider it as my privilege.If any one from the team can contact me at indus79@yahoo.com or please check my profile at sindhusuresh delhi at fb.thank you.

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  5. Hi Mam,

    Hope you remember me. Had email conversation with you last year.
    Really love your cooking skills & style.

    Do reply asap on the details mentioned below.


    Dhirendra Maurya from Mumbai
    (simply.great6@gmail.com, maurya.dhirendra@gmail.com).

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  8. U r so full of shut! U r self obsessed, ppl r not interested in watching u, but Wat u cook, n pls stop acting n behaving like u r a teenager, u r not...so make ur show interesting because of the content, not u!

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  9. U r so full of shut! U r self obsessed, ppl r not interested in watching u, but Wat u cook, n pls stop acting n behaving like u r a teenager, u r not...so make ur show interesting because of the content, not u!

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  10. Nice to learn your special dishes

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  11. Very nice dishes and presentation too

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  12. I am from Delhi. I hav been watching ur cookery show for many times.it's so impressive.I would like to introduce 2 personnel to u because of their wonderful talent in cooking.I think their contributions also will be a gift to others in cookery field if you consider and call forth them to this occasion.plz contact me through id /mobile .id-rajiasish2016@gmail.com/mob no:9810141168

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  13. I am from Delhi. I hav been watching ur cookery show for many times.it's so impressive.I would like to introduce 2 personnel to u because of their wonderful talent in cooking.I think their contributions also will be a gift to others in cookery field if you consider and call forth them to this occasion.plz contact me through id /mobile .id-rajiasish2016@gmail.com/mob no:9810141168

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  15. Collective negativism in a state

    Malluland.... yes the Gods own ,has unique traits !

    Some kerala men and many women just dont like women who are smart ,modern ,and achievers .

    Sour grapism ,ganging up to bang a victim , stone throwing from glass houses ,cynicism on english speaking due to envy , are some of the nuts and bolts of an average mallu born brought up and living in kerala !

    So there are Spanish inquistions most of the time and targets are never ever the conniving parasites to whom their five yearly votes are distributed on the basis of their caste and religion .
    The mallu is clever enough not to disturb the equilibrium .
    He knows his enemies.
    He would never dare one who would strike back .
    For example
    He never ever opposes the blue or red labour terrorist who dictate what to be paid for work done ,or mostly never done .
    He just pays him like a timid mouse with a docile grin pasted on his hypocritical face .

    He never objects to the organised thuggery that goes on in the state as regularly as his famed morning baths .

    The goondaism and blood letting political mercenaries in the killing fields of kannur or the engineered protests against media by the united lawyers of its courts or a media which serves him a sour putrefied soup of rape mayhem corruption poltical speeches in same order pickled with lies and arrogance with one sided anchors who bend facts like Beckham .

    Oh no , no mallu will ever whisper against such
    Why should he ?

    When there are safer targets to play with !
    Its his sport to go after those who can never hit him back !
    So they banana courted one of the finest actors the world had produced in open TV ,a soldier of our valiant army ,because their constipated selfs found it difficult to digest his calling a spade a spade .
    They are ever on the lookout to catch a cheating wife or lover to beat the blues out of them due to their not getting a chance to do the same and cover it up with morality.

    This is the same hypocrisy of the mallu worker who is deaf , dumb ,and in advanced Alzheimers dementia as quiet as a chesire cat in Dubai but on return becomes a roaring lion morphing into a mallu Che gueverra .

    The same double standard of a populace that swears on every quack who breathes herbal but thrashes doctors who fail to save them from its effects .

    So now the present target is a lawyer principal said to have mouthed casteist dialogues and cooked an unhealthy recipe of unfair management and arrogant superciliousness.

    Agreed ,if true condemnable .

    But my point is then do the same to all the choices i mentioned above !

    Why just easier targets with convinients tags like Nair which is ideal for blaming a person on castiest slurs .

    Why this collective cooperative effort by a bunch of imbecile politicians , rancourous media and irascible students who are known to burn principals chairs as a hobby .

    Let her be enquired into
    Let her get her dues

    But who the hell are you to throw stones at people you decide safe to throw at !

    There was another similar public moral gulliotining of a media anchor called Ranjini haridas sometime back .
    With all her faults , one needs to mention that she was a target in malluland because she was uncoventional and thought in english ! something the mallu always wants to but could never do it right !

    So its this inherent complex blended with hypocricy ,cynicism ,and cowardice ,with a pinch of bullyism ,swimming in his genes is causing this collective negativism .
    Gods own negativism .

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  16. All the Best Chechi

    Stephen
    Kerala Wedding Planners
    90 a Canal Road Giri Nagar
    Kadavanthra Ernakulam

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