Kerala is a land a limitless beauty and rich culture. A number of tourists visit here every year to witness the glory of this land with no barrier of climate and seasons. This place stands in the top list of worlds attractions with the warm people and immense diversified beauty. The major attraction of this land is the yummy, spicy traditional cuisines that you can never get form any other corner of this world.

The traditional cuisines of Kerala include both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food items. Coconut oil is usually used for preparation. The major food item is Sadhya. It is a vegetarian meal with boiled rice and a number of side dishes served during the festival and special occasions in Kerala. It is a tradition to serve Sadhya on a banana leaf. The side dishes mainly contain sambar, parippu, rasam, avial, kalan, pachdi, kichadi, thoran, pulishery, olan, pappdam, moru, pulinji, upperi, pickle, banana and paayasam. Paayasam is a sweet desert. Sadhya is served in most of the important days like Onam, Vishu, Marriges etc.

Malabar Biriyani is the mostly chosen non-vegetarian dish In Kerala. Calicut Biriyani is a variant of this. Malabar Biriyani use Khyma rice instead of basumati rice for preparation. Biriyani is famous for its wonderful taste and smell. Usually chicken and mutton are preferred as the ingredient.

Kallummakaya (Green mussel) is another favorite cuisine of Malabar. Different dishes are made of it. Crab, prawns etc. are largely available in these region and the dishes made of them are simply irresistible.

Fish Items are another major attraction of Kerala. Neymeen, Karimeen, Ayala, Avoli, Netholi etc. has got a huge demand among the countrymen as well as the foreign visitors. Kappa (Tapioca), Kallu (Toddy) with Fish Fry or Beef Fry will satisfy your hunger for variety for sure.

Puttu and Kadala

The traditional vegetarian breakfast items of Kerala are famous all over the world. ‘Puttu’ is one of the most famous items among these. It is made up of rice powder and grated coconut. It uses steam for cooking and is a healthy food item. Kadala curry made of black garbanzo beans is served with Puttu. Paalappam, Dosha, Idly, Idiyappam, Noolputtu, Appam etc. are the most favorite breakfast items of Kerala. Both vegetarian and non-vegetarian curries are served with these items.

Paayasam is the yummiest cuisine of Kerala. This delicious desert is usually prepared using milk, sugar, dry grapes, cashews etc. The varieties of Payasam are Paal Paayasm, Pradhaman, Ada Paayasam, Kadala Paayasam etc. Paal Paayasam served in Ambalappuzha Temple at Alleppy is a world famous item.

Pazham Pori

The major sweet items include Unniyappam which is a fried rice cake, Halwa, Pazham Pori, Ilayappam, Chakkayappam made of jack fruit, Theraliyappam, Achappam, Neyyappam, Murukku etc.

There are many more delicious items in Kerala. Come and taste them from here.

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