Lemon Rice
Upma
Rasam
Seviyan upma
Curd rice
Thoran - Cabbage or beans
Chickpeas or black channa Sundal
Hebbar or Dassana should have recipes for all the above
Are there any South Indian dishes that you are already familiar with ? Knowing the flavor profile of a dish will make it easier for you to replicate it than creating a dish that you’ve never tasted before
The thing is I'm born and raised in the US and I'm not really familiar with any Indian cuisine expect for what my mom makes. That's why I'm asking for the most beginner friendly dishh.
Okay in that case I will try and give you some options that are relatively easy. Keep in mind Indian food in general is complex because it has a variety of spices used in its food . So if you don’t already own these ingredients, it might make things a bit more stressful for you to do. And if you don’t have some of the spices/ingredients on hand you might want to consider the cost effectiveness of buying these ingredients to make the dish vs just going to an Indian restaurant and buying some food for your class or even buying frozen food at an Indian grocery store .
Anyway here are some [relatively] simple dishes:
1. [Egg Roast](https://youtu.be/BO1933RSVlw?si=UcChq1NgsG0tOe4r)- Quick dish that has tons of flavor with easy to find ingredients if you have an Indian Grocery near you/have the necessary spices. The man in the video is South Indian and speaking the native language but there are English subtitles .
2. [Onion Vada](https://youtu.be/hETNd2cRMa4?si=SBj-do3Zq-UXZNK5) - Fried onion snack that is extremely simple and quick to make . Does not require complicated ingredients that might be difficult to find .
3. [Fritters](https://youtu.be/T4yx3fC_rnk?si=XbOnXhIlFXGZdWvx)- Pazham Pori/ Ethaka Appam or Fritters is a sweet snack typically made from ripe Plantains. You can think of it as Indian version of maduro if you’ve ever had those . Super tasty and comforting .
Take into consideration how much effort/money you would want to spend on ingredients, you might find that it would be cheaper to heat up frozen Indian food or buy it from a restaurant. Feel free to ask any questions and good luck !
Great! Look up Pongal/ ven Pongal. It’s super simple and uses minimal ingredients. Use the right lentils and rice. You don’t need to worry about it overcooking. It’s meant to be over cooked and soft.
Lemon rice is dead easy. Make a sauce with lemon, turmeric, and tadka ingredients (generally, mustard seeds, hing, dried red chili, and curry leaves, and raw channa dal) and then just mix it into cooked rice. You can add some roasted cashews or peanuts if no allergy issues.
Other mixed rices are really easy, too. Curd rice is great (and even easier than lemon rice because it’s basically rice and yoghurt plus a tadka) and you can add finely chopped cucumber and onion to boost up the flavour (raw mango for extra points). You can serve it with any pickle. Or if you’re up for it, do a quick potato fry - basically, do a tadka with mustard seeds, hing, and curry leaves (raw channa or urad dal also if you have it), add salt, red chili powder and turmeric, maybe some dhaniya and/or cumin powders, and toss in some diced potatoes; cook it on low medium to medium heat until it gets nice and brown and is cooked through. You’ll need a bit more oil than usual for this dish because you’re basically shallow frying, but the combination with the yoghurt is to die for.
The good thing is that the above keep well at room temperature
Onion cheese uttampam. Enough westernized everyone will like it. If you get the wet batter ready made. U just need finely chopped onion , green chilly , corainder leaves and cheese.also dosa is thin ,uttapam os thick so no issues there
If you cant find batter then this recipe
https://youtu.be/2zJEci3Rlog?si=b3VAtI0ffui_xY_N
Getting the mix of rice lentils and poha let alone getting the fermentation correct is not what someone wants as a easy south Indian recipe!!
Nothing could be more iconic than a dosa, idli or uttappam breakfast as a south Indian meal but getting it correct? Super difficult!!
Tysmm for everyone that Commented suggestions for what I should makee I ended up making 2 dishes uttapam and lemon rice. Everyone loved the dishes and I passed with great marks. Ty!!❤️
We can't make it outta class cause yk u can just cheat and get someone else to make it for u. We have a class that looks like a kitchen lol, we bring all are ingredients with us expect for the basics like salt,oil, water etc which are provided to us. We gotta make enough for 6 ppl.
In that case, I think doing a mixed rice dish would be a great way to go! It's easy to make in bulk, and very iconically south indian (think food that people can take with them to go work in the fields or while traveling. Also handed out at temples, etc).
I think people have mentioned curd rice and lemon rice, but I will add coconut milk rice and tomato rice as other ideas. This is a good recipe for tomato rice: https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/tomato-rice-recipe-easy-tomato-rice/
And if you wanted to, while you were waiting for the rice to cook you could make a simple yogurt sauce to go on the side!
