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.
26 March, 2017
Puttu, is a traditional breakfast dish prepared by steam cooking rice flour along with grated ...
10 March, 2017
Chakka -ചക്ക (Jack fruit) is one of the common seasonal fruits of tropics and is very abundant in ...
15 February, 2017
Mezhukkupuratti is a delicious oily stir fry recipe from Kerala, typically prepared with ...
21 January, 2017
Here is a wonderful recipe if you want to have a perfect healthy start for your day. Oats Puttu ...
19 November, 2016
Only recently realized that I am missing one of the most common side dish of South Indian– ...
13 November, 2016
Another Malabari Dum Biriyani recipe making the overall Biryani recipe count to six. Mutton ...
24 October, 2016
A blend of grated coconut and minced fish as a perfect side dish to go with rice, for fish lovers. ...
22 October, 2016
A spicy dish in authentic Kerala Style with chemmen (prawns) in well balanced flavors, Chemmen ...
16 October, 2016
Another Puttu (പുട്ട്)/Steam cake recipe from Kerala Cuisione, this time layered with coconut rich ...
3 September, 2016
Another thoran (poriyal) recipe from Kerala cuisine. Thoran preparations – finely chopped, ...
21 August, 2016
One of the Squid/ Kanava / Koonthal / Calamari dishes that’s quite popular in Kerala is squid. ...
17 August, 2016
There are several varieties of ‘payasams’-kerala rice pudding. The recipe here ...
