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Unveiling the Truth: TAMALE - The Presence of Tamil Influence

  History of Tamale; Presence of Tamil Influence by Tamil Food History Unveiling the Truth: TAMALE - The Presence of Tamil Influence If you have big dreams about traveling around the world but you are someone who always love eating Tamil food, chances are less that you will find restaurants that serves Tamil food to satisfy your cravings. So...what to do? A historian, Tamil researcher and a writer Dr.  ஒரிசா   பாலு  (Dr. Orissa Balu) suggests going to a Mexican Restaurant instead.  Here you can sit down and fully enjoy the combination dishes most visibly and tastefully similar to our Tamil food in different names.  For example: You will find soru (rice), murungai (moringa), karamani (black eyed beans), chicken kuzhambu (mole), chutney (salsa), Thengai Barfi (Cocados), Kadala Mittai (Palanquetaa de Cacahuate - simply Mexican Peanut Candy) and most importantly ‘wraps’ wrapping meat and vegetables steamed until cooked. One such wrapped ancient food is TAMALE. ...

Sakkarai Pongal (Kodo millet sweet pongal)



Varagu Arisi Sakkarai Pongal (Kodo millet sweet pongal)


It’s time to bid farewell to usual sugar and welcome கருப்பட்டி - Karupatti (PalmJaggery). Here is why..!

Karupatti is made from the extract of Palm Trees. 


The process of making jaggery from the plant sources. 

It  is a relatively unrefined sugar.

Health Benefits of Jaggery:


While manufacturing processes in sugar utilizes chemicals such as sulphur dioxide, lime and other bleaching agents, jaggery is prepared in a natural way, without removing minerals.

Palm Jaggery is reported to have more nutritional and medicinal value than cane sugar.


It is a good source of Vitamin B complex and it also contains ascorbic acid. It is delicious and has mineral salts too.

During pregnancy, elders traditionally give kashayams every night from 7th month onwards to ease up the pregnancy difficulties, widely practised in Tamilnadu.

Jaggery is a healthy alternative to white sugar and is commonly known as 'medicinal sugar', because of its various health benefits.

Jaggery acts as a cleansing agent for our body and effectively cleans the respiratory tracts, food pipe, lungs, stomach and intestines. 


It helps the body to get rid of the unwanted particles and thus provides relief from constipation.

Do you need assistance to cook this recipe at your kitchen?


With people becoming more and more health conscious when choosing what to eat, these classes will help you to learn how to cook the foods you love. 

We offer 1-To-One virtual cooking classes with fun experience, all through a video call. You choose the date and time of the class.

No matter your cooking experience, you get private coaching, personalized tips and share stories while you are cooking at your kitchen. 

In these classes, you’ll make a new friend.

Book an appointment to virtually learn the recipes while you cook at your kitchen. 

We make the video call to clients who booked their appointment ON TIME. We will virtually guide you through the recipes STEP-BY-STEP.

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