Karimeen Pollichathu
It is prepared with a fish that is found only in Kerala’s backwaters. Karimeen Pollichathu is intensely flavored and delicately prepared. It is considered a specialty because the fish is very rare and expensive. Marinated in spices, then wrapped in banana leaf and steamed, the fish stews in its own juices. The spices have to be right and you can grill it in an oven. If you identify with healthy, steamed food, then this dish is for you!
Puttu and Kadala
This dish is nothing less than a treat for the food lovers. With a lot of variations and flavors, this dish makes the best combination of amazing taste that must be tried in Alleppey. Chickpeas are the main ingredient that is used for preparing the majority of this dish. It is completed with the perfect mixture of coconut and steamed rice. It tastes best when served with poori or with roti.
Fried or Grilled Shrimp.
The shrimp is either served fried or grilled according to the choice of the person. However, both the options offer the best of the taste. It is well-accompanied with coconut oil, turmeric, tamarind, garlic paste, and chilies for enhancing the taste of the dish. The fresh shrimp makes the entire dish get its best flavors.
Malabar Biriyani
The prominent cuisine is a very special biryani with relishing aroma and taste. Made of kaima or biryani rice, authentic masala made of specific spices and dry nuts and stuffed meat, this dish is made specially during the celebration of Eid in Malabar region of Kerala. The dish is especially savoured with curd, lime pickle (naranga achar) and salad.
Naadan Beef Fry
This delicious Kerala food dish in a lot of ways, defines what Kerala is. The paralyzing flavours of this dish will make it extremely difficult to fall out of love with this place and with what it has to offer to its guests. The dish is coated with curry leaves, ginger garlic paste and mustard leaves generously.
Kerala Style Fish Molee
For a land surrounded by the sea, fish should be the most special dish. This Kerala Cuisine has that special something. Lightly fried fish made into a stew in an earthen pot has to taste good no matter what! As usual, it is made in coconut milk and kokum and spices like turmeric, pepper, cinnamon and cloves along with fresh green chillies to give it a tangy taste. The fish is usually a kingfish or a seer fish. Nevertheless, it is bound to leave you salivating.
Naadan Kozhi Curry
The red piquant Kerala chicken curry is a perfect blend of spices and meat. If you are hardcore non-vegetarian, this is a must try. You can have naadan kozhi curry with almost anything- plain rice, ghee rice, pulao, biryani, naan, pathiri, chapati and even with a piece of bread. It is a mouth-watering dish.
Ada Pradhaman
Very sweet dessert with spices and nuts, ada pradhaman is the king of kheers in Kerala. With a warm and pleasant aroma, this payasam or kheer is a unique blend of thick coconut milk, jaggery and baked rice adda. It is specially served at the end of a sadhya as a dessert.
Kallu or coconut toddy is an exotic drink prepared from tender coconut in Kerala. It is of two kinds- sour and sweet. The sweet kallu is very much refreshing while the locals ferment it to make arrack or the sour kallu (around 8% alcohol content) which is similar to the North Indian drink ‘bhang’. The local prepare vinegar, palm jaggery and yeast from this palm toddy. If you are visiting Kerala, try watching the local extracting toddy from the coconut tree. It would be a very interesting experience.
