Traditional South Indian Breakfast Dishes You Can Make at Home

South Indian breakfasts are renowned for their unique flavours, rich textures, and nutritional benefits. They offer a variety of options, from fluffy puttu and crispy vadas to savoury upma. The best part? You can make these delicious dishes at home with just a few key ingredients. Here’s a guide to some classic South Indian breakfast dishes, along with suggestions for products available in our online store to help you recreate these flavours right in your kitchen.

1. Upma What It Is: A quick and savoury dish made from roasted semolina (rava) cooked with spices and vegetables. Recommended Products: Rava (Semolina): Our roasted rava from Katoomba makes for a light and fluffy upma. Curry Leaves & Mustard Seeds: These essential spices add authentic South Indian flavour and are available in our store. Cashews and Ghee: For extra richness and crunch, add roasted cashews and our ghee from Katoomba. How to Make: Sauté mustard seeds, curry leaves, and chopped veggies, then add water and semolina. Cook until the mixture thickens, and garnish with cashews and coriander leaves.

2. Medu Vada What It Is: Savoury, deep-fried lentil donuts made from urad dal batter. Recommended Products: Urad Dal: Our urad dal from Katoomba is perfect for making the fluffy batter needed for vadas. Cumin Seeds and Black Pepper: These spices add an authentic flavour to medu vada. Coconut Oil: For deep frying, pavizham coconut oil provides a flavourful and traditional touch. How to Make: Grind soaked urad dal into a batter, season with spices, and deep-fry until golden brown. Serve with chutney and sambar for a complete meal.

3. Appam with Stew What It Is: Lacy, soft rice pancakes often enjoyed with a rich vegetable or meat stew. Recommended Products: Appam Rice Flour: We offer specially milled appam rice flour from popular brands like pavizham and Saras that provides the right consistency and flavour. Coconut Milk: Essential for a traditional stew, our coconut milk is creamy and fragrant. Bay Leaves and Cloves: Perfect for spicing up a coconut-based stew to accompany your appam. How to Make: Prepare a batter with rice flour and coconut, then cook on an appam pan. Serve with a stew made from vegetables simmered in coconut milk and spices.

4. Puttu with Kadala Curry What It Is: A steamed rice and coconut dish traditionally served with a spicy black chickpea curry. Recommended Products: Puttu Flour: Our rice flour from Mayil is finely ground and perfect for making soft, fluffy puttu. Black Chana (Chickpeas): The main ingredient in Kadala curry, our black chickpeas are a great source of protein and flavour. Grated Coconut: Available fresh or frozen, coconut is essential for puttu and adds authentic flavour. How to Make: Layer the puttu flour and grated coconut in a puttu maker and steam. Serve with kadala curry made by simmering black chana in a coconut-based gravy with spices.