Instant Indian Food

Called as 'semiya,' or 'seviah,' among many other terms, vermicelli is available at every other grocery store around the corner. It can be made ready to eat in a maximum of ten minutes or so, even after garnishing with several toppings. Indian households use chilies, cashews, coriander leaves, groundnuts, spices, onions and whatnot to make plain old vermicelli a treat fit for a kind!

No household in South India as far as I know, is complete without at least one packet of puliyogare mix. The main player here is tamarind and rice. Groundnuts and oil are the bystanders that make it even more exciting. Ready to use tamarind paste is available everywhere and just by mixing rice with it, a most scrumptious and filling meal is ready!

Rice makes any meal filling for an average South Indian. The tomato rice mainly involves rice, tomato pulp and turmeric powder. Extra garnishing like lentils, pulses, onions, coriander leaves, spices, chilies and such can be used to make it ready for devouring and polishing everything off of the plate!

Extremely simple. But a major stable food of South India, particularly Tamil Nadu. It only requires curd or buttermilk with rice, blended by one's fingers. There are those who use the common garnishing to complement it, or combine portions of spicy pickles with it to up the taste. One too many pomegranate seeds embedded almost everywhere in the curd rice is quite common in Karnataka State.

"Flattened rice (also called beaten rice) is a dehusked rice which is flattened into flat light dry flakes. These flakes of rice swell when added to liquid, whether hot or cold, as they absorb water, milk or any other liquids." is what Wikipedia says, and its correct as usual. A common favorite is flattened rice with milk and pieces of jaggery. Children gobbles this up real quick, and adults like it, too!

Idlis are the staple food of South India. All it takes is rice dough and steam and can be cooked in minutes! Click Click here for a detailed how-to

Dosa also uses only rice batter and doesn't really need anything else. Can be prepared in barely a few minutes, and can make a crispy, very filling dish.

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"Chaat" - an assorted savory snacks typically served at every road side tracks from big outlets to small carts in India, Pakistan and rest of South Asia.
And chaat has a LOT of variety to choose from to whip up a hearty meal very soon!

Chapathi is almost the staple food of North India, and as of now, all of India! All that needs to be ready at hand are a few easily available ingredients and the Chapathi is ready in a jiffy!