Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu Lunch

Marunthu Kuzhambu

Ancestral medicinal herb kuzhambu of Tamil Nadu — brewed monthly with healing roots and leaves.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 35 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Quinoa Idli

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

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Lunch

Kalyana Sambar

Tamil Nadu wedding sambar — 15+ vegetables in a large brass vessel, thinner than hotel sambar.

⏱ 30 min prep 🍳 45 min cook

Hard

Tamil Nadu Lunch

Aattu Kudal Fry

Spiced goat intestine dry fry — village Tamil Nadu delicacy that demands careful cleaning.

⏱ 30 min prep 🍳 60 min cook

Hard

Tamil Nadu Snack

Thattai

Classic Tamil Nadu snack — thattai.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Lunch

Neymeen Kuzhambu

Seer fish in a thin tamarind kuzhambu — the king of Tamil Nadu fish curries.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Mappilai Samba Kanji

Porridge from the heritage Tamil rice Mappilai Samba — high iron, dark red, deeply nutty.

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Snack

Seedai

Classic Tamil Nadu snack — seedai.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Beverage

Pori Vilangai Sherbet

Wood apple (bael fruit) sherbet — cooling, digestive and deeply aromatic.

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 5 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Snack

Omapodi

Classic Tamil Nadu snack — omapodi.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Beverage

Kambu Mor Koozh

Pearl millet porridge thinned with buttermilk — the Tamil Nadu farm worker's summer coolant.

⏱ 5 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Snack

Kara Sev

Classic Tamil Nadu snack — kara sev.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium