By Niveditha Kalyanaraman
September 15th, 2023
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South India is a platter of delicious food ranging from breakfast to dinner. Beyond what meets the eye on a banana leaf, there are several dishes that are quite underrated. Beyond the Dosa and Idli, here are 7 underrated south indian dishes!
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Often served as breakfast, it is a high-calorie dish that involves cooked rice in boiling milk. It is had with sambhar or chutney.
It is simply tamarind rice which is a common traditional dish in Andhra Pradesh. The main ingredients of this recipe are rice, kokum, and tamarind.
Made out of all-purpose flour, this parotta is different from the parottas which are made in north India. It is served with kurma or beef.
Extremely famous in Kerala, this dish is widely used in the state as a breakfast or on the occasion of festivals as a dessert. It involves savory rice and coconut which are mildly spiced.
The dish is popularly made as a meal and the rice is precooked with different spices, lentils, and even curry leaves and nuts.
It is a dessert that involves ingredients like milk, ghee, jaggery, raisins, and even nuts. Payasam can be made out of rice or even vermicelli and is made on celebratory occasions.
Thin pancake that specifically originates in South India. These pancakes are made out of fermented rice batter and coconut milk which adds flavor to the dish and is cooked in a deep pan.