In search of Idly Sambar…

I wanted to have the title as “In search of Idly vadai” but that would ostensibly associate the post with IdlyVadai ’s blog - might raise spicy expectations . This post is not about such spicy stuff :). Actually I’ve been starved of our famous south Indian recipe - the Idly-sambar-vadai for over a month and today only I could get hold of a good meal of Idly - vadai - sambar punctuated with chutney - thanks to our collegue-friend; hence this post

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People used to tell me - eating Idly is not good for health - fearing because of the Urad dal, we would get fatty. But who cares? Idly vadai is part of the cultural system of Tamil Nadu :). Even leaving out home and living abroad is not a big deal but leaving out our food does make a lot of deal.

There are about 15-20 varieties of Idly (including our Kushbu idly ) - may be a search here might help. My interests are, Conjeevaram idly, Sambar idly etc. Even if we are suffering from stomach related problems, we can have idly without sambar of course - wouldn’t cause any harm. Also even in roadside shops, if unavoidable, the idly is better thing to eat - because it is boiled unlike other eateries which might be cooked with oil.

Last week I went to an Indian restaurant - they had idly - sambar etc in the menu; For 4 idlys with sambar, the cost is about four dollars - the guy who came with me almost fainted - he is a conversion junkie - always converting the dollars to indian money, poor guy