South Indian Meals [Tamilian]

South Indian Meal

A typical South Indian meal is served on a banana leaf. Here, I will explain the typical Tamilian meal. It starts with the vegetable side dishes. They can be anything from puttu urulai kilangu, carrot poriyal, green beans poriyal, red soya beans poriyal, peerkangai porikari, etc. At least 3 vegetables are served generally. Along with this comes the pickle and salt. Then the rice is served with ghee. The first serving of rice is with paruppu. The vegetables and the appalam is eaten along with the rice. Then comes the rasam. The rasam has a slightly sour taste and can be taken as soup as well. It can be eaten with the paruppu rice too. After the rasam, we go for the sambar. Mix the sambar with rice and ghee and just enjoy the delicious South Indian flavor! Following the sambar, comes the payasam which is a sweet dish that is made from milk, vermicelli, and sago. Then comes the curd and rice which is eaten with pickle and more milagai. What a scrumptious meal!

The best way to try this food is to attend a Tamilian wedding or to make it at home yourself!  Check out the recipes for more information. :)