I still remember my first meal at Valarmathi mess, a family run restaurant in the Racecourse Road area where I tried the ...

Best Places In Chennai For A Decadent Sunday Brunch Chayote (Botanical name: Sicyos edulis) was one of the ingredients that ...

Pulihora, also known as Puliyodarai, aka tamarind rice, is a traditional South Indian dish that is a comfort food for a lot ...

Hazeena Seyad is known in Tamil Nadu for writing recipes in both English and Tamil. Her latest book is “Ravuthar Recipes”. A simple attempt by a housewife through her 25 years of married life ...

Cut the pineapple into two-inch cubes. Heat the oil in a vanali/wok and splutter the mustard seeds. Add the urad dal, fry until light brown. Add the red chillies and fry. Lower the flame, and add the ...

Andhra uses sesame oil, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu use sunflower, and Kerala primarily uses coconut oil. Tamil Nadu’s pineapple rasam, Karnataka’s sakkarai pongal, Andhra’s sweet pachadi, and Kerala’s ...

This is sweet rice pudding that is made in Tamil Nadu during the Pongal festival. It is even offered as prasad (sweet offering to the God) during Pongal and other religious functions. The name ‘Pon’ ...