Special South Indian food

There is no other country in the world that has such a diverse culture with diverse food habits. Exploring India, especially its food and culture, will take you months because each region has something different to offer. And each region has its unique food specialties. Spice is generously used in all food in India irrespective of whether it is north, east, west or South Indian food.

Special South Indian food:

1. The list can range from plain dosa, masala dosa, onion rawa masala, rawa plain dosa, rawa masala dosa, plain uttapams to vada sambhar, mixed uttapam, sambhar idli, etc. 

2. More South Indian food items worth mentioning are murukku, uthappam, idiappam, rasam, thayir pachidi (fresh vegetables blended with dahi), thayir sadam (rice blended with dahi), poriyal (a dry vegetables dish), thayir vadai (dahi-soaked fritters), kootu/kari (vegetables prepared wet), papadum (baked lentil-flour crisps), appalam (deep fried lentil-flour crisps), and the list of more varieties goes on. 

3. And each dish is accompanied with some coconut oriented chutney and spicy sambhar.

Tamilnadu has Chettinad cuisine, perhaps the fieriest of all Indian food. This style too is largely vegetarian.

4. From Kerala comes Malabari cooking, with its repertoire of tasty seafood dishes.




Cooking oils commonly used: Coconut oil is most commonly used for cooking and frying. Vegetable oils like sunflower and canola are also used and ghee is poured over rice during daily meals or in special occasion dishes.

Important spices and ingredients: Curry leaves, mustard, Asafetida, pepper and peppercorns, tamarind, chilies and fenugreek seeds.

Popular dishes: Idlis, Dosas, Vadas, ​Sambaar, Uttapams, Rasam, Payasam.

Flavours:

• South Indian food is a brilliant blend of nutritional balance, fragrance, taste, flavors, colors, seasoning, and visual appeal.
•  If you compare the lentil dishes like dals with that of the other parts of the country, you will find that these are soupier besides being hotter and spicier.
• Once you start having South Indian food, you will truly get addicted to it; such is the appetizing taste. If you happen to go to the southern part of the country, you will find most of the restaurants serving the aforementioned South Indian food items.