Post the pandemic, a trend seems to have emerged in the city, where every neighbourhood has a kulambu kadai, selling competitively priced homemade gravies and side dishes. They cater to young couples who work from home, bachelors, and elders who prefer to cook minimally. The customers prefer these gravies, prepared in home-style kitchens, to ordering from hotels. We try some of these push carts and stalls that make meal planning easier.
Kulambu Mama Kadai, West Mambalam
N. Kalyanasundaram, used to be known as ‘sundal mama’ at Bakthavatsalam Street, near Ayodhya Mandapam in West Mambalam. Now, he’s better known as kulambu mama, and his work begins as early as 7.30 am so that customers can pick up the food and pack it in school and office lunch boxes.
