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Indulge in some Authentic South Indian Food

Delicious authentic South Indian food! I discovered a whole new cuisine when I moved to Bangalore 🙂

So I moved to Bangalore about 13 years ago. I have mentioned this before on the blog but I will say it again when I moved here all I knew about South Indian food was Idly and Dosa, oh yes Uttapam and vada too. These were the starting and ending of the range of South Indian food for me. They were served with sambhar and chutney and I could eat them anytime of the day. May be I knew the occasional variety rice like Lemon rice, coconut rice courtesy a South Indian friend I had made in office. I loved the food I knew and then I moved to Bangalore and hence started my introduction to the gorgeous flavourful authentic south Indian food.

From the delicious South Indian Thali (which can differ from region to region) and typically contains a dal, sambhar, kottu, papad, a variety rice, plain steamed rice and may be a sweet. It is typically served in a banana leaf.

 

Authentic South Indian Food

 

Tamil style banana leaf meal at  Arusuvai Madhuram, HSR Layout

Or its the glorious Onam Sadya, the pure vegetarian elaborate banana leaf meal of Kerala made specially on the festival Onam. I made this last year on Onam and had such a good time planning out a south Indian menu for the feast. This was the first ever banana leaf meal I cooked. From knowing only idly dosas to this, haven’t I come a long way?

 

 

Onam Sadya

South Indian food has so much flavour of its own and so much variety, consider Pandi Curry from Coorg for example. It is totally different from any of the foods I have mentioned above. Rich and tangy pork curry, it has been featured in many articles as must eat food from India.

 

 

Pandi Curry & Pita at Monkey Bar

If you thought this is drool worthy, don’t forget the brilliant sea food curries of the Kerala.

 

 

Vypeen Chemmin Piralan – Tiger Prawns in a hotly spiced marinade, cooked in the shell. A speciality of the Fisher’s island of Vypeen Kerala[/caption.

Or the delightful Kane Fish fry from Mangalore.

 

 

Kane Fry

South Indian food is so versatile and full of flavour that a few pictures don’t do justice to it.

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  1. Ashish Patel says

    September 14, 2020 at 2:48 am

    Such A Great Blog. Thank U For Sharing Useful Information About South Indian food. This Article Really Amzing And So Much Helpful For Me. Keep It Up:).

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Monika is an ex-IT person turned into a food blogger, consultant, home baker and an amateur food photographer. She loves music, writing, food, and travel, but not necessarily in that order ;)

Sin-A-Mon Tales is a canvas for her food memories. Apart from Sin -A- Mon Tales, Monika also writes for many online websites and publications. She's an avid reader and can always be found with a book in her bag, which mostly is as bright as her. She's an obsessive traveler and is always looking for the next food story. Read More…

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