Dhakshinayanam.......................SouthernVegetables
Pasumai Tavaram

Mixed Vegetable Coconut Curry
(Combination of fresh green vegetables cooked in a tempering of mustard and red chilly and garnished with fresh coconut gratings)
French Beans Coconut Curry
(French beans cooked in a tempering of mustard and red chilly, garnished with fresh coconut gratings)
Cabbage Coconut Curry
(Strips of Cabbage tempered with mustard and garnished with grated coconut)
Potato Chettinad
(Potato cubes cooked in a herb rich, spicy gravy of the Karaikudi region of Tamilnadu)
Vendaikai Kara Curry
(Ladies finger/Okra cooked in a spicy tempering of mustard and chilly)
Ennai Kathirikai
(Aubergines sautéed in a temper of mustard
and black gram and flavored with red chilly and curry leaves)
Oorulai Kizhangu Kara curry
(Potato diced, spiced and tempered in red chilly, with curry leaves)
Kootu
(Selected vegetables cooked in a coconut rich gravy, garnished with herbs)
Kheerai
(Seasonal spinach cooked in a tempering of
mustard and red chilly)
Pachadi
(Selected vegetables marinated in yogurt,tempered with mustard, garnished with coconut gratings)

Dhakshinayanam..................South Indian Rice Annam Brahma

Ellumichai Sadam
(Rice with a tempering of mustard seeds,
curry leaves black gram & lemon juice)
Thengai Sadam
(Coconut flavored rice with lots of coconut gratings, sautéed in coconut oil)
Puliyodharai
(Rice flavored and tempered with reduced tamarind pulp)
Ellu Sadam
(Rice flavored with sesame seeds and garnished with fried peanuts & curry leaves)
Thayir Sadam
(Rice cooked in milk, made rich with butter & curd)
Milagu Jeera Sadam
(Rice flavored with pepper & cumin seeds)
Karuvepilai Sadam
(Steamed white rice flavored with curry leaf powder dressed with fried peanuts)
Bisi Bela Hulianna
(A traditional rice dish from Karnataka,steamed rice coked with pulsesand spices)
Steamed Rice
(cooked,plain white rice)

All South Indian vegetable dishes are usually prepared dry, less spicy, without any gravy.Enjoy them with South rice preparations.

The basic South Indian ingredients used are - Mustards, Turmeric,Tamarind fruit, lentils, cummin, Fenugreek, redchillies,cilantro and curry leaves etc.