If you have not tried any Indian food other than Parotta or Prata, you basically doesnt know much about south indian food !!!
South Indian breakfast is very different... damn tasty ... It is predominantly consists of 5 items...
Idly - Steamed rice cake; Dosa or Thosai - pancake from fermented rice batter; Puri - deep fried wheat / maida bread; medhu vada - deep fried doughnut shaped, made out of urad dal; Pongal - made out of rice, turmeric and some pepper and another variety with rice and moong dal; Upma - thick porridge from semi fried semolina.
It comes with lot of side dish... Sambar - vegetable based lentil stew, cooked with tamarind broth; also called as Dal by Malaysians.
Chutneys - white coloured coconut chutney, coriander, tomato and mint combination;
Also there is one melaga podi or gun power which can be given separately or served as separate item called Podi Idly. This one is damn tasty but little more spicy.
Beware while you eat Pongal - it can make you sleepy or sit inside stomach like some concrete for 2-3 hours.. but it is damn soft and tasty and hard to ignore !! There is also a sweet version called Sakkarai Pongal ... made with jaggery .. wish to try ?
You are supposed to dip the dosa or idly with chutney and sambar and pamper your taste buds. You can either try it with hand or cutlery. Remember, the smell will remain on your hands for some 30 min !!! can you handle that ?? !!!
You are expected to finish the food and sip filter coffee at the end. You can order them without sugar or with sugar. Sip the hot coffee while the carbo food dives deep into the stomach.
You can taste these at Little India - Syed Alwi Road or Serangoon Road. My favourite restaurants are as follows and they are not given in any particular order:
1. Komalas, 332 Serangoon Road
2. MTR, 438 Serangoon Road
3. Murugan Idly Shop, 76 Syed Alwi Road
4. Ananda Bhavan, 95 Syed Alwi Road
5. Anjappar, 78 Race course road or 102 Syed Alwi road
Bon Appetite... just remember one thing... there are no reservations made normally and weekends are very busy for these places. Pls have some patience while being made to sit and served. bcoz, you will be rewarded with great food served.
Price range of one food item is averaged around 4.50 to 5 SGD range
South Indian breakfast is very different... damn tasty ... It is predominantly consists of 5 items...
Idly - Steamed rice cake; Dosa or Thosai - pancake from fermented rice batter; Puri - deep fried wheat / maida bread; medhu vada - deep fried doughnut shaped, made out of urad dal; Pongal - made out of rice, turmeric and some pepper and another variety with rice and moong dal; Upma - thick porridge from semi fried semolina.
It comes with lot of side dish... Sambar - vegetable based lentil stew, cooked with tamarind broth; also called as Dal by Malaysians.
Chutneys - white coloured coconut chutney, coriander, tomato and mint combination;
Also there is one melaga podi or gun power which can be given separately or served as separate item called Podi Idly. This one is damn tasty but little more spicy.
Beware while you eat Pongal - it can make you sleepy or sit inside stomach like some concrete for 2-3 hours.. but it is damn soft and tasty and hard to ignore !! There is also a sweet version called Sakkarai Pongal ... made with jaggery .. wish to try ?
You are supposed to dip the dosa or idly with chutney and sambar and pamper your taste buds. You can either try it with hand or cutlery. Remember, the smell will remain on your hands for some 30 min !!! can you handle that ?? !!!
You are expected to finish the food and sip filter coffee at the end. You can order them without sugar or with sugar. Sip the hot coffee while the carbo food dives deep into the stomach.
You can taste these at Little India - Syed Alwi Road or Serangoon Road. My favourite restaurants are as follows and they are not given in any particular order:
1. Komalas, 332 Serangoon Road
2. MTR, 438 Serangoon Road
3. Murugan Idly Shop, 76 Syed Alwi Road
4. Ananda Bhavan, 95 Syed Alwi Road
5. Anjappar, 78 Race course road or 102 Syed Alwi road
Bon Appetite... just remember one thing... there are no reservations made normally and weekends are very busy for these places. Pls have some patience while being made to sit and served. bcoz, you will be rewarded with great food served.
Price range of one food item is averaged around 4.50 to 5 SGD range
You forgot Pongal.. Its a delicacy too with vada
ReplyDeleteSorry Chandra. I will update the post in a day or two. Thank you for the alert.
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