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South Karnataka Cuisine
South Karnataka is districts of Kolara, Bengalore, Mysore, Tumkur, Mandya, Haasana, Chamarajanagara. South Karnataka dishes are very popular and tourists like to taste it. Rice is the favourite and most using food in South Karnataka. People having Rice with Saaru, Happala, Pickle, Palya, Gojju, Chutney on plantain leaf. Plantain leaf is the traditional eating style and it’s very beautiful. Kayi Chutney (grated coconut, dried red chillies salt, oil-fried mustard, curry leaves). Palyas which is making by vegetables is the best and tasty food, some of the playas are Hurali kaayi playa, Hurali playa, Hurali appala, Badnekaayi playa, Bendekaayi playa, Allugade playa.
Rice Dishes are very famous and using it for daily lunch and dinner in south Karnataka. Mosaranna (Curd Rice) is the rice dish which is mixing rice with curd, this dish is very tasty and good lunch (most of the people like this food in south Karnataka). Some of the Popular rice Dishes are Bisi bele bath, Vaangi baath, Chitranna, Puliyogare, Avalakki, Mandakki (Rice, cumin seeds, turmeric powder, peanuts, roasted ground grams, onions, green chillies, coconuts, cilantro leaves)
Popular Vegetable Chutneys are
- Kadalekaayi chutney
- Hurali chutney
- Kaayi chutney
- Kaayi chutney (green)
- Kaayi chutney (red)
- Maavina chutney
- Heerekai chutney
- Eerulli chutney
- Uddina Bele chutney
- pudina chutney
Popular Saaru (Sambar) of South Karnataka
- Alasundae Saaru
- Baellae Saaru
- Bassaaru
- Hesaru Kaalu Saaru
- HuraLi saaru
- Jeerige saaru
- Kadale Saaru
- Kandathippili rasam
- Kattina saaru
- Kattu saaru
- Kottambari jeerige Saaru
- Kundapura koli saaru
- Lemon rasam
- Majjiga Saaru
- Milagu Saaru
- Mysore Rasam
- Pappu Saaru
- Tamarind Saaru
- Tomato Saaru
- Ulava Saaru
- Vankaaya Saaru