Scovone Star Magazine 2015-2016 | Page 24

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