Given its simple yet exotic flavour and, of course, its health advantages, South Indian cuisine has long dominated our palates and cuisine in addition to tantalising our taste buds. Given its national and international appeal, where people start craving South Indian delicacies, this regional cuisine has truly taught us the meaning of winning with simplicity.
We will therefore outline the health advantages of South Indian dishes for those who enjoy eating South Indian snacks but are unaware of their advantages for their bodies. South Indian snacks are lighter, easier to digest, and packed with nutritional benefits when compared to other cuisines in the nation.
South Indian food is also healthier because it does not contain as much high-fat dairy.
South Indian food is not only delicious but also nutritious. Steamed idlis flavoured with coconut chutney and a bowl of steaming sambar are a simple, wholesome, and time-honoured way to start the day. The fermentation process is one of the key elements that make this a healthy food option. Foods that have been fermented have three very significant advantages over other foods.
- Absorption and Digestion: Fermented foods are simpler to digest because some of the sugars and starches have been broken down during the process. As a result, your body uses less energy to digest the food, leaving you feeling light and comfortable for hours.
- Nutrient synthesis and availability: Additionally, the availability of vitamins and minerals to our bodies can be increased through fermentation. As some of the sugars and starches in the food have been broken down through the fermentation process, fermented foods are easier to digest. As a result, your body uses less energy to digest the food, leaving you feeling light and comfortable for hours.
- Improves gut health and the immune system: The gut serves as the home for a sizable portion of the immune system. Consuming foods high in probiotics helps the mucosa, or gut lining, which serves as a natural barrier and strengthens the immune system. When there aren't enough healthy bacteria, disease-causing microbes can flourish and inflame the gut wall. Probiotic foods are especially beneficial if you've recently finished an antibiotic course. Your overall gut health is improved by consuming South Indian food regularly.
South Indian cuisine uses more than just fermentation as a key component. The real game-changer is fermented food prepared in coconut oil. Since a few years ago, the use of coconut oil in place of regular refined oil for cooking has increased.
Due to their straightforward yet exotic flavour and health benefits, South Indian snacks have long dominated our taste buds in addition to pleasing our palates.
In the contemporary time, our fast-paced world has barely any time to prepare these delicacies and condiments that millions out there long to taste, the home-made tastes that kids are crazy for, with this idea a brand was born: ‘Baanali’ at Bowenpally, Secunderabad in the district of Hyderabad. The name Baanali implies kadai in Telugu. Started by two sisters: Penmetsa Usha and Datla Rajeshwari, Baanali began as a cloud kitchen, unveiling mouth-watering homemade preparations in a sheer healthy and hygienic ambience. An amazing array of piquant pickles, marvelous mixtures, unforgettable sweets and tangy podis are initiated and crafted by the women folk only. Why women? Because the whole idea was to set an example for other women endowed with an entrepreneurial attitude. These two sisters mustered strength to showcase an extensive smorgasbord of home-made, traditional healthy delicacies and aromatic condiments in the contemporary market scenario, where their own meticulous research presented the excessive demand for traditional south Indian food. With usage of cold-pressed oils and no preservatives, Baanali dishes out listless healthy, tasty and home-prepared food with passion and care to offer happy experience, always.
Some of the best sellers pop out to be nuvvundalu, chitti kaaja, khajjikayalu, thotakura fry, royyalu aavakaya, aavakaya pachchadi, and gongura pandu mirchi pachchadi and kaju pakoda, amid many more savories.