Mayikowa ndi : Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu ndi Kerala.
Chikhalidwe ndi chikhalidwe cha chikhalidwe cha m'maderawa : South India ili ndi nyengo yozizira, yamvula komanso maiko onse ali m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Mvula imakhala yambiri ndipo imakhala ndi zipatso, ndiwo zamasamba, ndi mpunga. Andhra Pradesh amapanga zakudya zamoto za Andhra zomwe makamaka zimadya zamasamba komabe zili ndi nsomba zamitundu yambiri m'mphepete mwa nyanja.
Tamilnadu ili ndi zakudya za Chettinad, mwinamwake chakudya chambiri cha Indian. Ndondomekoyi imakhalanso ndi zamasamba.
Kuchokera ku Kerala kumabwera kuphika kwa Malabari, komwe kumakhala ndi zakudya zokoma zophika chakudya. Hyderabad ndi nyumba ya Nizams (olamulira a Hyderabad) ndi zakudya za Regal Nizami zokoma ndi zokoma ndi zokoma kuyambira zokometsera mpaka zowawa mpaka zokoma. Chakudya cha Hyderabadi chimadzala ndi mtedza, zipatso zouma ndi zosowa, zonunkhira zokhala ngati safironi.
Mtundu wa chakudya : Kawirikawiri, zakudya zakumwera ku South Indian mwina ndizo chakudya chakuda kwambiri cha Indian. Zakudya zimayambira kuzungulira mpunga kapena mbale ya mpunga. Msuzi umaphatikizidwa ndi Sambaar (msuzi ngati lentil mbale yokhala ndi zonunkhira ndi mazira onse) ndi rasam (msuzi wowawa kwambiri monga mbale ya lentil), masamba ouma ndi ophika komanso zakudya za nyama ndi chutneys ambiri a kokonati ndi poppadums ( yofiira-criedpy lentil zikondamoyo). Amwenye akummwera ndi okonda kwambiri khofi ya fyuluta.
Zakudya zosafunika : Palibe chakudya cha ku South America chokwanira popanda mpunga mumtundu wina kapena zina - kaya mpunga wophika kapena Idlis (mikate yowonjezera yopangidwa ndi mpunga wa mpunga), Dosas kapena Uttapams (zikondamoyo zopangidwa ndi batter wa mpunga ndi ufa wa lentilo).
Daals (lentils) ndi gawo la chakudya chambiri.
Mafuta ophika omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito : Mafuta a kokonati amagwiritsidwa ntchito pophika ndi kuphika. Mafuta monga mpendadzuwa ndi canola amagwiritsidwanso ntchito ndipo ghee imatsanulira pa mpunga nthawi ya chakudya tsiku lililonse kapena pazipangizo zapadera.
Zofunika ndi zonunkhira : Masamba a Curry, mpiru, Asfetida, tsabola ndi peppercorns, tamarind, chilies ndi mbewu za fenugreek.
Zakudya zodabwitsa : Idlis , Dosas , Vadas, Sambaar, Uttapams, Rasam, Payasam ....