Tuesday, January 11, 2011

TK #127

X was founded as a restaurant by Parampalli Yajnanarayana Maiya and his brothers in the year 1924.In the mid 1970s when India was under emergency, a Food Control Act was introduced which mandated that food was to be sold at very low prices. This move made it difficult for X to maintain high standards in its restaurant business and forced it to diversify into the instant food business. X also claims to have invented Y, a delicious dish. During World War II, when rice which is the staple item used in ___1___ was in short supply, they experimented in making __1__ using ___2___ and created Y. X and Y? 




Answer: X- MTR Y- Rava Idly

9 comments:

Vijay said...

Rava Idly and MTR

Respectful Disagreement said...

MTR and Rava Idly.

Vijay Krishnan said...

X - MTR
Y - Rava Idli, I suppose.
If Y is right, 1 - Idli, 2 - Rava.

Fallen Angel said...

MTR

GP said...

MTR, Rava Idli

The Punny Indian said...

zzz. Ctl+C Ctrl+V from wiki.
MTR, Rava Idli :D

Kishore said...

zzz. Mokka Baai. Ctrl C + Ctrl V from wiki on an age old qn.

MTR, Rava Idli

Subbu.ceg said...

MTR. Y-Rava idly

LOW FUNDA BOY said...

I am sorry for the disappointing question that enraged you ppl to chip in answers. Anyways thanks for chipping in answers and this question will be considered null and void for the Leaderboard.

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