Dessert item from Tamil Nadu.
Kozhukattai is a sweet dish traditionally prepared during Vinayaka Chaturthi festival. Its a steamed rice flour dumpling with sweet filling inside.
Sundal is a traditional chick pea salad, prepared during certain festivals or often made as offerings at temples.
Vadai is a southindian fried savoury originating mainly from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, traditionally prepared during festivals and weddings. This lentil based item is often served along with breakfast items like idli, pongal etc or even good with any scrumptious meal.
Basmati rice fried in ghee with sauteed onions and spices, cooked in flavorful coconut milk. This fancy rice dish is served at weddings and other special occasions. (Coconut Milk Rice / Thengai Paal Satham / Thengai pal Sadam )
Madras style chicken varuval.
Good accompaniment to ven pongal , idli or dosai.
One of the spiciest, oiliest and most aromatic in India, a distinctive culinary style with judicious blend of spices is known as Chettinad cooking. This scrumptious chicken curry gets it flavor from two distinctive ingredients… Kalpasi and Jaathipoo.
We all get excited, when we see king-sized paper roast dosas served with piping hot hotel sambhar and coconut chutney at restaurants. Here is the recipe for that scrumptious restaurant style sambhar.
A popular rice dish served duirng special occasions, holidays and parties. Traditional preparation involves use of meat/vegetables marinated with yogurt, spice powders and cooked along with layered rice by following a challenging baking process called Dum. But the process can be made simple by using a pressure cooker or rice cooker. (CHICKEN BIRYANI / KOZHI BRIYANI / CHICKEN BRIYANI)