Tamil Nadu · “milk”

Tamil Nadu Lunch

Tirunelveli Sodhi

Tirunelveli's delicate white coconut milk curry — poured over idiyappam or rice,...

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

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 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

Palkova

Classic Tamil Nadu snack — palkova.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Lunch

Thengai Paal Kuzhambu

Traditional Tamil Nadu village recipe — Coconut milk kuzhambu — white, fragrant and mild.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 35 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Dessert

Pal Payasam

Sacred South Indian payasam (sweet) made with rice and sugar or palm jaggery.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Dessert

Aval Payasam

Sacred South Indian payasam (sweet) made with poha and jaggery.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Dessert

Sago Payasam

Sacred South Indian payasam (sweet) made with sago and sugar.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Dessert

Kadalai Paruppu Payasam

Sacred South Indian payasam (sweet) made with chana dal and jaggery.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Dessert

Paasi Paruppu Payasam

Sacred South Indian payasam (sweet) made with moong dal and jaggery with coconut milk.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Dessert

Wheat Payasam

Sacred South Indian payasam (sweet) made with whole wheat and jaggery.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Dessert

Pumpkin Payasam

Sacred South Indian payasam (sweet) made with pumpkin and jaggery.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Medium