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.
5 July, 2014
Ayala (അയല ) OR Mackerel is a typical fish variety in South Indian states and belong to common ...
22 June, 2014
Beef ularthiyathu (ബീഫ് ഉലർത്തിയത്) is a signature dish of central Kerala especially in Christian ...
23 February, 2014
Ottada, takes me back to my childhood days. My mom used to make this as a breakfast dish and ...
15 February, 2014
Pakkavada (പക്കാവട) is a very popular Kerala snack item prepared from rice flour and besan. Its ...
9 February, 2014
This coconut chutney is a very popular side dish for South Indian breakfast dishes. This white ...
8 February, 2014
A typical Kerala style starter. Chicken (skinless & boneless) made to small pieces, mixed with ...
18 January, 2014
I had to research a bit to get the traditional taste of this Kerala- Christian dish. We used to ...
19 December, 2013
Please don’t confuse the name with the art form Thiruvathira !!… Thiruvathira Kali or Kari ...
10 December, 2013
This is special for Keralites. Sardine (മത്തി OR ചാള ) in curry or fried form is a regular ...
22 November, 2013
This is my favorite recipe in my kitchen. In fact, I got inspiration to start a recipe blog, when ...
4 October, 2013
No dish is complete without a coconut touch for Malayalee !!!. Here is another delicious fish ...
14 September, 2013
Its festival time !!!. Here is a festival time snack from southern states. Munthiri(മുന്തിരി ...
