Food
Dine with a Badaga Family
Off the beaten path
A home meal of hill millets, avarai beans and estate vegetables — the everyday food of the Nilgiris, eaten where it is grown.
Badaga home cooking leans on hill-grown millets (such as ragi), the broad avarai bean, potatoes and fresh estate greens.
A handful of families and small homestays around Kotagiri now host meals for visitors, often paired with a village walk.
It is the best way to taste the region beyond restaurant fare — and to support producers working with local co-operatives.
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Good to know
- Access
- Homestays and family hosts around Kotagiri; book ahead
- Best time
- All year