A great summer option, and the textures of this rice added a great dimension. Detours are always fun. On a drive from Chettinad in Tamil Nadu to Pondicherry, I stopped to shoot pictures of an imposing ...

Sambar rice and tamarind rice are popular South Indian dishes. South Indian cuisine offers a vibrant array of dishes, and few are as comforting as sambar rice and tamarind rice. For those aiming ...

Trichy: He was an autorickshaw driver for several years before the idea of starting a small business dawned on 47-year-old S Siva. In fact, it was an opportunity to sell packed food to some local ...

There’s something about a hot plate of sambar-rice, a generous drizzle of ghee on top, and a side of crispy chicken fry or ...

A connoisseur of biryani from Tamil Nadu will vouch for the Seeraga Samba rice that lends unique flavour to the dish. But agriculturalists now have developed a competitor of the indigenous variety.

CHENNAI: Sometimes a simply ‘constructed’ meal is all you need to feel a little warm on a rainy day. When a slum, behind the home that he runs for the mentally ill, was flooded by the rains, it hardly ...

About 3,500 tonnes of ‘Ponni Samba’ rice have been imported by the governmnet as a solution to the shortage of ‘Keeri Samba’ rice in the local market at present. Accordingly, the first consignment of ...

A shortage of Keeri Samba rice has pushed the prices of other rice varieties up, prompting the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) to carry out more than 400 raids in the past four months. The raids led ...

Construction of a godown and a seed processing centre at Thuraiyur by the Department of Agricultural Marketing and Agri Business has infused hope in the minds of progressive farmers in Uppilliyapuram ...