South Indian cuisine
South Indian cuisine includes the cuisines of the five southern states of India— Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and the union territory of Lakshadweep. Sub-cuisines within these include Udupi, Chettinad, Hyderabadi, Thalassery, Saraswat, and Mangalorean Catholic. South Indian cuisine shares similarities with the cuisines of Sri Lanka and the Maldives due to a similar geographic location and culture.