KERALA CUISINE

Holistic, natural, nutritious cuisine

Welcome to a culinary expedition in Kerala, God's Own Country where a cuisine as distinctive as its cultural life and religious tradition a cuisine influenced by the long coastline and flavored by the all-pervasive coconut. A cuisine enriched with exotic tropical fruits, vegetables, cereals, seafood and herbs. Garnished with the distinctive aroma of pepper, cardamom, chillies, and cloves-spices that brought explores like Marco Polo and Vas co da Gama from across the seas a holistic, natural, nutritious cuisine that follows the tenets of Ayurveda. In short, a cuisine that's simply divine!

Enhancing Tastes

In kerala, the utensil in which the food is cooked is important in determining the taste and nutrition of the dish. Terracotta, bamboo, brass, bronze, copper or even leaves are used in cooking

Wake up to the world's best breakfast!

Travel & Leisure picked Kerala's morning dishes as one of the best breakfasts in the world. Here's a streaming selection for you to start the day.

Puttu & Kadala Curry.

Served hot, soft puttus melt in your mouth. Goes well with kadala (gram) curry, banana or sugar.

Appam & Mutton Stew.

Appams are soft centred, lacy pancakes to be had with mutton, banana, or mixed vegetable stew.

Iddiappam & Egg Curry

Soft noodle like rice cake usually accompanied by egg curry in coconut milk, or creamy, sweet banana stew.

The sumptuous Sadya

The sadya, an integral part of Kerala's culture, is a feast that is served on a plantain leaf and eaten with the hand. With an amazing variety of upto 40 vegetarian dishes, the Sadya is served mostly during marriages and festivals. The preparation of the dishes and the order in which they are served is important in Sadya. Usually the Sadya is rounded off with different varieties of Payasams, which are sweet desserts.

Backwater Delicacies
Karimeen Pollichathu.
Karimeen (pearl spot) baked with a paste of chillies, spices and curry leaves. Tastes superb with kappa (tapioca).
The vast stretches of seashore ensure that Kerala is blessed with succulent lobsters, prawns, crabs, mussels and a whole range of delicacies. All enticingly cooked with exotic spices.

Fish Moilee
Sear fish cooked in coconut milk and seasoned with spices. Common in central Kerala among the Syrian Christian community.
Irresistible Delicacies from the Spice Coast
Malabar, the spice coast of Kerala has a unique cuisine where the Arabic influence is unmistakable. The lightly flavoured, aromatic biriyani, rich meat curries and sweet desserts are a treat for the taste buds.

Malbari Biriyani
Rice fried and spiced to be topped with meat, chicken, fish or prawn. Tastes best with crisp pappadams, nadan kozhi curry (chicken curry) and pickles.

Pathiri and Nadan Kozhi Curry
Made from rice dough, pathiri is an exquisitely soft pancake which goes well with spicy chicken curry in rich and creamy gravy.

Erachi Ulathiyathu
Beef or lamb sauted in roasted spices
Pack Home Crispy Sweet Memories
Kerala's amazing variety of any time snacks - pazham pori, kozhalappam, churuttu, cheeda, murukku, upperi, (banana or jack fruit chips), avalos unda - are those you'd love to take home.
Natures Own Soft Drink
When you are in Kerala make sure that you enjoy the refreshing, sweet tender coconut water. And the whole range of tropical delights that Kerala offers.