Try Traditional South Indian Winter Delicacies

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Winter is the best season to binge on seasonal south Indian delicacies that are not only finger-licking good but are also packed with multiple benefits that help you stay warm and strengthens your immunity. Winter chills may sometimes lead to mineral deficiencies in the body which need to be supplemented through proper south Indian diet. Here’s a list of 10 yummy traditional Indian winter special delicacies that you must eat.

SAMBAR:

Sambar is pensive of a broad and ancient tradition of lentil-based vegetable stews in southern India. Instead of sambar powder in regions that grow coconuts, some areas of Kerala, coastal Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Sambar is made with a paste of fresh, grated and roasted coconuts and spices. Sambar is usually served with steamed rice as one of the main courses in south Indian cuisine. A two-course meal of sambar mixed with rice and eaten with some sort of vegetable side dish, followed by yogurt mixed with rice, is a southern Indian staple. Dishes such as Vada sambar and  Idli  sambar are popular for breakfast or an evening snack in the south Indian states. Roadside restaurants usually offer free refills of sambar for idli and vadas. Sambar is also served as a side dish with dosa . So in this winter you must try Yenna dosa’s such tempting sambar with a variety of dishes.

South Indian filter coffee :

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South Indian filter coffee is a coffee drink which is made by mixing frothed and boiled milk with the decoction obtained by brewing finely ground coffee powder in a traditional Indian filter. The drink is known as Kaapi, is the South Indian phonetic rendering of " coffee  The drink is also referred with different names such as Madras filter coffee, Madras kaapi, Kumbakonam degree coffee, Mylapore filter coffee, or Mysore filter coffee. Outside India, the term " filter coffee" may refer to drip brew coffee, which is a different form of preparing coffee.

Tea:

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Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water with cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub (bush) native to East Asia. It’s analyzed that after water It is the most widely consumed drink in the world. There are many different types of tea; some, like Darjeeling and Chinese greens, have a cooling, slightly bitter, and astringent flavor, whereas others have vastly different profiles that include sweet, nutty, floral or grassy notes. Yenna dosa serves special nutty tea. For most of us, mornings don’t start right without at least one cup of tea, its national drink of India by people’s own admission. Of course, as evening comes, that one cup becomes six but we Indian’s can’t help remain obsessed with this chai. And serving to that very obsession are chai-wallahs who often come up with bizarre experiments to serve tea to their customers.

Steam idli:

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Steam idli: Idli or idly is a type of savory rice cake, originating from the Indian subcontinent, popular as breakfast foods in southern India as well as in northern Sri Lanka. The cakes are made by steaming a batter which consists of fermented black (de-husked) and rice. They are more readily metabolized by the body as the fermentation process breaks down the starches. This popular South Indian breakfast dish which is known for the countless health benefits. One can have this light and a soft rice cake with red, green or white coconut chutney also with sambar. It may also be accompanied with different chutney powders. Yenna dosa has many different varieties of idli you may ask for. One of the best food to have in the winter season.