The Cuisine of ‘Gods Own Country’
The Cuisine of Kerala is linked in all its richness to the land’s history, geography & culture. It has a multitude of both vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes prepared using fish, poultry and meat, which differentiate kerala from rest of the main land.
Due to its abundance, coconut is widely used in most of the regional dishes of Kerala. Dishes from Rice & Tapioca form the main course of malayali’s daily food, and are served along with side dishes (Kootan). The side dishes which may be made from vegetables, meat, fish or a mix of all of them.
Kerala’s long coastline, numerous rivers and backwater networks have contributed many fresh and sea water fish based dishes, and has become avoidable side-dish to common man’s daily diet. Owing to the weather and the availability of spices, the Kerala cuisine is richly spicy especially the hot ones chili, black/green pepper, cardamom, cloves, ginger and cinnamon.
11 February, 2015
Kaalan (കാളൻ) is one of the default side dish for Kerala-Sadya especially for mid/northern Kerala. ...
7 February, 2015
Sardine (Mathi /മത്തി) is one of the healthiest non-vegetarian options especially for sea-food ...
1 February, 2015
Its lemon season in California ! I am getting a handful of it on every week from my friend who has ...
23 January, 2015
Kerala’s kitchen is well known in the rest-of-India for two authentic recipes, Banana Chips and ...
20 January, 2015
Here is a surprise western payasam delight to match to our traditional Ada(അട പ്രഥമൻ) !. ...
7 January, 2015
Meen Polluchathu(മീൻ പൊള്ളിച്ചത്) is a true Kuttanadan fish-special. The preparation uses cleaned ...
31 December, 2014
Lets come back to the tradition! Idiappam (ഇടിയപ്പം) is an authentic Kerala breakfast recipe which ...
11 December, 2014
Shrimp (Chemmen- ചെമ്മീൻ/കൊഞ്ച്) is an excellent and popular choice for a tasty seafood dish. ...
27 November, 2014
Masala peanuts or masala kadalai, is a deep fried snack with peanut. I still remember having this ...
8 October, 2014
Fish roe (fish egg /പനഞ്ഞിൽ ) is a seasonal spin-off product we normally get from most of fish. ...
31 August, 2014
Chilli chicken is a side-dish of dry chicken and gravy made of variety of sauce and pieced ...
9 August, 2014
Mixture (Sev Mix) is a common crispy snack mix, popular in most of the Indian states with ...
