“Tiffin” is a word commonly heard in South India. Tiffin refers to snacks had at breakfast time or in between meals (usually in the evening), with a cup of hot coffee or Masala Chai.
Deep Fried Evening Snacks South Indian
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Bonda
Who cannot resist South Indian Evening snacks like Urad Dal Bonda which can be served with some sambar. Another delicious bonda variation to make is the Rava Bonda.
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Ribbon Sev
Ribbon Sev, also known as Ribbon Pakoda, Ola Pakoda or Ottu Pakoda in South India is a broad, ribbon-shaped sev that is super crisp because of the perfect proportioning of rice flour, besan and butter.
Evening Snacks South Indian, Jar Snacks
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Kai Murukku
Kai Murukku is one of the most famous South Indian jar snacks. Made with a dough of rice and urad, this chakli like snack is shaped entirely by hand, which requires a bit of practice to master.
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Baked Ribbon Sev
Baked Ribbon Sev is so healthy and equally tasty! Made of besan and whole wheat flour, its baked instead of fired to make a perfect jar snack.
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Omapodi Recipe
Omapodi is an super popular jar snack in Tamil Nadu. It has withstood the test of time and continues to delight South Indians over decades!
Butter Murruku is a savoury deep fried snack made of rice flour, urad dal and besan. Looks exactly like Chakli.
Popular Evening Snacks South Indian Recipes
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Keerai Vadai
Keerai Vadai is one of the most popular South Indian evening snacks, enjoyed with a hot cup of filter coffee. It is a crispy dal vada, perked up with chopped amaranth leaves.
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Thattai
Thattai is a flat, round-shaped, deep-fried snack made with a perfect mix of rice flour, urad flour and spices. So wonderful does it taste with tea that you will find even small tea shops stocking this scrumptious deep-fried snack in their glass jars!
Healthy South Indian Evening Snacks
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Tava Chana Dal Vadas
Instead of deep frying vadas, we have made this healthy Tava Chana Dal Vada which is made of healthy chana dal and cooked crisp on a tava.
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Masala Vadai
The famous South Indian snack becomes unrecognisable in its new tava-cooked avatar! We have modified the traditional, deep-fried Masala Vadai recipe by adding iron and folic acid rich dill leaves, and tava-cooking the vadais.
Enjoy our South Indian Evening Snacks and South Indian Recipes article below.
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