Sangamitra Restaurant

‘KONGUNAD CUISINE COMES FROM CITIES OF TAMILNADU’
TASTE THE DIFFERENCE.
Kongunad cuisine is a collection of exotic recipes being created by the people residing in the Kongu region. The cuisine is quite extensive for a simple reason that the Kongu region is very vast and includes places like Ooty, Coimbatore (the present headquarters of Kongu Kingdom), Pollachi, Tiruppur, Udumalpet, Avinashi, Palladam, Kangayam (the previous headquarters of Kongu Kingdom) to Karur, Erode, Aathur, Salem, Palani Mettur and Dharapuram.
Kongu means honey, and the cuisines of this region are also unique and different. This Kongu region is quite close to Karnataka and so the cuisine also has a slight influence of Karnataka style too. All the recipes are added with a pinch of turmeric and most of the dishes are added with grounded paste. A large number of pulses (different kinds of) are added to the dishes and so it makes the recipe a healthy one.



ASPECTS OF KONGUNAD CUISINE:
The recipes have their own nativity and style. Besides, Kongunad cuisine is a collection of recipes from more than 50 cities in Tamil Nadu, (unlike Chettinad cuisine, which is the food of only one city of Tamil Nadu, called Karaikudi)

Unlike other cuisines, Kongunad cuisine does not involve marination of any raw material. As a result the food has a different taste and unique texture.

Addition of roasted groundnut paste in curries and Khormas creates a very different flavor.

Turmeric is always added into curries as freshly grated and ground after roasting. This gives the product a deep yellow colour and an aromatic substance.

The cuisine is healthy and nutritious owing to use of considerable amount of pulses.

Address:
No:1, Sarathy Nagar Main Road,
Sarathy Nagar, Opp VijayaNagar Bus Terminal
Velachery,
Chennai – 600 042.
Phone: +91 44 4282 4343