“vegetarian”

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 Breakfast

Rava Idli

Tamil Nadu idli variant — rava idli — soft steamed rice cake.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Kalakki

Tamil Nadu's unique soft-scrambled egg — continuously stirred to a silky semi-set consistency.

⏱ 5 min prep 🍳 10 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Thatte Idli

Tamil Nadu idli variant — thatte idli — soft steamed rice cake.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Medium

Andhra Pradesh Lunch

Mango Dal Andhra

Classic Andhra/Telangana — raw mango toor dal.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Vella Aval

Sweet jaggery flattened rice — the simplest Tamil Nadu temple offering, ready in 10 minutes.

⏱ 5 min prep 🍳 10 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Ragi Idli

Tamil Nadu idli variant — ragi idli — soft steamed rice cake.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Lunch

Sura Puttu

Tirunelveli coastal specialty — flaked shark meat dry-cooked with spices and fresh coconut.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Medium

Bihar Lunch

Bihari Palak Dal

Spinach cooked into toor dal with ghee tadka — the iron-protein combination of Bihar

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Breakfast

Brown Rice Idli

Tamil Nadu idli variant — brown rice idli — soft steamed rice cake.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Medium

Andhra Pradesh Breakfast

Pesara Attu

Classic Andhra/Telangana — moong dal thin crepe.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

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