Ua komo nā moku'āinaʻo : Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu a me Kerala.
Ka hopena o ka'āina a me ka pilina ma nā meaʻai o ka'āina :ʻO ka'ākau o India Hema, he mahana a me kona mau moku a pau. Ua nui ka ua a pēlā nō ka hāʻawiʻana i nā hua hou, nā huaʻai, a me ka raiki. ʻO Andhra Pradesh ka huahana a Andhra nui e nui ai ka meaʻai ma ka'āina kai.
Loaʻa nā loina Chettinad iā Tamilnadu,ʻo ia paha ka meaʻoi loa o nā meaʻai India. ʻO kēiaʻano ka mea nui loa i ka meaʻaiʻole.
Mai Kerala e hele mai anaʻo Malabari e kuke ai, me konaʻano o nā meaʻai momona maikaʻi. ʻO Hyderabad ka home o nā Nizams (nā aliʻi o Hyderabad) a me ka nizami nā meaʻai a me nā meaʻono a me nā meaʻono i ulu mai i ka meaʻono a me ka momona. ʻO kaʻai Hyderabadi ka piha i nā hua, nā hua maloʻo a me nā meaʻaʻai, nā meaʻala likeʻole e like me Saffron.
Kaʻaiʻai o ka meaʻai : Ma ka nui a me kaʻai nui,ʻo ka mea'Āina South Kona paha kaʻoi loa loa o nā meaʻai India. Hoʻopiliʻia kaʻai i nā laiki a me nā pālaiki. Hoʻokomoʻia kaʻaila me Sambaar (kahi kīpala e like me ka mīpī e like me nā meaʻala a pau a me nā chilies) a me ka rasam (kahiʻala wela e like me ka'atila lentil), maloʻo a hoʻonele i nā huaʻona a me nā kīʻaha meaʻai a me kahi pūnana a me nā popcona -kumu niu ( ʻo nā pancakesʻeleʻele maloʻo. He poʻe aloha nui ka poʻe Kekauwa o South.
Nā meaʻai maʻamau :ʻAʻohe Pāʻani Pāʻani e piha i ka raikiʻole ma kahiʻano a me kahi'ē aʻe -ʻo ka laiki a me ka papalama (cooked rice rice batter), Dosas, a me Uttapams (pancakes i hanaʻia mai kahi kīʻahi raiki a me ka palaoaʻalani).
ʻO nā kīʻaha kekahi o nā meaʻai loa.
ʻO ka huiʻana o kaʻaila e hoʻohana pinepineʻia : E hoʻohana nuiʻia kaʻaila hinu no ka kukeʻana a me ke kāhili. 'Ahanaʻia kaʻaila e like me kaʻulu a me ka canola, a nininiʻia ka ghee ma luna o ka laiki i nā manawa o kēlā me kēia lā a i nā papa hana kūikawā paha.
Mea nui nā meaʻala a me nā meaʻai : Ka lau lau,ʻo ka pua, Asafetida, ka pepa a me ka peppercorns, ka momona, nā nūlū a me nāʻano fenugreek.
ʻO nā mea maʻamau : Idlis , Dosas , Vadas, Sambaar, Uttapams, Rasam, Payasam ....