Indian food

Kotte kadubu

Also called: Kotte kadubu, Котте кадубу, Kadubu

Vegan

Idli batter steamed inside a box woven from jackfruit leaves. The leaf gives the rice a faint resinous scent that no steel mould can, and the box is unwrapped at the table.

How it's eaten

Ask whether it is the jackfruit-leaf version; the moulded one is a different thing wearing the same name.

Where to try it

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