south indian

Bread / Rice, BreakFast, Indian Festive Food

Ven Pongal

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Wish you all a blessed Varalakshmi Vratam , it’s a celebration which every woman in house do for the well being of family. Since morning i have been so busy preparing naivedyam (festive food). For this I had to wake up around 5.30 AM which is little early for me 🙂 Goddess Lashmi is worshiped on this day for wealth,health and prosperity. And this festival is mostly celebrated in South-India. I have prepared holige (a sweet stuffed flat bread) ,ven pongal ,Drumstick Kuzhambu and payasam for morning offering. I will make some mango seera too for evening offering . If…

Curry / Side-dish

Sambhar

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Who is not aware of this world famous South-Indian delicacy “Sambhar” ,a quintessential accompaniment to Idlis ,Dosas and many more.. Over the years, sambhar has seen numerous variations from place to place..Karnataka Sambhar has little sweetness while a typical Andhra Sambhar has more chilis in it. I always love the Tamil version which is little thick & perfectly balanced with spices. Sambhar has essentially been a favorite among those living in the southern part of the nation but the history says some different story leading the origin to the royal kitchen of Thanjavur Marathas ,where the dish is named as…

Indian Festive Food

Gunta Ponganalu

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Warm Greetings to my #‎BReaKurFastSeries‬ where i will be sharing Famous Indian Breakfast from different part.Hope you have not missed the first post .. This is the second post sharing a traditional breakfast from Andhra-Pradesh, the highest Chili growing state in India (46%). There is a Food-Street in VV Puram,Bangalore. I was introduced to these tiny soft balls there four year back. On weekends it’s really difficult to get an ample elbow space but i enjoyed many times the adventurous food trail on a crowded Sunday .And I never miss hot “Holige” drenched in Ghee at the end of my…

Chutney / Dip / Condiments, Vegan

Spicy Tomato Dip

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Being born & brought up in a region where choice of foods were so limited those days i was not much familiar with different cuisines of India ,but Dosa & Idli were known faces to me. And there was a south-Indian restaurant named “Sindhiya” in town which was the only place to go when you crave for a crispy Dosa. Soon after my Engineering when i moved to Bangalore , the real variety of South-Indian food come to my palate . I never missed any new dish during travelling different parts of South India. I remember while going to Hogenakkal…

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