10 Things You Must Eat in Kerala Kerala, unlike its neighbours Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, takes pride in its wide variety of non-vegetarian food. Theyve got chicken, mutton, beef, pork and a thrilling variety of seafood - mussels, crab, tiger prawns, king prawns, tiny prawns, oysters, sardines, mackerel, tuna and gorgeous red lobsters. This land of spices has many exquisite foods to showcase but there few ingredients that I found common to most foods - coconut, chopped, grated or shaved, coconut milk or paste used in gravies or as oil for cooking. Chillis, curry leaf, mustard seeds and tamarind also dominate the dishes. During the wee hours of the day, I stood glaring at a list of breakfast items on a chalk board. My eyes darted from puttu and kadla curry to ghee roast masala dosa to the rest of the items on an inexhaustible list of vegetarian delicacies. They were all priced reasonably from somewhere between Rs.30 to Rs.60 and each dish came straight off the stove and into my lap. Puttu and Kadala Curry - Puttu is a cylindrical steamed rice cake cooked with coconut shavings and is an extremely popular breakfast dish, not just in Kannur but through other parts of Kerala as well. Its usually served with kadala curry (black chickpeas/kala chana) but can also be relished with ripe bananas and grated coconut. Appam with Stew - Honestly, appam is a revolutionary food. Not once did I devoid myself of the pleasure of its company. Its got a soft and thick center and a paper thin outside. Its essentially a rice pancake which you can pair with almost anything and it will still steal the spotlight. In a typical Southern stew youll find chunks of chicken or meat bathed in a beautifully spiced and dreamy coconut gravy. Dosa Ghee Roast with Kerala Style Sambar- Dosa is listed among Worlds 50 most delicious foods and for good reason. Made from fermented rice and lentils, the ghee roast dosa is cooked in pure ghee and roasted till it gets as crisp as it can.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 07:54:43 +0000