South Indian Lunch Ideas | Lunch Menu Series (6-10)

In the continuation of lunch menu series, here is the another 5 set of lunch platter that we often make them at home. If you haven't check out the previous post here is the link, do check out, it has some awesome lunch platter too.

Lunch Menu - 6
Mullangi sambar has unique taste and flavor compared to other sambar varieties, so in our home, we make sambar only with mullangi(raddish) often. So i have included that in my lunch series.

• Rice with Mullangi(raddish) Sambar
• Vaizhaipoo Poriyal
• Potato and butter beans poriyal
• Mango Pachadi

 Lunch Menu -7
Another favorite lunch platter, vatha kuzhambu is our family favorite, not only it's tasty, it has medicinal properties that cures mild stomach disorders too.

• Rice
• Vatha Kuzhambu
• Paruppu(cooked toor dal with basic tempering)
• Mix veg Poriyal
• Mango Slice

 Lunch Menu - 8 
Another favorite combo(Yeah, i know, keep on saying this for every menu :-)), often prepare it for lunch box too.  Such a delicious combo from my native city,Tirunelveli

• Ulunthu Soru
• Idi Puli Kuzhambu
• Thakkali Pachadi
• Vathal & Vadagam

 Lunch Menu -9 
This combo is our go to menu for one day trip or any temple visit when we were in India. As the spices are all roasted and powdered fresh for this sambar, it stays good for longer time without get spoiled on high temperature too, so we often prefer this for road/train journey.Another typical Tirunelveli food.

• Rice 
• Nellai Idi Sambar
• Vathal & Vadagam
  

 Lunch Menu -10
Our typical ammavasai lunch menu. Appa has been observing this day ever since i have known and amma prepare this kind of lunch spread on every month without fail just like her MIL(my aachi). Usually it includes rice with puli/kara kulambu, katti paruppu, one poriyal, aviyal , one pachadi along with payasam and appalam.

• Rice with puli Kulambu
• Paruppu(cooked toor dal with basic tempering)
• Pudalangai poriyal
• Aviyal
• Vendakkai Pachadi
• Paruppu Payasam
• Appalam

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South Indian Lunch Ideas | Lunch Menu Series (1-5)

Lunch Menu Series
Today, i have started this lunch menu series. In this series, i'm gonna share all types of lunch platter  ideas and the combination that works together well. In each post, i'm planning to share 5 lunch menu ideas, so without much stories, let's jump to the series.
Lunch Menu -1 
My favorite combo, often make them once in a week. Kootu Choru is such a healthy rice dish from Tiruneveli, with simple pachadi and/or vathal/appalam/Vadagam, it tastes absolutely delicious.

• Kootan Soru
• Thakkali Pachadi
• Vathal & Vadagam

 Lunch Menu - 2
Typical menu in our house, rice with sambar & any two side dishes and  sweet. 

• Rice with Mix veg Sambar
• Thakkali Pachadi
• Cauliflower fry
• Sakkarai Pongal
• Vathal & Vadagam 

Lunch Menu -3 
Another typical menu in our home, for puli kizhambu, we prefer either paruppu or kootu as one of the side dish with another simple poriyal. And also i love to make masala vadai for puli kuzhambu sapadu, the combination taste so good. Since i have taken this pic on summer, mango was included.

• Rice with Puli Kuzhambu
• Vendakkai Poriyal
• Chow chow Kootu
• Masala Vadai
• Mambazham/Mango Slice

Lunch Menu - 4 
Again this is another favorite menu in our house, we love these combination. 

• Ghee Rice
• Veg Kurma
• Sambol

Lunch Menu - 5
Rice with Rasam & Paruppu is the most comfort food and my favorite too. Guess i have picked all my favorite combo for the start of this series.

• Rice with rasam
• Paruppu(Cooked toor dal with basic tempering)
• Aviyal

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Lunch Menu -1 | South Indian Lunch Thali | Lunch Ideas

After seeing so many thali ideas on blogspere for a while,i too thought of sharing some of the regional famous thali ideas.So when i saw "Thali" theme for this month BM,without further thinking, i signed up immediately.
The first lunch thali recipe is from my home town Tirunelveli. It's a typical thali that we used to make in our home,I think you don't get this type of thali in any restaurant even in Tirunelveli area too.

This South Indian Lunch Menu-1 contains

• Uzhunthu Satham
• Thakkali Pachadi
• Ellu Thovaiyal
• Aviyal
• Appalam fried in microwave
• Athirasam
• Home made Curd(If you're vegan, exclude curd)

Usually in our home, we don't include any sweets.But when i prepared this thali, i have some home made athirasam,so i include that as sweet in this menu.It's one of the healthiest thali menu and you can prepare this within 1 hr(without athirasam) including chopping and cooking.

A little explanation on how i prepare this thali

South Indian Lunch Thali -1 

Preparation Time:10 mins ,Cooking time : 50 mins,Serves :2

• First soak the rice and then chop all the veggie which need to be pressure cooked(like potato,carrot, beans) for aviyal and pressure cook it.
• While it's cooking, chop tomatoes & onion for pachadi and start preparing the tomato pachadi in the another stove.
• While the pachadi is getting cooked,chop other veggies for aviyal(like raw plantain,brinjal,drumstick),by the time,the pressure cooker veggies are done,remove from the heat and in that stove,cook the other veggies for aviyal in a open pot/kadai.
• Then grind the ingredients needed for aviyal and add into it.
• By the time pachadi would be ready, remove it from the heat, then start preparing ulunthu soru and keep an eye on aviyal side by side.
• Once the aviyal is done, roast the sesame seeds for thovaiyal and let it cool.
• Once it's cooled, grind it and also fry the appalam in microwave.
• By the time, the ulundhu satham also would be ready.

That's it,Healthy & tasty Lunch is ready to serve.

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