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A restaurant menu in Kerala Traditional Kerala sadhya Idiyappam served with egg. One of the traditional Kerala dishes is vegetarian and is called the Kerala sadya.A full-course sadya, consists of rice with about 20 different accompaniments and desserts, and is the ceremonial meal of Kerala eaten usually on celebratory occasions including weddings, Onam and Vishu.
It is a famous Malabar snack often served at weddings, Iftar parties and other festivities. It is prepared by stuffing plantain with flavored coconut (and optionally with egg) and fried in ghee . Chatti pathiri is similar to lasagne where layers of spiced ( masala ) beef or chicken mixture are placed between layers of egg-dipped pancakes and ...
Rice: It is the main item in a sadya. It is always the Kerala red rice (semi-polished parboiled brown [15] [18]) which is used for the sadya. Kerala matta rice is sometimes used. [19] Parippu: A thick curry lentil dish. Sambar: A thick gravy made of lentils, tamarind, vegetables like drumsticks, tomato, yam etc., and flavored with asafoetida.
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Map of South India. According to culinary historians K. T. Achaya and Ammini Ramachandran, the ancient Sangam literature dated from 3rd century BCE to 3rd century CE offers early references to food and recipes during Sangam era, whether it's a feast at king's palace, meals in towns and countryside, at hamlets in forests, pilgrimage and the rest-houses during travels.
Starchy food like Rice and tapioca forms the major part of Kerala's staple food. [120] Having been a major region of spice cultivation and trade for thousands of years, the spices like black pepper, cardamom, clove, ginger, cumin and cinnamon finds extensive use in Kerala cuisine.
Avial is considered an essential part of the main meal in Kerala (oonu in Malayalam) and is also served as a delicacy in South India. Saying something is an avial is also a common phrase attributing that thing to being a mess. [2] Central Travancore has a slightly different variety of avial with its thin gravy whereas the classic avial is thick.
Puttu with chickpea curry. Puttu principally consists of coarsely ground rice, grated coconut, little salt and water. It is often spiced with cumin, but may have other spices.. The Sri Lankan variant is usually made with wheat flour or red rice flour without cumin, whereas the Bhatkal recipes have plain coconut or masala variant made with mutton- or shrimp-flavoured grated cocon