Kayalpatnam

Watlappam

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.

Sumaiya Mustafa

Kayalpatnam’s Palmyra Sap Delicacies

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.

Sumaiya Mustafa & Team Locavore