Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000

Aashiq Zainulabdeen

As far as I remember I have loved cooking food. Just watching people cook would give me goosebumps. Reviving the lost recipes is my motto.

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What is your signature dish?

Chicken dum biryani is one of my signature dish. Ghee rice, dal tadka and air fried chicken drumsticks are also a signature dish of mine.

Who is your culinary inspiration?

My Grandma and mother both are my culinary inspiration

What would you do with the $25,000?

I would use this money as seed money for my cafe which I have been thinking about. It would be an Asian and western fusion inspired cafe.

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