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Tamil Nadu Dinner

Kaadai Curry

Tamil Nadu dinner — Quail curry — a village hunting dish of Tamil Nadu.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 45 min cook

Medium

Bihar Lunch

Bihari Saag

Mustard greens slow-cooked with garlic and mustard oil — the winter staple of rural Bihar

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Dinner

Aattu Kaal Soup

Tamil Nadu dinner — Goat trotter soup — rich collagen broth eaten on cold winter mornings.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 45 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

Bihar Lunch

Bihari Dum Aloo

Whole baby potatoes slow-cooked in yogurt-spice dum — the Bihar Holi celebration potato dish

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

Bihar Dinner

Bihari Chicken Curry

Whole spice chicken curry with mustard oil — the everyday non-veg of Bihari households

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 45 min cook

Medium

Bihar Lunch

Bihari Kaddu Sabzi

Sweet and sour pumpkin with panch phoron and amchur — the everyday Bihari vegetable

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Lunch

Marunthu Kuzhambu

Ancestral medicinal herb kuzhambu of Tamil Nadu — brewed monthly with healing roots and leaves.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 35 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Lunch

Aattu Kudal Fry

Spiced goat intestine dry fry — village Tamil Nadu delicacy that demands careful cleaning.

⏱ 30 min prep 🍳 60 min cook

Hard

Bihar Lunch

Bihari Kathal Curry

Raw jackfruit slow-cooked in Bihari spices — the meaty vegetarian curry of Bihar

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 45 min cook

Medium

Bihar Lunch

Bihari Matar Paneer

Green peas and cottage cheese in Bihari spiced gravy — the celebration vegetarian

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Beverage

Pori Vilangai Sherbet

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

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 5 min cook

Easy