ANDHRA CUISINE

CAPITAL : Hyderabad AREA : 275 , 068 sq. km ( approx ) NO. OF DISTRICTS : 23 POPULATION : 76 M BEST TIME TO VISIT : October to February MAJOR FESTIVALS : Deepavali , Ugadi , Sankranthi , Dusehra , Sivaratri etc TOURIST ATTRACTIONS : Tirupati Temple , Charminar , Golconda Fort , Warangal , Putapartti , Vizag , Nehru Zoological Park , Borra Caves, Chitrakote Waterfalls Nagarjuna Sagar , Srisailam . HILLSTATIONS : Araku Valley , Horsley Hills , Anantagiri Hills BEST HOTELS : Taj Krishna Hotel ( Hyd ) , Hotel Taj Residency ( Vizag ) , Minerva Grand Banjara ( Hyd ) , Hotel Green Park ( Vizag ) , Hotel Guestline ( Tpt ) , Hotel Deccan Continental ( Secundbd ) POPULAR DISHES : Guti vankaya kura , Gongura pachchadi , Chapala pulusu , biryani , Avakaya , Arisalu

GEOGRAPHY DEMOGRAPHY CLIMATE

Situated in southern India Has the second largest coastline in India of 972km Two major rivers , Krishna and Godavari , run across the state Official language Telugu ; other languages spoken Urdu , Marathi , Tamil , Kannada , Oriya and Hindi Historically called the Rice Bowl Of India More than 77% of its crop is rice Apart from rice , a major producer of chillies , sugarcane , cotton , mango and tobacco Divided into 3 regions Telangana , Rayalaseema , Coastal Andhra ( Konaseema )

HISTORY CULTURE RELIGION

Ruled by Mauryans , Satavahanas , Ishvaku Dynasty , Pallavas , Ananda Gotrikas, Rashtrakutas , Vishnukundinas , Eastern Chalukyas , and Cholas ruled the land .
Tirumala an important pilgrimage for Hindus all over ( richest pilgrimage Center in the world ). Kuchipudi Ugadi & Sankranti Tyagaraju , Muthuswami Dikshitar , Syama Sastri , Annamachari , Ramadasu legends of Carnatic music

TELUGU BHOJANAM

BREAKFAST
Pesarattu- upma ( moong dal)

Dosa

Pulihora ( tamarind rice )

L U N C H

-Rice -Curry / koora

Gutti vankaya koora

Munnakkaya koora Beerakaya koora ( torai ) Bendakaya koora Ullicadala koora ( spring onions)

-Pappu ( a great combo with mango pickle ) - Pachchdi / ooragaya ( pickle)

aavakaya

gongura -Pulusu ( bendakaya pulusu , maavidikaya pulusu , egg pulusu , Daundakaya pulusu , chaapala pulusu , royyala pulusu

-Rasam -Perugu -Appadam

Ragi mudda

S N A C K S

CHEGODILU

PAPPU CHEKKAALU

JANTHIKALU

MIRCHI BAJJI

MASALA VADA GARELU

PESARA MURUKULU

PUNUGULU

D E S S E R T S

-laddu -boorelu -rava laddu -paysam -ariselu -pootharekulu -bobbatlu -chekkara pongali -gawalu -kajalu -kajjikayalu -kobbari undalu

THANK YOU !!

ALEKHYA . B