ಕಾಫಿ – ಊಟ – ಕುರುಕುರು | ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಮಹಿಳಾ ಆಹಾರೋದ್ಯಮಿಗಳು

What connects a woman selling food door-to-door in 1947, a pioneering coffee exporter from a century ago, and one of Bengaluru’s most talked-about restaurants today? In this Women’s Month special episode of Noorakke Nooru Karnataka, we trace the journeys of women who shaped Karnataka’s food culture across generations. The story begins with Subbammana Angadi, started in 1947 by a single mother from Hindupura who had to raise three children on her own. She began by cooking at home and selling food door to door. Over time, that small effort grew into one of Bengaluru’s beloved food institutions. We then travel further back to Coffee Sakamma, born in 1880, who came to Bengaluru in the early 20th century and set up a coffee curing and processing plant in Basavanagudi. She went on to become the first woman to export coffee from India to the United Kingdom, and the neighbourhood Sakkamma Garden still carries the memory of that enterprise. Her work earned her the Kaisar-e-Hind medal. Representing the present-day food scene in Bengaluru is Divya Prabhakar, founder of Bangalore Oota Company. Inspired by handwritten recipe diaries left by her grandfather, she set out to recreate the Karnataka dishes she grew up eating at home and share them with the world. Across nearly a century of stories, one thread connects them all: women who quietly built the food culture we enjoy today. Watch the full episode “ಕಾಫಿ – ಊಟ – ಕುರುಕುರು | ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಮಹಿಳಾ ಆಹಾರೋದ್ಯಮಿಗಳು” now! #WomensMonth #BangaloreFood #KarnatakaCuisine #WomenEntrepreneurs #FoodHistory #BengaluruStories #BangaloreOotaCompany #EatRaja #SouthIndianFood