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A South Indian Burst Of Flavors

Published May 3, 2022
5 mins read
936 words

Top 10 popular street foods of South India 

India is a place which is extra bright, extra spicy,extra sweet and extra lovable. Being a South Indian and a great foodie I was blessed with all these heavenly bites of South Indian spices and I wanted to share with you guys the popular street foods of South India.

Parippu Vada(lentil fritters)

Also known as dal vada,this is a dish with a crisp spicy outer layer and a soft inner layer with mild spices, this dish is somewhat of a dal crisp on the off chance that you can envision that. It's made by first crushing dal and afterward including chopped onion and coriander with  gram flour and a South Indian flavor blend that blasts in your mouth. They're moved into little balls and fried till they are golden brown and crispy.Every crispy snack is usually served with some dip,similarly parippu vada is served with special traditional dip like sambar,chutney,rasam and even curd.

  • Vada served in a bowl of sambar is called sambar vada
  • Vada served in rasam-rasam vada
  • Vada served in curd-curd vada

Walking through streets of South India,you may see teashops with these golden fritters with a heavenly aroma. 

Kozhi Porichathu(masala marinated fried chicken) 

This delightful little dish comprises of pan fried chicken that is first been marinated in coriander powder, stew powder, turmeric, salt and ginger garlic paste. When the chicken is broiled, it's kept aside while cumin, green chillies, curry leaves and some pureed tomatoes is warmed in a dish with some oil. Then, at that point, the still-hot chicken is thrown into the skillet of fixings and blended well.The outcome will presumably make you think long and hard about you request on your next KFC Zinger burger.

Murruku( crispy coils)

This is a deep fried crispy snack made out of moong dal flour or rice flour. A thick batter of either of the flour is made and in a special utensil the flour is stuffed and squeezed into desired shape into hot oil. On a rainy day this murruku and a hot tea makes the best combo.

Mirchi bajji

Milagai Bajji ( Chili/Mirchi Bajji) is one of the well known break time bites in many pieces of Southern India particularly in Tamilnadu.Mirchi Bajji is a popular South Indian  stall food  made by roasting full green chilly dipped in gram flour. These are also known as Mirapakaya Bajji in Telugu, Miragai Bajji in Tamil, and Chili Bajji in general. Mirchi means chili and Bajji means fried fritters made from chickpea flour. The greater part of the workplace storage spaces, street side shops, tea stores, and practically all cafés serve this fresh and fiery Milagai Bajji. It is an ideal break time chaat/snack.

Karimeen pollichathu(grilled pearl spot)

A Whole fish marinated in South Indian spices of Kerala wrapped and cooked in banana leaf is one of the delicacies of Kerala. This dish is mostly served in restaurants, road side shops, street vendor trolley stores but the real beauty of having this dish is in a houseboat. In house boats they cook instantly caught fish. The Fish is marinated with salt, pepper, paprika, ginger garlic paste, a fresh paste of cilantro, curry leaves and mint leaves, a special fish masala. The marinated fish is wrapped in a banana leaf and then cooked. The cooked fish is then sprayed with few drops of lemon juice. The whole dish is a magical experience.

pazham pori(banana crisp)

This is a deep fried banana crisp.ripe plantain Or banana is cut into thin slices and dipped into a special batter of all purpose flour, gram flour and sugar. The dipped banana in put into hot oil where it gets fried into yellow golden perfect to have snack. This is the snack which you'll get in every street stall of Kerala.

Mangalore Buns

Banana meets bun in this quite sweet south Indian bite. Pounded up banana with batter, curd, sugar, salt, cumin seeds and baking powder, is saved for a couple of hours. Then, at that point, it's warmed up with some oil in a dish, made into minimal round pooris and eventually dunked into the hot oil the very best road food appears to rise out of. The last invention is served up with coconut chutney or sambhar making for an ideal prepared mix that couple of accomplish to this level of equilibrium.

Atho(burmese mixed noodles) 

Atho is a noodles dish, a road style burmese food in which the noodles are thrown in garlic oil alongside stew powder, tamarind squeeze, cabbage, and seared onions. It is a well known Burmese road food found in the roads of Chennai.atho will have a mixed color of rice noodles which are of yellow, orange and white color. A splash of colors and a burst of spices is a heavenly experience.

Bajji

bajji, these little snacks are flavored with curry leaves, green chillies and ginger. A significant fixing in the player is sharp buttermilk, which lends to the matured flavor that goes through the batter. Match these little southern style deep fried golden diamonds with a solid South Indian filter coffee for an ideal evening snack.

Susiyam

Susiyam, otherwise called Modagam or Sukhiyan is a customary sweet made in Kerala and Kanyakumari area. It is a round seared dumpling made with a filling of green gram, jaggery and ground coconut. The external covering is made with a sweet yellow batter made of maida.This street food is a ready to eat tiny bomb. 

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arfa 5/24/23, 2:15 PM
Wow great 😍

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