Garnished with kindness

A home-run food enterprise and a catering company come up with pandemic initiatives

Amidst her business commitments, Neeta Jessani creates space for charity. A home-based entrepreneur who sells cakes, souffle and other desserts against prior orders under “Monkey Temptation” is now providing food for COVID-19 patients free-of-cost. “It is a week since I started this service for the benefit of COVID-19 patients. I make larger portions of whatever I cook for my family. I provide breakfast, lunch and dinner. Breakfast includes idli, pongal or upma. For lunch, I offer dal rice, sambar rice or roti with a vegetable curry. I restrict the prepartion to 30 meals per day. It is offered free to both who can afford it and those who cannot. They however have to bear the delivery charges. For the underprivileged, I take care of the delivery charges too, provided the destination is not too far away. The response is good. On an average, I receive seven calls per day,” says Neeta, a resident of Egmore. She can be reached at 99529 46032.