Offering You Some Mouthwateringly Spicy Tastes For Your Taste Buds-South Indian Food

The aroma of crispy vadas, the sound of crackling mustard seeds, the taste of hot piping sambar prepared with fresh as well as pulpy tamarind, and the touch of feather-light, round idlis - South Inda

Food is an important part of Indian culture, as India is a melting pot of different cultures and customs and food is direct by-product.  For people who are in search of some mouthwateringly spicy tastes for your taste buds, it is advisable to go for South Indian food. Besides satisfying your belly desires with remarkable dishes, and making you experience the exotic aromas, your admiration will increase exponentially for the country occupied with a billion people who share such interesting cultures as well as history.

Every state of India has its individual outstanding food. Tamil Nadu, a South Indian state, is famous for its superb amalgamation of delicious flavors, spices, aromas as well as tastes. Food of Tamil Nadu is mostly vegetarian.

The cuisine is famous for its brilliant mixing of rice as well as lentils to make delicious, finger-licking idlis, dosas, vadas, and uttapams which are eaten with various equally-tasty chutneys as well as sambar. These dishes are mostly eaten at break-fast. They are easily digestible and are highly nutritious. The spice-mix used in maximum number of dishes offers a bit of the six tastes- sweet, sour, salty, bitter, spicy and astringent and therefore is considered perfect and very healthy.

The main course is mainly rice-based with extravagant servings of diverse varieties of tasty curries. Moreover, rasam (clear soup) is a perfect way to start any meal.

Dosa and chutney are just a brief preview to an otherwise long, exciting, rich and completely interesting journey that is South India. By means of its five states, two union territories, stony plateau, river valleys' as well as coastal plains, the south of India is enormously different from Northern India.

Pickles as well as poppadams are served on the side all the time and yogurt makes a frequent appearance, too. Coconut is one of the vital ingredients and is used in different forms: dry or as it is. Some of the food preparation is done in coconut oil, as well. South Indian recipes consist of several spices which make awesome tasty dishes.

One of the most liked and common sweet dish of this cuisine is Payasam; which is an integral part of a south Indian lunch menu in any south Indian restaurant.

Ever heard about happy endings? That's what payasam is all about. It’s a sweet end to a perfect meal; a tasty rice and milk dessert with cashews as well as raisins.

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Author's Note

The aroma of crispy vadas, the sound of crackling mustard seeds, the taste of hot piping sambar prepared with fresh as well as pulpy tamarind, and the touch of feather-light, round idlis - South Indain food appeals to all senses; is fresh as well as delicious!