Now some of us may think it a bland, boring and tasteless food, but even those people will admit that the idli along with requisite chutneys and other accompaniments becomes a most marvellous dish. So much so that the humble idli has an entire day devoted to it. So it was that 30 March 2020 was the day when idli lovers of the world united to express their deep and abiding love for this staple of South Indian cuisine.
Coconut chutney, tomato chutney, the so-called gunpowder or just butter – these are all marvellous accompaniments to the soft, fluffy white idlis.
According to this tweet, World Idli Day came about like this.
MP Shashi Tharoor is apparently quite an idli aficionado. Although judging by that image, he seems to be celebrating chutneys rather than idlis.
Idli is not just a delicious and satisfying dish, it is also healthy, pointed out some idli fans.
There are those who have idli every day. Some are so fond of it, they are willing to have it even for every meal.
For crores of Indians, idli is comfort food.
Idli is usually made with a batter of rice and dal. Then there is rava idli it’s more modern but also popular cousin.
Idli is now ubiquitously popular in homes all over India, not just in the South.
Authentic idli-chutney can be found in restaurants all over – delicious and economical too.
For some of us, idli with all its accompaniments is something that a good Udupi restaurant does best – something we will have to wait for.
‘Perfect’, said a reply to this tweet.
This senior entrepreneur is a well-known success story with her Re 1 idlies.
There are those of us who are more partial to the dosa. We wonder if there is a dosa day as well as World Idli Day?
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