The southern part of India is famous for its various spices and also spicy foods. Its long past has witn essed the export of spices to many countries. Even the outsiders, generally the foreign invaders like the Dutch, the French and the English, who kept coming here over generations, are reported to be fond of these spices.

A generous but at the same time a balanced use of spices is done here in most of the vegetarian and non- vegetarian dishes of this region.