Kayalpatnam - The Locavore

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Desserts and Mithai

Watlappam

Sumaiya Mustafa

Watlappam—a culmination of three ingredients of egg, coconut milk, and palmyra sap sweetener—takes pride of place in the Eid festivities of Kayalpatnam, a Tamil Nadu coastal town.

5 min

Food Memories

Kayalpatnam’s Palmyra Sap Delicacies

Sumaiya Mustafa & Team Locavore

Sumaiya Mustafa, a chronicler of the city's culinary heritage, talks to The Locavore about how the sap of the palmyra, and ice apples shape lives and livelihoods in her coastal town in Tamil Nadu.

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