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.
19 February, 2018
Here is another delicious way to prepare Squid/Kalamari (കണവ), in Kerala cuisine style. I have ...
7 January, 2018
Papaya thoran is a traditionally a simple Kerala side dish recipe, that goes well with rice which ...
5 January, 2018
Challass (ചള്ളാസ്) is a typical side dish served for Cutlets in Kerala Cuisines. It is ...
30 December, 2017
A tasty way to prepare mezhukkupuratti/ മെഴുക്കുപുരട്ടി (stir fry) with Okra/Ladies/ വെണ്ടയ്ക്ക ...
30 December, 2017
Here is our traditional Kerala version of crispy chicken fry, prepared with natural spices. You ...
25 November, 2017
One of the most flavorful, crispy and delicious fish fry that I made, inspired by the crispy ...
6 November, 2017
Chicken Stew, a creamy side dish typically enriched with vegetables of your choice, is a well ...
16 October, 2017
Kara Sev (Kara Seva) is a spicy-hot variant of the kerala snack dish, madhura seva (മധുര സേവ). ...
24 August, 2017
One of the simplest side dish recipe to go with rice, പിഴിഞ്ഞപുളി (Pizhinja Puli) is a quick make ...
27 July, 2017
Pidiyum Kozhiyum or Kozhi Pidi is a traditional Kerala Knanaya Christian dish made during, ...
18 July, 2017
Another postpartum dish from Kerala Ayurvedic Cuisine. Onion Halwa is prepared by blending Palm ...
8 July, 2017
Red Spinach (Cheera -ചീര ) is Kerala’s own spinach variety which is grown at almost every home ...
