South Indian Breakfast Thali

Today I am posting about a perfect Tamil breakfast platter. This menu comes in marriage functions. In our marriage there was also uthappam. Usually the breakfast is completed with a cup of coffee. Traditionally it is laid out on a banana leaf. First comes kesari and it is followed by medhu vadai, chutneys and idli. Once you finish the idli, ven pongal comes along with sambar and more chutneys. They also serve you sambar vadai and thayir vadai in small paper plates and finally comes the uthappam. I have missed out the uthappam because this itself was very heavy. After finishing the breakfast it is time for coffee and they serve piping hot coffee. After such a heavy breakfast, we skipped our lunch. My daughter loved those mini idlis and she kept on asking for it till the end of the day. 



Today's Menu:
Kesari-Halwa with chiroti rava
Ulunda Vadai-Soft Urad Dhal Vadai
Idli
Thakkali Sambar
Thengai Chutney/ Coconut Chutney
Vengaya Chutney/ Onion Chutney
Thakkali Chutney/ Tomato Chutney
Ven Pongal
Sambar Vadai-Ulunda Vadai dipped in sambar
Thayir Vadai-Ulunda Vadai soaked in curd


Today's Dishes:


Rava Kesari (click to view recipe)



Ulunda Vadai (click to view recipe)



Ven Pongal(click to view recipe)



Idli



Thakkali Sambar


Thakkali Chutney



Thengai Chutney(click to view recipe)


Vengaya Chutney


Today's Recipe:
Thayir Vadai:


Ingredients:
Ulunda Vadai-4
Thick Curd-1cup
Salt-to taste
For Garnish:
Sev / Omapodi
Red Chilly Powder
Rock Salt
Coriander Leaves(finely chopped)

Procedure:
1. Mix half cup of curd with 1/4cup of water and dilute it. Place the vadas in this mixture until soft.
2. Place the soft vadas on the serving plate.
3. Mix curd with salt and top the vadas.
4. Sprinkle sev, chilly powder, black salt and coriander leaves.
5. Serve immediately.


Sambar Vadai



Ingredients:
Ulunda Vada-4
Thakkali Sambar-1cup
Onion -1/2cup
Coriander Leaves-for garnish

Procedure:
1. Pour hot sambar on the vadas and let it soak for 10-15minutes. 
2. Place the soaked vadas on a plate and top with more sambar.
3. Sprinkle onion and coriander leaves.
4. For a nice crunch toy can also top it with sev.
5. Serve immediately.





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