South Indian cuisine is diverse and flavorful, with a variety of dishes that vary by region. Here’s a list of popular South Indian foods:

 South Indian cuisine is diverse and flavorful, with a variety of dishes that vary by region. Here’s a list of popular South Indian foods:

Breakfast Dishes

1. Idli – Steamed rice and lentil cakes

2. Dosa – Crispy rice and lentil crepes

3. Uttapam – Thick dosa with toppings like onions and tomatoes

4. Pesarattu – Green gram dosa

5. Appam – Soft, lacy rice pancakes

6. Puttu – Steamed rice flour and coconut dish

7. Upma – Semolina or rice porridge

8. Kuzhi Paniyaram – Fried or steamed rice-lentil dumplings

Rice-Based Dishes

9. Sambar Rice – Rice mixed with lentil-based sambar

10. Curd Rice – Rice mixed with yogurt and tempered with spices

11. Lemon Rice – Tangy rice dish with lemon and spices

12. Tamarind Rice (Puliyodarai) – Tamarind-flavored rice

13. Coconut Rice – Rice mixed with grated coconut and spices

14. Bisi Bele Bath – Karnataka’s spiced lentil-rice dish

15. Pongal – A savory or sweet rice and lentil dish

Snacks & Street Food

16. Medu Vada – Crispy lentil doughnuts

17. Masala Vada – Spicy fritters made from chana dal

18. Banana Chips – Deep-fried or dried banana slices

19. Murukku – Crispy, spiral-shaped snack

20. Sundal – Spiced chickpea or lentil salad

Curries & Gravies

21. Sambar – Lentil and vegetable stew

22. Rasam – Spiced tamarind soup

23. Avial – Mixed vegetable coconut curry

24. Theeyal – Kerala-style roasted coconut curry

25. Erissery – Pumpkin and coconut curry

26. Gongura Pachadi – Andhra-style tangy sorrel leaves chutney

27. Kootu – Lentil-based vegetable curry

Non-Vegetarian Dishes

28. Chettinad Chicken Curry – Spicy Tamil Nadu-style chicken curry

29. Andhra Chicken Fry – Spicy fried chicken

30. Mutton Sukka – Dry mutton dish from Tamil Nadu

31. Kerala Fish Curry – Spicy fish curry with coconut

32. Meen Pollichathu – Banana leaf-wrapped grilled fish

33. Prawn Masala – Spicy prawn curry

34. Chicken 65 – Deep-fried spicy chicken dish

Sweets & Desserts

35. Mysore Pak – Gram flour and ghee-based sweet

36. Rava Kesari – Semolina sweet dish

37. Paal Payasam – South Indian rice pudding

38. Ada Pradhaman – Kerala-style jaggery and coconut milk payasam

39. Unniyappam – Small, sweet rice and banana fritters

40. Kozhukattai (Modak) – Steamed rice dumplings with sweet coconut filling

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