Coimbatore creates a 65-Kg veg hamburger to celebrate World Bread Day

Coimbatore created a giant veg hamburger 1.6 ft long, 3 ft wide and weighing 65-Kg. It was baked at the AJK College of Arts and Science to celebrate World Bread Day and was made by the second and final year students of the undergraduate Hotel Management program. There were 47 of them and they worked for nearly 16 hours to bake the burger.
This giant veg hamburger along with 10 varieties of bread was kept on display and also for sale on the day.
This has been reported in thehindu.com dated 11 November 2016.

The actual work had started three months ago with planning and preparation and, in the 16 hours, the students, guided by five chefs from the Department of Catering Science and Hotel Management, kneaded, proofed and baked the burger that weighed around 65-Kg.
The ingredients used to make the hamburger was 35 kg of maida , 1.75 kg sugar, 700 gm salt, more than a kg yeast, 21 litres of water and 1.7 litre vegetable oil. The students had not used additives or preservatives but used capsicum, tomato, black olive, red cabbage and cheese.


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