Classic Tamil Brahmin Cuisine
Subtitle: Pure Vegetarian South Indian Samayal
Edition: First Edition
Series: Cookbook
Publisher: Orient Enterprises
Published: March 2008
Place of publication: Chennai - INDIA
Description: ANNAM or food is a form of the Almighty ('annam parabrahma swaroopam') according to the Hindu scriptures. All beings are born and live by food and ultimately go back to the earth and merge in it to become food. Food is the supreme medicine of all ('aushadham ucchyate sarvam'). Food occupies an important part in the life of Hindus. Food is offered to ancestors during rituals, to Gods during religious ceremonies and to deities in the temples. Food is served to the poor and the needy as seva or charitable service; to the animals and birds as religious duty; to one s personal deity before eating to neutralize harmful energies contained in the food. For more information visit vijisamayal.org