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Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Pongal

Soft rice-and-moong-dal porridge tempered with pepper, cumin and ghee — Tamil Nadu's...

⏱ 5 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Tamil Nadu Pongal Ven Pongal Pepper Ghee Comfort Dish

Rice and yellow moong dal cooked together with generous ghee, black pepper and cumin —...

⏱ 5 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Tamil Nadu Idli Soft Steamed Fermented Rice Lentil Classic

Soft, spongy steamed rice and urad dal cakes — the foundational South Indian breakfast...

⏱ 480 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Kavuni Arisi Idli

Chettinad specialty — Purple-black idli from black sticky rice — a Chettinad innovation.

⏱ 25 min prep 🍳 45 min cook

Hard

Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Vengaya Dosai

Chettinad specialty — Onion dosa — crispy, caramelised onion dosa from Chettinad households.

⏱ 25 min prep 🍳 45 min cook

Hard

Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Venkatrama Dosai

Tamil Brahmin / Iyengar recipe — Iyengar paper dosa — ultra thin, no filling, eaten...

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Kanchipuram Idli

Tamil Nadu idli variant — kanchipuram idli — soft steamed rice cake.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Mini Idli

Tamil Nadu idli variant — mini idli — soft steamed rice cake.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Podi Idli

Tamil Nadu idli variant — podi idli — soft steamed rice cake.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Vegetable Idli

Tamil Nadu idli variant — vegetable idli — soft steamed rice cake.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Rava Idli

Tamil Nadu idli variant — rava idli — soft steamed rice cake.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Kalakki

Tamil Nadu's unique soft-scrambled egg — continuously stirred to a silky semi-set consistency.

⏱ 5 min prep 🍳 10 min cook

Easy