tamil nadu food

How To Make Thirupagam: Where A Halwa Meets A Mysore Pak

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There’s a ritual many frequent fliers flying out of the Chennai Domestic Airport faithfully follow – a stop at the sweet shop in the Departures area for a box of Mysore Pak. There are two theories about the origins of the Mysore Pak. One of these origin stories took me to Guru Sweets, an eight-decade-old … Read more

Tamil Nadu Recipes: How To Cook Comforting Stews And Curries With Chow-Chow (Chayote Squash)

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The term Colombian Exchange was first used in 1972 by American historian and professor Alfred W. Crosby in his environmental history book of the same name. It has now become a widely used term by historians, especially food historians, to describe the meeting point of what was considered the Old World and the New World … Read more