# The best South Indian dishes

Rice, lentils, coconut and curry leaves: the classics of Tamil, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra cooking, according to Wikipedia's article on South Indian cuisine.

- 42 votes · 14 items
- Sep 12, 2018 · Ankit Desai
- https://even.best/en/l/1805/the-best-south-indian-dishes

## Top 14

1. **Masala dosa** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Crisp fermented rice-lentil crêpe filled with spiced potato.
2. **Hyderabadi biryani** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Dum-cooked rice with spiced meat from Hyderabad.
3. **Idli and sambar** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Steamed rice cakes with lentil and vegetable stew.
4. **Chettinad chicken** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Fiery Tamil chicken curry with roasted spices.
5. **Appam and stew** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Lacy rice pancakes with coconut milk stew.
6. **Uttapam** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Thick rice pancake topped with onion and tomato.
7. **Medu vada** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Savoury lentil doughnuts.
8. **Pongal** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Rice and lentils cooked with ghee and pepper.
9. **Puttu and kadala curry** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Steamed rice and coconut cylinders with black chickpea curry.
10. **Kerala fish curry** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Fish in coconut and kokum sauce.
11. **Rasam** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Tangy tamarind and pepper soup.
12. **Bisi bele bath** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Karnataka's spiced rice-lentil dish.
13. **Mysore pak** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Rich gram-flour and ghee sweet from Mysore.
14. **Filter coffee** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — Strong coffee with chicory, frothed between tumbler and dabara.

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