| Indian tamil Brahmin cooking is purely vegetarian. | | | | Some of the popular tamil brahmin sweets are: |
| A typical meal consists of more than a couple of | | | | Sundal |
| vegetables and various Indian spices. Spices play | | | | Puttu |
| an important role in the cooking -- and it has been | | | | Kolakattai |
| like this for many hundreds of years. Recent | | | | Payasams |
| scientific studies have revealed the important role | | | | One quick note -- these dishes are not exclusively |
| these spices play in maintaining good health | | | | for brahmins alone but are mentioned in here |
| example Fenugreek as digestive aid, turmeric for | | | | because they are cooked quite often by |
| its healing properties etc. | | | | brahmins. |
| A typical Brahmin cooking will not include any | | | | For breakfast, some of the popular dishes are idli, |
| onions and minimum or no garlic. In recent years | | | | dosa, adai and upma. Lunch and dinner is usually |
| though these two are being used for most of the | | | | eaten with appalam. The meal is ended with curd |
| brahmin recipes. There is a huge range of recipes | | | | rice (thair sadam). This cools the body and is good |
| -- brahmins have mastered the art of vegetarian | | | | for digestion as well. |
| cooking. | | | | Some of the popular snacks are bonda, seedai, |
| Brahmin Sambar | | | | bhaji, sevu, murukku and pakarora. Tamil Brahmin |
| Plantain podimas | | | | Cooking is simple, yet delicious. |
| Beans Paruppu Uslil | | | | The offerings made to Gods and Goddesses are |
| Vathakulambu | | | | referred by Brahmins as Bakshanams. Here are |
| Upma Kozhakatta | | | | some of the popular offerings: |
| Puli Ponga | | | | Kolkatta |
| Aviyal | | | | Muruku |
| Kootu Varities | | | | Kesari |
| Brahmin rasam | | | | Pongal (sweet and not sweet version). |
| Poriyal varities | | | | |