Westernised eating habits lack of time to spend in the kitchen and an increasing tendency of people liking fast foods have resulted in our traditional delicacies disappearing fast from menus of preparations at home as well as at parties on various occasions The main intention for writing this book is therefore to preserve the valuable culinary art of south India for those interested in the knowhow of these traditional preparations This book separated into parts for the convenience of the users contains about 385 South Indian dishes Under each major heading like Adai Uppuma Kesari Chundal Halva etc a number of varieties are described