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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

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

Kollu Idli

Horse gram idli — whole horse gram ground into the batter gives a dark, nutty,...

⏱ 480 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Lunch

Vanjaram Varuval

Seer fish pan-fry — thick kingfish steaks fried in sesame oil until a dark charred crust forms.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Easy

Karnataka Breakfast

Kadbu

Classic Karnataka breakfast — kadbu made with steamed rice cake.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Arunachal Pradesh Lunch

Ngatok Fish Curry

Fermented fish curry of Arunachal river communities — pungent, layered and deeply flavoured

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 35 min cook

Medium

Arunachal Pradesh Beverage

Yak Butter Tea Tawang

Salted butter tea — the sustaining warming drink of Tawang monasteries and Monpa villagers

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 10 min cook

Easy

Karnataka Beverage

Ginger Honey Tea

Traditional Karnataka beverage — ginger honey tea made with ginger tea.

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 10 min cook

Easy

Arunachal Pradesh Lunch

Gyapa Khazi Tsampa Porridge

Mixed tsampa and rice porridge with butter — the nourishing daily bowl of the Monpa...

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Easy

Bihar Beverage

Bihari Masala Chai

Spiced milk tea with ginger and cardamom — the social tea of every Bihari household

⏱ 5 min prep 🍳 5 min cook

Easy

Karnataka Breakfast

Tatte Idli

Classic Karnataka — tatte idli with large flat idli.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

Bihar Lunch

Bihari Arwa Chawal

Steamed white rice — the daily foundation and sacred offering of Bihar

⏱ 5 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy