What grows in Annapurna Vanam this season

Almost everything on your plate at Annalaya begins a few steps from the kitchen. This season the beds are thick with native greens — arai keerai, mulai keerai and thandu keerai — along with drumstick, banana and a steady supply of curry leaf.

The medicinal beds

Vana Moolika holds tulsi, vetiver, lemongrass, adathoda and nilavembu. Some of it goes into the morning kashayam; the rest simply keeps the garden fragrant and the insects friendly.

If you are staying with us, ask at the kitchen and someone will happily walk you through the beds before lunch.