[ad_1] (L to R) Meenakshi Meyyappan; Khan Rafiq Waza; Ummi Abdulla; Jane DSouza. At a time when the country’s contemporary foodscape is transforming rapidly — influenced by foreign cuisines and experiments, see-sawing between isms and social media fads — we remember the custodians who are the repositories of traditional food knowledge. The names of India’s […]
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[ad_1] Meenakshi Meyyappan has co-authored the cookbook ‘The Bangala Table’, featuring vegetarian and non-vegetarian recipes from Chettinad. Karuppaiya, a seasoned chef who was with Meenakshi Meyyappan’s luxury property The Bangala for 58 years, has now retired. But whenever he visits them from his village, 15 kilometres from Karaikudi, he makes the dangar, a thick curry […]
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[ad_1] The Chettinad Heritage and Cultural Festival promises a deep dive into the region’s rich history The Chettinad Heritage and Cultural Festival promises a deep dive into the region’s rich history If visiting Chettinad and experiencing the region’s rich culture, flavourful cuisine, and extravagant architecture has been on your to-do list for way too long, […]
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