| Rice is the staple food served in south India and is eaten with every dish. As opposed to North Indian cuisine, there is limited use of dried spices in the south Indian cuisine. Lentils, dried red chillies, fresh green chillies, coconut and native fruits and vegetables like tamarind, plantain, snake gourd, garlic and ginger are some of the main ingredients used in the dishes of south India. |
| Some of the mouth-watering dishes of south India are dosa, idili, sambar, karuvadu kozhumu, chettinad pepper chicken, fish fry, chicken fry with shredded coconuts, shrimp coconut curry, fish curry, paniyaram, kozhakattai, adikoozh, kandharappam, masala seeyam, kavuni arisi and athirasam. |
