Wonderful Waste!

  

                        Wonderful Waste!

                              Summary

Wonderful waste is a story that tells us about the origin of the famous dish from Kerala known as Avial. Moreover, this story also tells us how we can utilize waste by getting creative. The story is about a cook in a palace who is faced with a dilemma of using up the waste which the king demanded. Thus, it tells us how he incorporated his creativity and made use of waste and turned it into something absolutely wonderful. Further, this story throws light on the famous dish, Avial, in Kerala and how this incident led it to become a traditional Kerala feast. Other than that, it also contains the ingredients the cook used in his dish along with the waste materials. All in all, it is quite an interesting read which will make students appreciate even the waste products and get creative with them to avoid unnecessary wastage.

WORDS    MEANING              WORDS    MEANING

grand          splendid                     in a fix       position hard to escape from

palace        king's house                staring        looking continuously

survey        examine                      strips         long narrow pieces

dishes         food                            huge          very big

feast           banquet                       ground       crushed to powder

scarps       left over material           paste        soft composition

pointing    indicating                       tempting     alluring

waste         left over                          whipped      beat

bits            pieces                            curd             coagulated milk

way            method                         poured              put in

commanded  ordered                       decorated         beautified

sternly           strictly                         lo and behold    take and look at

eager         keen                               tradition               conventional

  imagine        dream