What is the difference between south indian and north indian food?

im sorta familiar with indian food, but I dont know how to tell north indian from south indian food.

A typical North Indian meal would consist of chappatis, parantha or pooris (unleavened flat breads), pilafs, dals, curries that are mild and made in ghee, thick, creamy dals, vegetables seasoned with yogurt or pomegranate powder, lots of greens like spinach and mustard greens cooked with paneer, north Indian pickles, fresh tomato, mint, cilantro chutneys and yogurt raitas. Hot, sweet cardamom milk is very common before going to bed. North Indian desserts and sweets are made of milk, paneer, lentil flour and wheat flour combined with dried nuts and garnished with a thin sheet of pure silver. Nimbu Pani (lemon drink), Lassi (iced buttermilk) are popular drinks of the North.

Tandoori cooking is a north Indian specialty and famous the world over. Tandoori chicken, naan, tandoori roti, tandoori kebabs are a hit in most Indian restaurants.

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South Indian cuisine is rice based. Rice is combined with lentils to make wonderful dosas, idlis, vadas and uttapams. These items are glorious and delicious besides being nourishing and digestible (due to the fermenting process). They are combined with sambhar (dal), rasam (tamarind dal), dry and curried vegetable and pachadi (yogurt). Their rice preparations are also masterpieces like biryani from Hyderabad, lemon rice and rice seasoned with coconut peanuts, tamarind, chilies, curry leaves, urad dal and fenugreek seeds.

South Indian chutneys are made of tamarind, coconut, peanuts, dal, fenugreek seeds, and cilantro. Meals are followed by coffee. South Indian dals and curries are more soupy than North Indian dals and curries. South Indian cuisine is also hotter.

Coconut milk straight from the nut is a common beverage and sight in South India. Coffee is very popular in South India and Madras coffee is popular in many South Indian restaurants throughout the world.

The South Indian food is a brilliant blend of flavors, colors, seasoning, nutritional balance, fragrance, taste, and visual appeal.

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north Indian food is generally more spicy coz climate in North India is cold and to keep themselves warm, they have spicy foods. It generally consists of vegetables cooked in spices & accompanied with different kinds of chapatis like parathas, stuffed kulchas etc. They are prepared in sesame oil. Non veg food like chicken is marinated with spices and yogurt etc. and is grilled.
The main ingredient in most of the south indian dishes is fermented rice. They r not quite spicy.
well, both the types of cuisines r different in their own ways but both of them r equally yummy and delicious!!!

"As opposed to North Indian cuisine, [in Southern Indian cuisine] there is limited use of garam masala and other dried spices except cardomom, black pepper and turmeric."

that's one quick summary i got off of wikipedia. i went to check out the northern cuisine and it's a lot of info and it's all broken down into regions. so no brief summary of the style.. : /

!Alexiis

South indian food rocks!

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