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culinary heritage
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Arisa Pitha Celebrates Odisha’s New Rice Harvest
Made out of rice flour and jaggery, these simple fried cakes are traditionally prepared during Makara Sankranti as well as the agricultural Nuakhai festivals celebrated in Odisha.
Savoury Ven Pongal Marks Tamil Nadu’s Harvest Season
Geetha Venkataraman shares her mother Visalakshi Venkataraman’s Pongal recipe, reminiscing about the many memories associated with the rice harvest festival.
Santa’s Secret Fritters
This festive apple fritter captures the warmth of Christmas, with cake folded into the batter.
Dried Beef Kochur Saag
Bringing together tender taro stems and dried beef, this Bengali-inspired preparation celebrates the spirit of making the most of every ingredient.
Chakka Kuru Theeyal
Sreedevi Lakshmi Kutty’s recipe for Chakka Kuru Theeyal brings together jackfruit seeds and roasted coconut in a classic Kerala curry.
Dhruv’s Pork Indad
Dhruv Mark Mendes shares his family recipe for Pork Indad, passed down through generations of Mangalorean-Goan cooking.
Chakka kuru Thoran
Sridevi’s recipe for chakka kuru and murungakai thoran—highlighting jackfruit seeds and drumsticks—emerges from a monsoon tradition in Kerala.