South India has given us many unique flavours to relish upon. From spicy to tangy to sweet goodness, all South Indian dishes are comforting and delicious in their own way. Except for the regular and ...

Appam is made from fermented rice batter and coconut milk, making it light and airy. Parotta is a layered flatbread made from refined wheat flour and oil or ghee. Appam is lower in calories and easier ...

CHENNAI: Have you ever watched a parotta ‘master’ in action? If you were ever in Kerala — or some of our very own local jaunts and hadn’t witnessed the making of a parotta, you might have missed out ...

Caressed by the Arabian Sea and guarded by the Western Ghats the Malabar region northern Kerala has a rich culinary history, drawing influence from Arab, Chinese and European cuisine seeping in and ...

Parotta, chicken and egg – these are the three things that sustain and excite a traveller while crossing the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border, apart from the view. Border Parotta is a small eatery located on ...

The eponymous flatbread is stuffed with herbs and shredded egg for mutta parotta, while salna parotta pairs it with a sweet, fragrant masala gravy. Swipe yet more of it through smoky, cardamom-heavy ...

It was a quiet summer morning. Other than the occasional honking of some hurried drivers, the streets of Kerala were not yet in their usual maze-like element. Or perhaps that conundrum was only ...

On days one and two, the ‘students’ are given just kitchen towels, which they have to rotate and throw into the air using both hands. It’s only on the third day that they get to make parotta dough, ...

KOCHI: Have you ever watched a parotta ‘master’ in action? If you are in Kerala and haven’t yet witnessed the making of a parotta, you are missing out on one of the most creative ways of cooking food.