Comments on: Exploring Madurai and Eating South Indian Thali. 🇮🇳

By: Aditya Narula

Aditya Narula — Tue, 26 Oct 8900 10:33:52 +0000

In reply to Rajaa Chandramohan. It was restaurant, not a hotel

By: Dale Philip

Dale Philip — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Ruth Subash. Thank you so much

By: Michael Jazan

Michael Jazan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Don’t waste food. Everyone is working for that. This called a life style.

By: P M

P M — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Dale explaining everything to that couple which everyone had to explain him before 5 minutes

By: V M

V M — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Shiben Chakravorty. Just go out and meet people you don't know and interact with them. That's the key

By: Shiben Chakravorty

Shiben Chakravorty — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Dude I wish I had 10% social skills that you have

By: K Ha

K Ha — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Hawk Who Knows All. me same first time in tamil nadu as a german

By: Hawk Who Knows All

Hawk Who Knows All — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

He got SERVED like a KINDERGARDEN SCHOOL KID for FIRST TIME.

By: arju rajkhowa

arju rajkhowa — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Sib Ii.

@Mahesh M why do you think like that….because the so called “aryans” are the majority or something else. If we see facts then eveything is contradicted. The origins of the both aryans and dravidians are not confirmed…are they. The terms aryan and dravidian itself are confusing. Who were the confirmed citizens of Indus Valley then? How can you say middle eastern cities are not older than tamil ones.

By: arju rajkhowa

arju rajkhowa — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Sib Ii. @Narayanan Moorthy well the most of the articles online says keeladi civilization is 2600 years old i.e around 600 b.c which is not that old compared to most of the oldest civilization. Sumerian civilization is officially more than 5000 years old, around 3500 b.c. But we are here discussing the oldest inhabited city not oldest civilization. How old is madurai give me some proper historical period. Do not just bluff.

By: shiv

shiv — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Sib Ii. @arju rajkhowa cool it brought just cool it

By: hindu desham

hindu desham — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Sib Ii. @arju rajkhowa the oldest civilized city....still standing

By: hindu desham

hindu desham — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Sib Ii. @Ganesan A vandakan kadarls

By: Sib Ii

Sib Ii — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Madurai is OLDEST city in world has urbanised even before 600BC ~2600years
Pandiyan empire and many tamil kings had madurai as their capital ..

By: K Ha

K Ha — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to vinoelectromechanic. native tamil say to me this is 100% India or original india, i know only tamil nadu and say they 100% or more heartfull nice cute interesting for 100 years lifetime or more want spend there.

By: Abhishek Chintu

Abhishek Chintu — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to vinoelectromechanic. I respect Tamilians, the wat my south brothers preserve culture language and what not. I am a Telugu guy. Your Dravidian brother. Live long Tamil

By: vinoelectromechanic

vinoelectromechanic — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

See the way and the tendency my fellow countrymen help him to eat!!

Tamils all over the world posses this quality

I’m a Proud “Tamil” as always!!

தமிழ் வாழ்க !! Long live classic divine Tamil!!!

By: Rajaa Chandramohan

Rajaa Chandramohan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Came into hotel as a beginner and got out as a pro, explaining to other foreigners...!!!

By: I Believe

I Believe — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Rian Dnovri. Rian Dnovri , girl? Insta - bloody_impact_xt

By: Aparna Thakur

Aparna Thakur — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Rian Dnovri. Travelling alone this most hated thing on my life

By: beamerUSA

beamerUSA — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Rian Dnovri. @Aparna Thakur 'in'

By: Muhammad Rizwan

Muhammad Rizwan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Rian Dnovri. Who r traveling with group all travelers mostly go alone lol

By: ashok kumar

ashok kumar — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Rian Dnovri. @Muhammad Rizwan just look mark weinz,food ranger they r not traveling alone

By: Rian Dnovri

Rian Dnovri — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I am so proud of you bro. traveling alone. this is a true traveler.

By: bhuvan

bhuvan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Rajkumar Prasad. Yoo hotel la kuda epde la erukadhu ya Nala explain panna pa

By: அ1A

அ1A — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Rajkumar Prasad. VERY GOOD EXPLAINING

By: Lakshmi Narayanan

Lakshmi Narayanan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Rajkumar Prasad. @ashok leburu it is either VATHTHA KUZHAMBU, a concentrate of tamarind and spices or KAARA KUZHAMBU another varient

By: Mohammed ali

Mohammed ali — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Rajkumar Prasad. Well explained... thanks

By: Vikram Khanna

Vikram Khanna — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Rajkumar Prasad. All culture copied from our Aryan culture.

By: Rajkumar Prasad

Rajkumar Prasad — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

A Tamil lunch is what we call an ‘Arusuvai Unavu’ meaning ‘A meal comprising the six tastes’ – Sweet, Tangy, Bitter, Sour, Spicy and Salty.This balance of taste acts as a sumptuos yet a complete, healthy meal.Food is both philosophic and medicinal in nature in Tamil culture.And this is the order in which u have the lunch meal in Tamilnadu. It’s called ‘Meals’ here which the north indians called ‘Thali’. Rice mixed with..
1)Paruppu with ghee
2)Sambar(Toor dhal based)
3)Kara kulambu/Puli kulambu(Tamarind based)
4)Rasam
5)Thayir/Curd

Payasam is the dessert.The vegetables comes in three types
Poriyal, Kootu and varuval.The vegetables are accompaniments or side dish u have with a main dish. You mix the various curries in the above order one after another with rice, have a mouthful along with small quantity of the veggie or Appalam.

Combinations:
Sambar+stir fry/deep fry
Puli/Kara kulambu +Kootu
Rasam+Kootu/deep fry
Curd+deep fry
Appalam/Pappadam goes with all of it.
Definitions:
Poriyal – Stir fry
Kootu – Veg cooked with gram dal
Varuval – Crisp fry/Deep fry
Kulambu – Gravy usually tamarind based.
Rasam – A soup with tamarind base
Sambar – Toor dhal cooked with vegetables
Payasam – Sweet
Curd – Yogurt
Ghee – Clarified butter
All the dishes above are vegetarian dishes.I can’t even begin to explain about the vast array of meat/sea food based non-vegetarian Tamil food.That’s for another day.