Incredible Indian Food!
fenugreek seeds, and turmeric powder
are used very often. Fruit like papayas,
pineapples, and mango are also used
often. Cauliflowers, eggplants, spinach,
carrots, bitter gourd, and potatoes are
used in most dishes. Most of the South
is along the shoreline, so fish is common
in many dishes.
Like the North, the ingredients are
combined to make dishes sweets and
drinks. Some popular dishes are dosa
( indian pancakes), vada ( savory fried
snack), thali, idli (savory indian cake),
biryani (mixed rice dish), tomato upma
(tomato porridge), sambhar (lentil based
vegetable stew), rasam ( spicy indian
soup), and dal ( dish made with split
lentils). Some popular sweets are
bandaru ladoo (bandaru is a place in
India), coconut Ladoo (ladoo made with
coconut), coconut chikki( sticky sweet
with coconut), Atta Ladoo( at