Delicious South Indian Meals You Can Easily Make at Home (Satvic Style)

Have you been craving authentic South Indian flavors with a healthy twist? For How To Make South Indian Sambar Recipe | Avial & Lemon Recipe A treat is on the way! Many of you have been asking for wholesome South Indian recipes, and today, we’re sharing two very special meal combos straight from our Satvic kitchen.

Whether you’re cooking for your family or planning something unique for your guests, these traditional dishes—served on banana leaves and made with love—will leave everyone asking for seconds!

1st Meal: Chicken with Lemon Rice (Kerala Style) Let’s start with Avial, a traditional dish from Kerala that combines a variety of vegetables with creamy coconut. This dish is sure to please everyone when served with hot and sour lemon rice.

Ingredients for Avial:

• 6 types of veggies (cut vertically into 2-inch pieces)
• 2/3 cup thick coconut milk

 1 cup grated coconut

Measuring cups and spoons (for accurate taste)

  How to Make Avial:

• Heat a clay pot on medium flame and roast the veggies for 2-3 minutes.
• Cover the vegetables and cook them for 7 to 8 minutes until they become soft. Meanwhile, prepare your thick coconut milk:
• Combine 1/3 cup water and 1/3 cup chopped coconut. Strain with a muslin cloth.
• Blend 1 cup grated coconut (or use leftover coconut roughage) until slightly powdery.
• Add the blended mixture and coconut milk to the cooked vegetables after the flame has been turned off. Mix well, cover, and let the flavors blend for 5-7 minutes.

 Your delicious Avial is ready for How To Make South Indian Sambar Recipe | Avial & Lemon Recipe 

 Let’s Make Lemon Rice:

•  In a clay pot, roast ½ tsp mustard seeds.
•  Add ½ cup soaked brown rice (soaked beforehand for better texture).
•  Cover and cook for 25 minutes.
•  Once cooked, switch off the flame and add 1 tbsp lemon juice.
•  Mix and serve hot.

 Pro Tip: Serve both on a banana leaf and enjoy with your hands for a traditional experience.  We guarantee that it enhances the flavor!

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Meal 2: Coconut Stew + Spinach Appam

Next, we’re preparing a comforting, creamy coconut stew filled with South Indian spices, paired with soft and fluffy spinach appams.

The Making of Coconut Stew:

• Prepare 1.5 cups of thick coconut milk (just like earlier).
• In a clay pot, roast 8 fenugreek seeds for 3 mins.
• Roast for a further minute after adding 1 teaspoon chopped ginger. Add ¼ cup chopped drumsticks and other vegetables.
• Cover and cook on medium flame for 15 mins.
• Add ¼ cup coconut milk, mix, cover for 5 mins, and serve.
• This stew pairs beautifully with brown rice or—if you love cooking—with appams!

 How to Make Fluffy Spinach Appam:

Appam is a soft, round, pancake-like bread made with rice batter—perfect to dip into coconut stew.

 Ingredients:

1/4 cup of brown rice 8 green chili tops (for natural fermentation)

 Method:

• Soak brown rice for 6 hours, drain, and blend into a paste.
• Pour into a bowl and add green chili tops.
• Cover and ferment in a warm, shaded place for 15 hours.
• Add 14 cup water if the batter is too dense.

The consistency should not be too thin or too thick. Cooking Appam:

• Use a heavy cast iron pan (not clay).
• Heat the pan well. Before each appam, sprinkle and wipe water on it. Pour a ladleful of batter—don’t spread it.  Let it naturally form a circle (~6 inches diameter).
• When bubbles form, cover with a lid and cook for 2-3 minutes.
• Don’t worry if your first appam doesn’t turn out perfect—by the 2nd or 3rd try, you’ll be a pro!

Final Thoughts

And there you have it—two complete South Indian meal ideas made the Satvic way: healthy, oil-free, and full of love.  We’d love to hear which one you tried first and how it turned out.

What’s Next?

In the comments, please specify which recipes you would like us to Satvic-ify next. Also, don’t forget to check out the Satvic Food Book 2, which is a guide to eating meals that are clean, delicious, and full of life. Until next time, happy cooking!