Tamil Nadu · “ghee”

Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Tomato Uttapam

Tamil Nadu dosa variant — tomato uttapam made with tomato topped pancake.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Kuruthai Dosa

Tamil Nadu dosa variant — kuruthai dosa made with sorghum dosa.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Ragi Dosa

Tamil Nadu dosa variant — ragi dosa made with finger millet dosa.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Adai Dosa

Tamil Nadu dosa variant — adai dosa made with multi-dal thick crepe.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Vella Aval

Sweet jaggery flattened rice — the simplest Tamil Nadu temple offering, ready in 10 minutes.

⏱ 5 min prep 🍳 10 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Dessert

Pazhani Panchamirtham

Sacred five-ingredient divine nectar from Pazhani Murugan temple — made daily as...

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 5 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Snack

Nei Appam

Classic Tamil Nadu snack — nei appam.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Lunch

Idichu Pizhinja Rasam

Hand-squeezed tomato rasam — raw tomato juice squeezed directly into the rasam for a...

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Easy

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