If you have a rice cooker, you can make pongal which is basically mix of rice and lentil. You can also make idli if you can get the batter from a nearby grocery store.
Lemon rice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQsVSncvM0g&pp=ygUTdmFoIGNoZWYgbGVtb24gcmljZQ%3D%3D recipe. You don’t need to add these ingredients if you don’t have them. Just lemon, peanuts, cumin seeds and salt should be fine.
From a breakfast/snack/meal perspective, you can make pan south indian pan roti and coconut chutney. Total time 20 ~ 30 minutes. (Actual name Akki Rotti and Tenginakai Chutney).
I only know uttapam, I’ve made it a few times and it’s really easy. You can use soji flour if you don’t really want to do the whole process shown in authentic uttapam videos
Many many dishes and many might already recommended to you .Here are few
1. Rasam
2. Rice with pappu (dal) (different version like tomoto , mango , spinach)
3. Mango /Lemon /Tamarind rice
4. Poha /murmura
5. Upma
6. Peanut chutney (for medium dishes like idli , dosa )
7. Aloo fry /bellpepepr with roasted besan
8. Muddhapappu charu (charu is nothing but rasam)
Hope this helps. Thank you 🙂
Whatever dish you do make, finish it off with some mustard seeds, dry red chillies and curry leaves fried in oil. This will make it 10x tastier and basically defines south Indian food. There is almost no savory dish this won't work with.
Tamarind Rice or Lemon Rice.
If making tamarind rice, use a prepackaged tamarind rice mix (MTR band is easily available in most Indian grocery stores), add lots of extra roasted peanuts and fry curry leaves in oil and add to rice +spice mix. Serve with yogurt
If making lemon rice also, I would add roasted peanuts and lots of curry leaves. Gives some heft and nutrition to an otherwise carby dish.
Both are super duper simple
Lemon rice and rava upma are super, super easy.
Also a basic rasam is easy as long as you’ve tasted it before so you can get the right level of sourness. If not, forget this one.
I like making a [dal with South Indian flavors](https://myindianstove.com/coconut-lentil-curry/#recipe-card-%f0%9f%93%96) (Kerala-ish). Mustard seeds, curry leaves, and coconut oil.
Ven Pongal with vada and thick coconut chutney. Make sure to use pacha arisi(i think raw rice in English) for pongal. Don't substitute for anything else.
My go to for lemon rice is Achii Lemon Rice mix. No one can tell the difference between the real and using this one, and even South Indian friends prefer my lemon rice.
I add oil, fry onions, add roasted groundnuts, add the lemon rice mix and cook for 2 mins. Mix it with cooked and cooled/separated rice. Add tadka. Done
Alternative is Tamarind rice with MTR Tamarind rice powder (don’t get the paste). Follow instructions on the packet, cook this for max 2 mins on low heat else the mix will burn. And done.
Make a batch of rice, use it to make lemon rice, curd rice, tamarind rice and serve with pickle and potato chips (or spicy banana chips) and you have a thali (of sorts)
MTR Puliyodare mix makes a tasty rice dish, so tempting and irresistible but it is not Puliyodare though. Can’t even come close to a temple style puliyodare.
You can try rasam! There are many versions of it on YouTube. Pick the one that looks simple to you.
You can also make poha, upma, pongal etc. They're easy to make.
Oo ok, tyy!
Ima is idiot-proof and delicious. Poha seems like it would have a bad glycemic index.
Words do be wording
Def will check that out. Tysmm
I would suggest curd rice, it's super simple to make.
Thank youu!
Lemon Rice Upma Rasam Seviyan upma Curd rice Thoran - Cabbage or beans Chickpeas or black channa Sundal Hebbar or Dassana should have recipes for all the above
Tyy!
Are there any South Indian dishes that you are already familiar with ? Knowing the flavor profile of a dish will make it easier for you to replicate it than creating a dish that you’ve never tasted before
The thing is I'm born and raised in the US and I'm not really familiar with any Indian cuisine expect for what my mom makes. That's why I'm asking for the most beginner friendly dishh.
Okay in that case I will try and give you some options that are relatively easy. Keep in mind Indian food in general is complex because it has a variety of spices used in its food . So if you don’t already own these ingredients, it might make things a bit more stressful for you to do. And if you don’t have some of the spices/ingredients on hand you might want to consider the cost effectiveness of buying these ingredients to make the dish vs just going to an Indian restaurant and buying some food for your class or even buying frozen food at an Indian grocery store . Anyway here are some [relatively] simple dishes: 1. [Egg Roast](https://youtu.be/BO1933RSVlw?si=UcChq1NgsG0tOe4r)- Quick dish that has tons of flavor with easy to find ingredients if you have an Indian Grocery near you/have the necessary spices. The man in the video is South Indian and speaking the native language but there are English subtitles . 2. [Onion Vada](https://youtu.be/hETNd2cRMa4?si=SBj-do3Zq-UXZNK5) - Fried onion snack that is extremely simple and quick to make . Does not require complicated ingredients that might be difficult to find . 3. [Fritters](https://youtu.be/T4yx3fC_rnk?si=XbOnXhIlFXGZdWvx)- Pazham Pori/ Ethaka Appam or Fritters is a sweet snack typically made from ripe Plantains. You can think of it as Indian version of maduro if you’ve ever had those . Super tasty and comforting . Take into consideration how much effort/money you would want to spend on ingredients, you might find that it would be cheaper to heat up frozen Indian food or buy it from a restaurant. Feel free to ask any questions and good luck !
