Idli, Medu Vada & Uttapam

Thick, pancake-like fermented rice-lentil bread with toppings (onion, tomato, chili, carrot) pressed in while cooking. Like a savory panc...

Uttapam with tomato topping.

Steamed rice flour and coconut cylinders; served with kadala curry (black chickpea) or banana.

Green gram (moong dal) dosa; made from ground whole moong, served with ginger chutney. Andhra specialty.

Green gram crepe rolled around hot semolina upma, a Hyderabad breakfast with a legislators' nickname and a ginger chutney to cut the weight.

Uttapam with onion topping.

Uttapam with multiple vegetable toppings.

Fermented rice pancake with crispy lacy edges and soft, spongy center; bowl-shaped. Served with stew.

Appam served with vegetable or chicken stew (coconut milk-based, mildly spiced).

Appam with egg cracked into center while cooking.