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Tamil Nadu Dessert

Tamil Nadu Kozhukattai Modak Style Steamed Sweet Dumpling

Steamed rice flour dumplings with a sweet coconut-jaggery filling — the Tamil Nadu...

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Dessert

Pal Pongal

Tamil Nadu sweet — Sweet milk pongal — the Pongal festival offering cooked in a new mud pot.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Dessert

Thiruvadhirai Kali

Tamil Nadu sweet — Seven grain kali — made on Thiruvadhirai festival for Lord Shiva.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Dessert

Karthigai Appam

Tamil Nadu sweet — The sweet fried rice ball of Karthigai Deepam.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Dessert

Kavuni Arisi

Tamil Nadu village recipe — Chettinad black rice pudding — offered at weddings and festivals.

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Dessert

Karuppatti Pongal

Tamil Nadu dessert — Palm jaggery pongal — richer and more aromatic than white sugar pongal.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Dessert

Rava Kesari

Saffron-gold semolina halwa with ghee and cashews — a quick South Indian festival sweet.

⏱ 5 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy