Medu Vada To Rava Dosa : 8 Popular South Indian Breakfast Dishes

By Niveditha Kalyanaraman

October 7th, 2023

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South India is a platter for light-weight, easy to make breakfast options that have captivated the whole of India. Here are 8 popular south indian breakfast dishes.

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Onion Rava Dosa

Crispy, deep-fried and divine, this rava-style dosa made with onions is too good to be true.

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Appam

With a soft and thick center and a paper thin exterior, you can lap up any curry with these lovely appams.

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Ven Pongal

Rice and lentils, cooked and tempered with cumin and a dollop of ghee give birth to this traditional South Indian breakfast.

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Uthapam

Light and scrummy, uttapam is a dosa-like preparation made with a mixture of rice, dhuli urad dal and fenugreek seeds.

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Puttu

Coconut-y and delectable, this steamed rice cake is extremely popular in Kerala and can be relished with Kadala curry, egg curry and even ripe bananas.

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Ragi Dosa

Dosa is a comfort food and loved by most individuals. This one here is a healthy alternative to the usual dosas with a combination of two flours, including ragi and rice flour.

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Medu Vada

Crispy and addictive, this urad dal based snack is a favourite of many. Spruce it up with some coconut chutney and serve piping hot.

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Idli

These UFO shaped dishes have always been a classic pick, served with chutney and sambhar.

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