Thirukkai Omathara Kozhmabu
This deeply aromatic curry from coastal Tamil Nadu features stingray.
Recipes
What kind of recipes do you love most? At The Locavore, we savour recipes that celebrate the heritage and culture of different regions and communities across the Indian subcontinent, and ones that use local and seasonal ingredients imaginatively. Oh, and recipes that are paired with delicious stories” those are our favourite kinds!
Charota Bhaji
Charota bhaji is often served with pej (corn water), making for a light yet satiating dish.
Fire-Roasted Dohthli
The paddy fields of Meghalaya play a crucial role in shaping this fish preparation.
Olakkal Nandu Gravy
This recipe for blue swimming crabs is whipped up after a long day of hard labour.
Putpura Sabzi
Putpura mushrooms, foraged from beneath sal trees during the monsoon, are a seasonal delicacy among tribal communities in central India.
Kalari Kulcha
This kalari-stuffed kulcha is a classic street-food preparation from Jammu.
Chicken Gassi
This creamy, fragrant chicken curry from coastal Karnataka is best paired with rotti or neer dosas.
Erissery
This traditional Kerala dish made with pumpkin, cowpeas, and coconut is a sadhya staple.
The Pull of Kinema’s Strings
Priyadarshinee Shrestha and Roshan Rai explore what making kinema—a fermented staple popular in the Eastern Himalayas—looks like in a rapidly changing world.