Lunch · Thanjavur Village
Kambu Koozh
A cooling, fermented pearl-millet porridge served with onions, chillies and buttermilk.
Dinner · Papanasam Village
Kezhvaragu Kali
Steamed finger-millet dumplings served with a spicy village-style curry.
Lunch · Melur Village
Naatu Kozhi Curry
Slow-cooked country chicken curry in a mud pot, rich with roasted spices.
Non-Vegetarian · Pollachi Village
Mann Paanai Meen Kuzhambu
Traditional fish curry, slow-cooked in a clay pot with tamarind and spices.
Dinner · Thuraiyur Village
Parotta & Village Gravy
Flaky hand-pulled parotta served with a rustic country-style vegetable gravy.
Lunch · Poonamallee
Ulundhu Sadam
Comforting black-gram rice, a traditional favourite from Tamil village kitchens.
Home Food · Chennai City
Curd Rice with Pickle
Cooling curd rice tempered with mustard seeds, served with home-made pickle.
Home Food · Madurai City
Murukku
Crispy, spiral-shaped rice-flour snack, deep fried the traditional way.
Home Food · Trichy City
Thattai
Thin, crisp savoury rice crackers seasoned with curry leaves and peanuts.
Dinner · Papanasam Village
Mann Paanai Chicken
Spicy mud-pot chicken curry, slow-cooked over a wood fire.
