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Tamil Nadu Beverage

Pori Vilangai Sherbet

Wood apple (bael fruit) sherbet — cooling, digestive and deeply aromatic.

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 5 min cook

Easy

Bihar Breakfast

Puri Aloo Bihar

Deep-fried puffed wheat bread with spiced potato curry — the Sunday breakfast of Bihar

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Karnataka Dessert

Ellu Bella

Classic Karnataka sweet — ellu bella made with sesame-jaggery mix.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Medium

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

Karnataka Dessert

Akkaravadisal

Classic Karnataka sweet — akkaravadisal made with rice kheer Karnataka style.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Medium

Karnataka Dessert

Gasgase Payasam

Classic Karnataka sweet — gasgase payasam made with poppy seed payasam.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Dessert

Pazhani Panchamirtham

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

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 5 min cook

Easy

Bihar Dessert

Bihari Suji Halwa

Semolina roasted in ghee with sugar and cardamom — the everyday and puja sweet of Bihar

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Easy

Karnataka Dessert

Chiroti

Classic Karnataka sweet — chiroti made with crispy layered sweet pastry.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Medium

Bihar Beverage

Aam Panna Bihar

Roasted raw mango drink with cumin and black salt — the summer cooler of Bihar

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Bihar Beverage

Bihari Lassi

Thick churned yogurt drink with cardamom and saffron — the cooling summer drink of Bihar

⏱ 5 min prep 🍳 5 min cook

Easy

Bihar Dessert

Shahi Tukra Bihar

Fried bread soaked in saffron-cardamom sweetened milk — the Mughal-influenced Bihar dessert

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Medium