Tag: south indian thari kanji

[ad_1] I remember asking for extras the first time I tried Thari Kanji. That was many years ago in Mumbai at one of my former colleague's house during an iftar. Saleema's family hails from Kozhikode; this light, sweetened drink has been a recurring feature in her family's iftar. I was still new to Malabari cuisine at that point except for popular signatures like the Thalasseri biryani. This has changed after multiple visits over the past decade to Kozhikode, now one of my favourite food cities in India.I experienced a dejavu moment, a sense of nostalgia at the iftar promotion at the Grand Hyatt Kochi. The second time in four years that I was at this hotel during the month of Ramadan and experienced their elaborate iftar; the first thing that I sampled was the Thari kanji.Saleema's family...