Traditional sweets

A T Basheer is among the few in Kerala who still make ‘panjara paalu mittayi’ or sugar candies. The delights are made on a traditional firewood stove and involve tedious processes & remarkable skills.

In 1986, Ramakrishna Bhat migrated from Sringeri to Bengaluru to work as a chef. Today, his eatery, Bhat's Holige Mane, is famous for its homemade version of the traditional Ugadi sweet - holiges.

But as he looked for Kadalai Mittai for his nephew, he found that none came close to the one that he had tasted as a child.