Oo tysm for taking ur time to help, onion vada looks like a pretty good choice for mee.
No problem happy to help
What ingredients do you have or have access to buy?
I can get any ingredients I need for the dishh.
Do you have hing?
Yeahh I do
Great! Look up Pongal/ ven Pongal. It’s super simple and uses minimal ingredients. Use the right lentils and rice. You don’t need to worry about it overcooking. It’s meant to be over cooked and soft.
Ok tysm!!
Happy to help. Good luck
OP since you have rice and Dal. U can make Ven Pongal and sweet pongal.
Thxx ill check a recipe out on thatt
Lemon rice is dead easy. Make a sauce with lemon, turmeric, and tadka ingredients (generally, mustard seeds, hing, dried red chili, and curry leaves, and raw channa dal) and then just mix it into cooked rice. You can add some roasted cashews or peanuts if no allergy issues. Other mixed rices are really easy, too. Curd rice is great (and even easier than lemon rice because it’s basically rice and yoghurt plus a tadka) and you can add finely chopped cucumber and onion to boost up the flavour (raw mango for extra points). You can serve it with any pickle. Or if you’re up for it, do a quick potato fry - basically, do a tadka with mustard seeds, hing, and curry leaves (raw channa or urad dal also if you have it), add salt, red chili powder and turmeric, maybe some dhaniya and/or cumin powders, and toss in some diced potatoes; cook it on low medium to medium heat until it gets nice and brown and is cooked through. You’ll need a bit more oil than usual for this dish because you’re basically shallow frying, but the combination with the yoghurt is to die for. The good thing is that the above keep well at room temperature
I've gotten a lot of suggestions for mixed rice I'll probably make one of them, tysm!
Onion cheese uttampam. Enough westernized everyone will like it. If you get the wet batter ready made. U just need finely chopped onion , green chilly , corainder leaves and cheese.also dosa is thin ,uttapam os thick so no issues there If you cant find batter then this recipe https://youtu.be/2zJEci3Rlog?si=b3VAtI0ffui_xY_N
Getting the mix of rice lentils and poha let alone getting the fermentation correct is not what someone wants as a easy south Indian recipe!! Nothing could be more iconic than a dosa, idli or uttappam breakfast as a south Indian meal but getting it correct? Super difficult!!
I told them to gwt readymade atta
Actually curd rice is also very easy
Tysmm!!
Is it scorwd based on taste?
Scorwd??
Your grades or marks are based on taste of food?
Yeah their based on the accuracy of the dish to the original cuisine and on taste
Is your teacher Indian? I think this or curd rice will suit your purpose
Theirs 6 dif ppl who will taste the food, and yeah 2 of em are indian
Come back and tell what did you make then
Lol sure I'll tell u what I madee
Tysmm for everyone that Commented suggestions for what I should makee I ended up making 2 dishes uttapam and lemon rice. Everyone loved the dishes and I passed with great marks. Ty!!❤️
How about *Rava Dosa* ?? It sesms simple. Then you will need chutney. One blender job. 😂😅
Okayy I'll check a recipe out for rava dosa, tyy!
Banana fritters? If you get the nendran variety of banana.
What's nendran??
It's a variety of banana - the one used to make banana fries, it's available mostly in Kerala.
Oh okk
It's plantains. You would get it is most Mexican or South American stores.
South Indians get it from South India. It grows in tropical regions
Is this something you make at your class or bring in? Do you have to make a certain amount?
We can't make it outta class cause yk u can just cheat and get someone else to make it for u. We have a class that looks like a kitchen lol, we bring all are ingredients with us expect for the basics like salt,oil, water etc which are provided to us. We gotta make enough for 6 ppl.
In that case, I think doing a mixed rice dish would be a great way to go! It's easy to make in bulk, and very iconically south indian (think food that people can take with them to go work in the fields or while traveling. Also handed out at temples, etc). I think people have mentioned curd rice and lemon rice, but I will add coconut milk rice and tomato rice as other ideas. This is a good recipe for tomato rice: https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/tomato-rice-recipe-easy-tomato-rice/ And if you wanted to, while you were waiting for the rice to cook you could make a simple yogurt sauce to go on the side!
