Tamil Nadu · Snack · “village”

Tamil Nadu Snack

Pavakkai Chips

Paper-thin bitter gourd chips fried crispy — the village way of making bitter gourd...

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Snack

Thengai Oorugai

Fresh coconut pickle — raw grated coconut tempered with a pungent mustard-asafoetida...

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 5 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Snack

Kani Kovilpatti Mittai

Tribal/village Tamil Nadu recipe — Kani tribal village sweet — made with...

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Snack

Peyar Kozhukattai

Tribal/village Tamil Nadu recipe — Cowpea-stuffed kozhukattai — a tribal protein-rich snack.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Snack

Pasi Payaru Sundal

Tribal/village Tamil Nadu recipe — Sprouted moong sundal — raw, crunchy and iron-rich...

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Snack

Nel Mittai

Tamil Nadu snack — Puffed rice chikki — village fair sweet.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Snack

Aval Pori Urundai

Tamil Nadu snack — Flattened rice jaggery ball — a simple village sweet.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Snack

Verkadalai Urundai

Tamil Nadu snack — Peanut laddu — high protein village sweet.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Snack

Kozhukattai Maavu Urundai

Tamil Nadu snack — Rice flour laddu — quick village sweet.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Snack

Kamarkattu

Tamil Nadu snack — Kamarkattu — the hard sesame candy sold at Tamil Nadu village fairs.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Snack

Arisi Thengai Burfi

Tamil Nadu snack — Rice coconut burfi — village sweet for festivals.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Snack

Keerai Vadai

Tamil Nadu snack — Greens-infused vada — iron-rich village fritter.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium