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Tamil Nadu Lunch

Vadai Curry Brahmin Style

Tamil Brahmin / Iyengar recipe — Brahmin vada curry — soft vada soaking in thin dal.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Lunch

Tirunelveli Sodhi

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

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Andhra Pradesh Breakfast

Pesara Attu

Classic Andhra/Telangana — moong dal thin crepe.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 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

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 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

Pavakkai Chips

Paper-thin bitter gourd chips fried crispy — the village way of making bitter gourd...

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Easy

Kerala Lunch

Chicken Stew Kerala

Classic Kerala dish — chicken stew kerala with coconut milk.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 35 min cook

Medium

Kerala Lunch

Vegetable Stew Kerala

Classic Kerala vegetarian dish — vegetable stew kerala with coconut milk.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 35 min cook

Medium

Kerala Lunch

Prawn Moilee

Classic Kerala dish — prawn moilee with coconut milk.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 35 min cook

Medium

Bihar Breakfast

Bihari Moong Dal Chilla

Thin moong lentil crepes with onion and green chilli — the protein breakfast pancake of Bihar

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy