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Karnataka Lunch

Palak Saaru

Karnataka saaru/huli — palak saaru thin broth or sambar made with spinach saaru.

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Lunch

Pineapple Rasam

Thin, peppery South Indian broth featuring ripe pineapple. Drunk as a soup or poured over rice.

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Lunch

Ulutham Paruppu Rasam

Thin, peppery South Indian broth featuring urad dal water. Drunk as a soup or poured over rice.

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Lunch

Pachadi

Sweet and tangy Kerala pineapple raita with coconut and mustard — a refreshing Onam...

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 10 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Lunch

Pepper Rasam

Thin, intensely peppery South Indian soup with tomato and cumin — a traditional remedy...

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Lunch

Tomato Rasam

Bright, tangy South Indian tomato soup with mustard and asafoetida — lighter than...

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Lunch

Rasam

Thin, peppery tamarind broth — a digestive, warming soup eaten with rice or sipped as...

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Maharashtra Breakfast

Sabudana Khichdi

Sago pearls cooked with peanuts, potatoes and green chillies — a popular Maharashtrian...

⏱ 240 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Medium

Maharashtra Breakfast

Poha

Flattened rice sautéed with mustard seeds, turmeric and peanuts — a quick, light...

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Easy

Maharashtra Dessert

Puran Poli

Maharashtrian sweet flatbread stuffed with jaggery and chana dal — made for Holi and Diwali.

⏱ 30 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Hard

West Bengal Dessert

Rasmalai

Spongy chenna discs soaked in silken rose-saffron milk — the jewel of Bengali sweets.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 45 min cook

Hard