Kerala Cuisine
Kerala is the land of spices and exotic food. With
vegetables and fruits grown in proper groves and fish
fresh from the waters, it has to offer healthy food at all
times. Kerala cuisine is known all over for it’s
delicious taste and the way of it is served.
Typically, the food in Kerala is served on a banana
leaf. The meal consists of rice and over 14 vegetable
delicacies. All of this followed by a sweet dessert made
of rice and milk, called ‘payasam’. Breakfast in
Kerala is as filling as any of its meals. Idli, dosa, upma
etc are served with either sambhar or chutney. The chutney
is usually made of coconut with a lot of spices added. Get
to know more about Kerala cuisine during a tour to Kerala.
Most of the food in Kerala is traditionally vegetarian,
but, there are parts of Kerala where the sea food and
chicken is relished with steamed rice. The main
ingredients in the dishes of Kerala are coconut and
spices, topped with lots of tangy tamarind. Coconut water
is a well liked drink among the locals of Kerala. Meals of
rice and the various curries are usually accompanied by
crunchy papadams, jackfruit chips and banana chips.
The cuisine of Kerala is a delectable mixture of sweet,
spicy, tangy and sour flavors. This makes for a memorable
experience after long the meal is complete. The dishes of
Kerala are filling and hence, give a sense of a complete
meal.
There are many dishes that should not be missed if one
is looking to enjoy the delicacies of Kerala. Meen curry,
pathiri, kozhi curry, avial, rasam, sambhar, moru kulambu,
mango pachadi, parippu curry, etc are best enjoyed with
steamed rice. Dishes like appam, kottu dosa, masala dosa,
idli, etc can be relished with chutney, sambhar or stew.
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