South India has produced some of the finest luminaries
in the fields of arts, science, literature, theatre, etc... As far as I am
concerned the simple 'idly' is the biggest contribution of South Indian culture
to the world.
Just think of the soft steaming white idlies with piping hot onion, ladies finger, pumpkin, and tomato sambar, accompanied with tender white coconut chutney, and crispy golden vadas, all washed down with a cup of Madras filter coffee. A heavenly experience, nothing can beat the taste of idly with sambar and chutney.
No one knows when they were prepared for the first time. References to the idly are made in works that are more than a thousand years old. Nowadays one can find different varieties of idlies - rava idly, mixed vegetable idly, mini idly(14 small idlies floating in a bowl of steaming hot sambar), chili idly, fried idly, idly uppuma, the list is endless as one can substitute ingredients to satisfy one's taste and palate.
Happy eating...
Just think of the soft steaming white idlies with piping hot onion, ladies finger, pumpkin, and tomato sambar, accompanied with tender white coconut chutney, and crispy golden vadas, all washed down with a cup of Madras filter coffee. A heavenly experience, nothing can beat the taste of idly with sambar and chutney.
No one knows when they were prepared for the first time. References to the idly are made in works that are more than a thousand years old. Nowadays one can find different varieties of idlies - rava idly, mixed vegetable idly, mini idly(14 small idlies floating in a bowl of steaming hot sambar), chili idly, fried idly, idly uppuma, the list is endless as one can substitute ingredients to satisfy one's taste and palate.
Happy eating...
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