A FOOD TRADITION
Kerala Cuisine
Kerala cuisine is a southwest Indian coastal tradition using rice, coconut, curry leaves, seafood, fermented batters, and layered spice blends.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Meen Peera
Small pieces of fish are cooked with grated coconut, aromatics, green chilli, and curry leaves into a dry, gently spiced Kerala preparation.
Moru Curry
A Kerala yogurt- or buttermilk-based curry tempered with aromatic spices and commonly served with rice.
Nadan Kozhi Curry
A traditional Kerala-style chicken curry simmered with onions, aromatics, spices, and a seasoned gravy.
Olan
Olan is a gently seasoned Kerala preparation of ash gourd and cowpeas in coconut milk.
Pachadi Kerala Style
A Kerala side dish of yogurt and coconut combined with a seasoned fruit or vegetable base, commonly finished with mustard seeds and curry leaves.
Palada Payasam
A creamy Kerala rice-ada pudding slowly cooked with cow milk and sugar and typically enriched with ghee and cardamom.
Parippu Curry
A Kerala lentil curry simmered with coconut and aromatics and finished with a tempered blend of mustard seeds and curry leaves.
Parippu Payasam
A Kerala sweet pudding made by simmering split mung beans with jaggery and coconut milk, then enriching it with ghee and aromatic spices.
Pathiri
Pathiri is a soft, thin rice-flour flatbread prepared by forming a water-based dough and cooking it on a hot griddle.
Pazham Pori
Pazham Pori is a Kerala snack made by coating ripe plantain slices in wheat-flour batter and deep-frying them until golden.
Pork Ularthiyathu
A Kerala pork dish in which seasoned pork is cooked until tender and dry-roasted with onions, aromatics, and black pepper.
Pulissery
Pulissery is a mildly spiced Kerala yogurt curry blended with coconut and commonly flavored with fruit or vegetables.
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