Indenting Depending upon the menu; for actual food production raw material is required. To procure the required raw material from the stores a written request is made by the department. This written statement on a prescribed request form is termed as “INDENT” and the process of making it known as “INDENTING”. "In any catering unit once the menu is decided, the Chef in charge then prepare an indent for the daily requirement of raw material. This is normally a prescribed formatted book with certain information already printed and some need to be filled by the requisitioning authority" "Indent is a document stating the requirements of goods with the quantity required along with its specification. It is sent to the store department, which in turn procures the items, and dispatches the sam...