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Onam 2024: Chef Marina Balakrishnan On Her Love For Pal Payasam

Chef Balakri𝓰shnan, the one-woman force behind Mumbai-based pop-up O💯ottupura, talks about her cooking philosophy and her tradition of making the sweet rice pudding Pal Payasam every Onam

Chef Marina Balakrishnan Photo: ThatThalasseryGirl/Instagram
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Every year on Onam in September, Chef Marina Balakrishnan, chef and founder of Mumbai-based cloud kitchen service Oottupura, takes the time to prepare the South Indian delicacy, Pal Payasam, with utmost dedication and devotion. For Balakrishnan, the sweetened rice pudding, Pal Payasam, is too sacred to cook too often. For , Chef Marina is hosting a speci💫al in collaboration with , which is already sold out.