Idli

Mother's Day: Try your hand at these dishes, to give your mom the feast that she deserves

What better way to appreciate one's mom on Mother's Day than by whipping up dishes that honour her love!

Jayalalithaa's supporters immortalise her with a 68-kilogram idli tribute

Chennai’s kaapi act that’s hard to copy

You still have to come to Chennai for the real filter coffee. As every Madrasi great grandmother will tell you, it all starts with the right proportion of coffee and chicory seeds, roasted just so over a fire, then immediately powdered in a good old handgrinder bought in Mylapore’s bylanes.

South meets North: Chennai weddings turn over a new leaf

Fusion food, (or should that be confusion food) is drawing the crowds to rave reviews in halls everywhere.

Why Hillary's all-south Indian breakfast fare wasn't 'traditional'

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was treated to the finest south Indian fare of idli, dosa, uthapam, upma for a breakfast meeting with SM Krishna in the Capital today. Read on to know why these south Indian dishes may not be 'Indian' at all.