Breakfast

இட்லி

Idli · ID-lee

Vegetarian · Vegan · Jain-friendly

The daily breakfast, and the measure of a household's batter. Soft idli is quiet kitchen pride; dense idli gets commented on.

Steamed rice and lentil cake. The foundational Tamil breakfast item, light and digestible.

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