Does clicking a dish take me to one specific video?

No — it opens a YouTube search for that dish's name, so you land on current results and can pick whichever recipe video suits you, rather than being sent to one fixed link that could go stale.

How does the weekly plan avoid repeating the same dish?

Each meal slot shuffles its own list of candidate dishes and cycles through them one per day, so any meal with seven or more matching dishes never repeats across the week. Thinner categories spread their repeats as evenly as possible instead of clustering.

What counts as a Tamil Nadu dish here?

The catalogue covers home-style Tamil Nadu cooking — tiffin items like idli, dosa and pongal, rice-based lunches like sambar sadam and kuzhambu varieties, evening snacks like bajji and murukku, and both vegetarian and non-vegetarian mains.

Can I get vegetarian-only suggestions?

Yes — turn on "Vegetarian only" and both the random suggestion and the weekly plan will only draw from veg dishes.

Does the random suggestion know what time it is?

On load, it defaults to whichever meal fits the current time of day — breakfast in the morning, lunch around midday, tiffin in the evening, dinner at night — and you can still switch to any other meal manually.

Tamil Nadu Weekly Food Planner

A day-wise Tamil Nadu meal plan, or a random suggestion when you can't decide — tap any dish for a recipe video.

Vegetarian only

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Breakfast idea

Idli

இட்லி

Steamed rice-and-lentil cakes, soft and fluffy. Ferment the batter overnight, then steam and serve with sambar and coconut chutney.

About 20 min · Vegetarian

▶ Watch how to make it

This week’s plan

Day	Breakfast	Lunch	Evening tiffin	Dinner
Monday	Idiyappamஇடியாப்பம்	Pirandai Kuzhambuபிரண்டை குழம்பு	Onion Bajjiவெங்காய பஜ்ஜி	Kanji (Rice Porridge) with Pickleகஞ்சி
Tuesday	Rava Kichadiரவா கிச்சடி	Chettinad Vegetable Kuzhambuசெட்டிநாடு காய்கறி குழம்பு	Bread Omeletteப்ரெட் ஆம்லெட்	Chapati with Vegetable Kurmaசப்பாத்தி
Wednesday	Poori with Potato Masalaபூரி	Eral Kuzhambu (Prawn Curry) with Riceஇறால் குழம்பு	Kadalai Sundalகடலை சுண்டல்	Rava Dosaரவா தோசை
Thursday	Ven Pongalவெண் பொங்கல்	Vegetable Biryaniவெஜிடபிள் பிரியாணி	Vazhakkai Chips (Banana Chips)வாழைக்காய் சிப்ஸ்	Semiya Upmaசேமியா உப்புமா
Friday	Ragi Dosai (Finger Millet Dosa)கேழ்வரகு தோசை	Vatha Kuzhambu with Riceவத்த குழம்பு	Urulai Bonda (Potato Bonda)உருளை போண்டா	Ragi Dosai (Finger Millet Dosa)கேழ்வரகு தோசை
Saturday	Masala Dosaமசாலா தோசை	Mor Kuzhambuமோர் குழம்பு	Vazhakkai Bajji (Banana Bajji)வாழைக்காய் பஜ்ஜி	Vegetable Kurma with Chapati/Riceகாய்கறி குருமா
Sunday	Sakkarai Pongalசர்க்கரை பொங்கல்	Avial with Riceஅவியல்	Rava Kesariரவா கேசரி	Thayir Sadam (Curd Rice)தயிர் சாதம்

Tap any dish to search for its recipe on YouTube. Shuffle for a different week without losing the veg filter.

Full food list

Every dish in the catalogue, grouped by meal — tap one to look up how to make it.

Breakfast

Lunch

Evening tiffin

Dinner

Recipe links open a YouTube search for that dish, so they always point at current results rather than one fixed video.

"What do I cook today?" is a question that hits every kitchen every morning, and this planner answers it with real Tamil Nadu dishes rather than a generic meal-plan template. Pick a meal — breakfast, lunch, evening tiffin or dinner — and get an instant random suggestion, complete with a short description of how it's made, roughly how long it takes, and whether it's vegetarian.

The weekly table below lays out a full seven-day plan across all four meals in one view, so you can glance at Monday through Sunday at once instead of deciding one meal at a time. Shuffle it for a different week any time, and switch on "Vegetarian only" to keep every suggestion meat-free.

Every dish links out to a YouTube search for its recipe, so tapping Idli, Sambar Sadam or Chettinad Chicken Curry takes you straight to videos on how to actually cook it. The full food list further down covers every dish in the catalogue, grouped by meal, for browsing rather than planning.

Frequently asked questions

Does clicking a dish take me to one specific video?: No — it opens a YouTube search for that dish's name, so you land on current results and can pick whichever recipe video suits you, rather than being sent to one fixed link that could go stale.
How does the weekly plan avoid repeating the same dish?: Each meal slot shuffles its own list of candidate dishes and cycles through them one per day, so any meal with seven or more matching dishes never repeats across the week. Thinner categories spread their repeats as evenly as possible instead of clustering.
What counts as a Tamil Nadu dish here?: The catalogue covers home-style Tamil Nadu cooking — tiffin items like idli, dosa and pongal, rice-based lunches like sambar sadam and kuzhambu varieties, evening snacks like bajji and murukku, and both vegetarian and non-vegetarian mains.
Can I get vegetarian-only suggestions?: Yes — turn on "Vegetarian only" and both the random suggestion and the weekly plan will only draw from veg dishes.
Does the random suggestion know what time it is?: On load, it defaults to whichever meal fits the current time of day — breakfast in the morning, lunch around midday, tiffin in the evening, dinner at night — and you can still switch to any other meal manually.