The Hindu 16.05.2013
Amma Unavagam menu expanded, to come up in nine more cities
Frugal fare at nominal prices, but manna for those
living on shoestring budgets: Amma Unavagam, which has proved to be a
hit with Chennai residents, will shortly reach nine other cities.
Budget
restaurants that serve one-rupee idlis and sell low-cost plates of
sambar and curd rice for lunch, will come up in Madurai, Tiruchi,
Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Salem, Tirupur, Tuticorin, Vellore and Erode by
the end of this month.
These nine municipal
corporations will have 10 restaurants each, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa
informed the Assembly on Wednesday. And the fare in Chennai is set to
expand too. The menu of Amma Unavagams in Chennai will include pongal,
variety rice preparations, besides chapathi served with kurma. These
budget canteens now function in 200 wards in Chennai, where idli is sold
for one rupee, sambar rice for Rs 5 and curd rice for Rs 3. Breakfast
is available from 7 am and 12 noon. Lunch will be served till 3 pm.
Following
requests for providing varying fare, the canteens will serve pongal and
sambar for Rs 5 in the morning and tamarind rice or curry leaf rice
during lunch for Rs 5. As it will take some time to procure
chapathi-making machines, the dish will make its entry only in
September. Two chapathis with dhal or kurma will cost just Rs.3.
