Naan (Indian Food)

Naan is a North Indian food. It is a thick flatbread made from wheat flour. It is cooked in a metal oven heated by charcoal fire. It is usually eaten with various types of side dishes. It is usually eaten for breakfast or lunch.

Chapati (Indian Food)

Chapati is a famous North Indian food. Chapati are made from whole wheat flour being mixed with salt and water into dough and is cooked on a flat skillet. It is usually eaten with various types of curry. It is normally eaten for breakfast.

Parotta (Indian Food)

Parotta is a North Indian food but has many South Indian variations. It is a layered flatbread which is prepared by mixing refined flour, egg, oil and water into a dough. The dough is then beaten into thin layers and later forming a round spiralled into a ball using these thin layers. The ball is rolled flat and pan fried. Parotta is usually eaten with different types of curry. It is mostly eaten for breakfast.

Poori (Indian Food)

Poori is a North Indian food. It is a type of deep-fried bread made from wheat flour. It is usually eaten with curry. It is mostly eaten for breakfast.

Uppuma (Indian Food)

Uppuma is a South Indian food. It is cooked by mixing coarse rice flour and various vegetables. It can be eaten without any side dishes. It is mostly eaten for breakfast.

Puttu (Indian Food)

Puttu is a South Indian dish. It is made of ground rice, coconut, salt and water being steamed together in a cylinder. It has many variations according to the taste. It is eaten mostly for breakfast.

Appam (Indian Food)

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Appam is a South Indian food.

It is also called Paalappam in Tamil.

Appam is a type of pancake made from rice batter and coconut milk.

It is usually eaten together with warm coconut milk.

It is mostly eaten for breakfast.

Idiyappam (Indian Food)

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This is a South Indian food.

Idiyappam is a Tamil term for this dish while it is also called String Hoppers in English and Putu Mayam in Malay language of Malaysia.

Idiyappam is made by pressing rice flour into noodle form and then steamed.

This is mostly eaten together with brown sugar and grated coconut or any types of curry.

This is mostly eaten for breakfast or dinner.

Thosai (Indian food)

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It's capital city is New Delhi.

It has a population of about 1.3 Billion people.





Thosai is a popular South Indian food.

It is a type of pancake made from rice, dhal, yeast, ghee, butter, salt and sugar.

It is best eaten together with chutney, Sambar/dhal curry, chicken or fish curry.

It is mostly eaten for breakfast or dinner. 

Idli (Indian food)

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It has a population of about 1.3 Billion people.

Idli is a South Indian food.

It is a type of a savoury rice cake, made by steaming a batter consisting of fermented black lentils and rice.

It is usually eaten together with Sambar curry, coconut or tomato chutney.

Idli is usually eaten for breakfast or lunch.




Ingredients:

1/2 cup urad dal

1 cup rice

2 tbsp thick poha or flattened rice

Water, as required

Salt, to taste

Method:

1. Wash the rice and dal several times, and then soak them in water for 3-6 hours. Soak the poha for 2 hours.

2. Drain the water from the rice, dal and poha. Transfer them to a large mixie jar with some salt, and grind while adding water gradually. You should get a smooth and frothy batter that is just slightly thick.

3. Let the batter rest for 6-12 hours in a warm place. This will allow it to ferment.

4. Boil water in the idli steamer, and grease the idli moulds or plates with some vegetable oil. Mix the batter well, and pour on the idli plates. Place the idli plates in the steamer and cook for 10 minutes at a medium-high flame. Remove from the steamer and serve.

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