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7 Plant-Based South Indian Dishes For Vegans

Looking for delicious vegetarian and vegan dishes that are easy to make and also give the body ample nutrients? Here are some plant-based South Indian dishes for vegans.

Lemon Rasam

Rasam is a thin stew-like dish that is made by combining different types of spices, such as red chilli, garam masala, turmeric, and many other spices. You can add cilantro, mustard seeds, and lemon juice inside this thin stew and serve it with freshly boiled rice.

Masala Dosa

It is made with a batter of lentils and rice. This batter is cooked on a flat pan, and inside the dosa, a mixture of some boiled potatoes mixed with spices is added. The dosa is then turned over like a roll and cooked from all sides.

Soft Idli

Idli is made by steaming a batter made from fermented rice and lentils. You can add a lot of vegetables to the idli batter and then cook it.

Mint Biryani

Mint biryani is prepared using some garden peas and a lot of mint leaves to give the rice a refreshing flavour.

Parippu Dal

It is prepared in Kerala style using red lentils that are cooked in a lot of coconut milk and some ground spices like cumin seed powder, curry leaves, cardamom, and turmeric.

Appam

Appam is made using a batter of coconut and rice. The pancakes have a savoury taste and are generally consumed with some sambar or coconut chutney on the side.

Pongal

The dish is like a porridge made of lentils and rice. After most of the water is dried out, a lot of melted ghee, clarified butter, different types of dry fruits, and mustard seeds are used to give it a delectable flavour.

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