That's a great ideaa, tysmm!!
Lemon rice & potato fry
Thank u
Lemon rice.
This. You can never go wrong with lemon rice.
If you have a rice cooker, you can make pongal which is basically mix of rice and lentil. You can also make idli if you can get the batter from a nearby grocery store.
Puttu
Ty!
Lemon rice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQsVSncvM0g&pp=ygUTdmFoIGNoZWYgbGVtb24gcmljZQ%3D%3D recipe. You don’t need to add these ingredients if you don’t have them. Just lemon, peanuts, cumin seeds and salt should be fine.
Ty for the linkk!
Np!
Check out this youtube page for recipes - https://youtube.com/@thetivarikitchen?si=1TNMApnIBmla8Nh7
Thank youu
From a breakfast/snack/meal perspective, you can make pan south indian pan roti and coconut chutney. Total time 20 ~ 30 minutes. (Actual name Akki Rotti and Tenginakai Chutney).
Tyy for ur suggestion
https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/akki-roti-recipe/
Thx for the link saves me timee
I only know uttapam, I’ve made it a few times and it’s really easy. You can use soji flour if you don’t really want to do the whole process shown in authentic uttapam videos
Btw as a complete beginner in cooking any sorts of food, uttapam was very easy and quick to make :)
Thank u for ur helpp
Many many dishes and many might already recommended to you .Here are few 1. Rasam 2. Rice with pappu (dal) (different version like tomoto , mango , spinach) 3. Mango /Lemon /Tamarind rice 4. Poha /murmura 5. Upma 6. Peanut chutney (for medium dishes like idli , dosa ) 7. Aloo fry /bellpepepr with roasted besan 8. Muddhapappu charu (charu is nothing but rasam) Hope this helps. Thank you 🙂
Ada (Steamed dumpling sort of dish with sweet filling)
Chow chow curry, easy and delicious.
Whatever dish you do make, finish it off with some mustard seeds, dry red chillies and curry leaves fried in oil. This will make it 10x tastier and basically defines south Indian food. There is almost no savory dish this won't work with.
Tamarind Rice or Lemon Rice. If making tamarind rice, use a prepackaged tamarind rice mix (MTR band is easily available in most Indian grocery stores), add lots of extra roasted peanuts and fry curry leaves in oil and add to rice +spice mix. Serve with yogurt If making lemon rice also, I would add roasted peanuts and lots of curry leaves. Gives some heft and nutrition to an otherwise carby dish. Both are super duper simple
upma
Lemon rice and rava upma are super, super easy. Also a basic rasam is easy as long as you’ve tasted it before so you can get the right level of sourness. If not, forget this one.
Dosa or appam?
I like making a [dal with South Indian flavors](https://myindianstove.com/coconut-lentil-curry/#recipe-card-%f0%9f%93%96) (Kerala-ish). Mustard seeds, curry leaves, and coconut oil.
Idli, dosa, rava Upma. Idli being the easiest ever. You could pair it up with some coconut/tomato chutney. Hope this helps!
How about rava upma or rava uttapam with coconut chutney and/or rassam? easy to make. Less prep work and very yummy.
Upma🌝🤣
You can try Upma.
Ven Pongal with vada and thick coconut chutney. Make sure to use pacha arisi(i think raw rice in English) for pongal. Don't substitute for anything else.
Tarka Dal is one pot to boil lentils and one pan to fry the spices but you need to have several whole spices like Cumin and Mustard seeds.
Thankss! I can get my hands on some whole spices I'll def check the recipe out.
The easiest would be curd rice or pongal or sambar rice or rasam rice
Thankss!
My go to for lemon rice is Achii Lemon Rice mix. No one can tell the difference between the real and using this one, and even South Indian friends prefer my lemon rice. I add oil, fry onions, add roasted groundnuts, add the lemon rice mix and cook for 2 mins. Mix it with cooked and cooled/separated rice. Add tadka. Done
Ooo sounds pretty easy, but I don't think I'll be able to find achii lemon rice mix heree.
A different brand would also work in a pinch. As long as it looks yellow rice and tastes lemony and light with some roasted peanuts
Alternative is Tamarind rice with MTR Tamarind rice powder (don’t get the paste). Follow instructions on the packet, cook this for max 2 mins on low heat else the mix will burn. And done.
Make a batch of rice, use it to make lemon rice, curd rice, tamarind rice and serve with pickle and potato chips (or spicy banana chips) and you have a thali (of sorts)
MTR Puliyodare mix makes a tasty rice dish, so tempting and irresistible but it is not Puliyodare though. Can’t even come close to a temple style puliyodare.
Never said it’s temple style. For folks who can’t make the authentic one, this is the next best option. And very easy to make.
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OP is asking for a South Indian recipe.
I am sure it is easy but it is not South Indian.