Traditional Andhra Food

Traditional Andhra Food
Andhra Pradesh is famous for its hot and spicy cuisine along with its rich cultural heritage. The cuisine of Andhra Pradesh includes both the original Andhra cuisine and the Hyderabadi cuisine, having a Mughlai influence. Out of these two cuisines, the former one is more hot and spicy. 
The traditional delicacies of Andhra are absolutely mouthwatering having a liberal use of spices. Rice is the staple food in Andhra which is consumed with a variety of curries. Andhra Cuisine offers a food lover simple preparations which are less laborious and more tasty. The Andhra cuisine is dominated by vegetarian food but in the coastal areas seafood is preferred. Fish and Prawns are major seafood eaten here. They are mainly found with curry in sesame and coconut oils along with grounded pepper flavor and are eaten with rice.

Popular Andhra Dishes
Sweets
Poornalu or Boorelu
Rava Laddu
Bhakshalu or Bobbatlu or Polelu
Pootharekulu
Ariselu
Khaja
Payasam
Gavvalu
Telangana Garjalu
Chakkera Pongali
Laskora Undalu(coconut laddu)
Boondi
Palathalikalu
Ravva Kesari
Pappuchekka
Jeedilu
Kobbari Lavuju
Vennappalu
 Snacks
Kaarappoosa
Chekkalu
Jantikalu
Sakinalu or Chakkiralu
Chuppulu
Chegodilu
Guggillu
Pakodi
Ponganalu
Punukulu
Upma
Bondaalu or Punukulu’ with spicy dips (allam pachadi)
Mirapakaya Bajji - a local variety of extra-hot chillies stuffed with spices and dipped in chick pea batter and fried
Ullipakodi - fritters made with sliced onion and spices in chickpea batter
Gaare - (similar to Vada). Gaares are a deep fried and spiced dough.
Other Delicacies
Pappu -Toor Dal (Kandi Pappu) or Moong Daal
(Pesara pappu)
Pachadi / Ooragaya
Pulusu
Gongoora




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