Recipes

South Indian cooking has a lot of wonderful recipes.

Tamil Nadu, true home of Indian vegetarianism, is the land of the delicious Pongal, Idli, Dosa, Sambar and Rasam. Tamilian's staple diet is steamed rice and most of their food consists of grains, lentils and vegetables. 'Sadhams' (rice dishes) with different flavour s are their specialty. Spices are added for most dishes to give a distinctive taste. Coconut, tamarind, asafeotida are a must for most vegetarian dishes. Desserts such as burfis and payasams are also popular.

Some of the most popular dishes are:

Sambar
Keerai Masial
Paruppu Urandai Kozhambu
Pepper Rasam
Curd Rice
Jeera Kuzhambu
Lemon Rice
Sweet Pongal
Tamarind Rice
Paruppu Usili
Rice Upma
Vatral Kuzhambu
Vendaikkai Curry