9 Traditional South Indian Dishes You Can’t Miss
This peculiar savoury rice and lentil preparation flavoured with black pepper, cumin, ginger, and ghee; is the actual bet of the pongal feast.
Rich rice pudding made with melted jaggery, milk, and ghee; flavoured with cardamom and garnished with cashews, this dish is referred as 'Prashadam' to the lord sun, to thank him for bountiful harvest.
Curds Rice or Thayir Sadam is the cooling rice dish mixed with yoghurt and tempered with mustard seeds, curry leaves, and chillies.
Coconut Chutney, from fresh coconut, blended with green chillies, is one of the charms of South Indian condiment.
Avial is a nutritious curry made from mixed vegetables and prepared in an extremely unique coconut and yoghurt base gravy.
Chakkara Pongal is sweetened pongal, which contains jaggery, rice, and moong dal. This is the major offering on the festival which means, sweetness and joy during the harvest season.
Tangy and spicy in flavour, Puliyodarai or Tamarind rice makes a huge impact during the pongal feast. It is usually made to offer at temples as a sign of one being a devotee and sharing with the community.
Medu Vada is a deep-fried crisp, made up of urad dal, served with chutney and sambar.
Thengai sadam or coconut rice, is an aromatic rice dish made with fresh coconut and mild spices