Different from North Indian Recipes

When we say south indian recipes here, we are referring to the recipes from the four south indian states. These south indian states are, Andrapradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and TamilNadu.

Though there are similarities in the cooking methods and ingredients, each states cuisine has it's own flavors and is different in taste. Each state has it's own specific popular recipes.

As the weather conditions differ in the south and north indian states, the staple foods, the nutritional needs of the people, availability of vegetables and other ingredients are different.

In the old times, many ingredients were available only in those specific regions where they were produced. Now with the ease of transport, the openings of supermarkets in every town, has made everything available everywhere. That has made it possible for everyone to try the cuisines of the other places.

South Indian recipes are basically a little different from the North Indian recipes. South indian food or north indian food, both taste just great. Though the spices used are same,spice mixture - masala used in them is not the same. The proportion of the spices is different and so they taste different.

In general south india consumes more rice. South indian food consists of more rice items such as lemon rice, mango rice, tamarind rice, sweet pongal, khara pongal,curd rice etc. Many breakfast items are rice based such as idli, dosa, uttappam etc. Many snacks are made with rice and rice flour.

Coconut is freely used in south indian cooking as coconut is easily available. The south Indian curry recipes also make the gravy for curry with coconut. That gives them a special taste.

Andhra Pradesh is known for it's hot hot hot cooking. You must like to feel the hotness of the red chillies in Andhra recipes.

Use of coconut is very common in all south indian cooking. Be it rice or curries or salads, coconut is a must. Tamarind is also used more for sourness.

While making the rice varieties in south india, such as tamarind rice, lemon rice, coconut rice, Vangi bhat, the rice is cooked separately then mixed with the spices.

Many of the recipes from Kerala use coconut oil. That adds to a particular taste and flavor. And people love it. Karnataka has its special curries(called Gojju) and Tamilnadu also has recipes that are popular.

Vegetarian South Indian recipes on this website.

I am sure you will try out these south indian vegetarian recipes.

South Indian Curry Recipes

Potato Curry (Aloo Bhaji)

Tomato Curry

Onion Curry

PotatoCurry with Coconut Milk

South Indian Rice Recipes

Lemon Rice

Mango Rice

Curd Rice

South Indian dal - lentil Recipes

Sambar

Rasam Recipe

Curd Rice

South Indian filling Snacks and Breakfast foods

Dosa

Masala Dosa

Rava Idli

Uttapam

Upma

Akki roti

Ragi roti

dahi vada

South indian roti - bread recipes

Chapati

Poori

Akki roti

Ragi roti

South indian salad recipes

Tomato salad - kosambri - koshimbir

Cucumber salad - kosambri - koshimbir

Cabbage salad recipe

Cooked Beet Salad

Raw Beetroot Salad

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