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🌤 Munnar 22°C · Clear
🌊 Alleppey 31°C · Humid
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☀️ Kozhikode 30°C · Sunny
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Complete Food Guide

Eat Your Way
Through Kerala

From the 26-dish Onam Sadya to Kozhikode's legendary biryani — Kerala's cuisine is as diverse and layered as its landscapes.

Must-Try Kerala Dishes

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🟢 Veg ★ Signature

Kerala Sadya

കേരള സദ്യ

The pinnacle of Kerala cuisine — a 26-dish vegetarian feast served on a banana leaf, eaten by hand…

₹150–400 Main Course
📍 All Kerala restaurants (especially during Onam)
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🐟 Seafood ★ Signature

Karimeen Pollichathu

കരിമീൻ പൊള്ളിച്ചത്

Pearl spot fish marinated in Kerala spices, wrapped in banana leaf and flame-cooked — the signatur…

₹250–500 Seafood
📍 Alleppey backwater restaurants, Kottayam, Kumarakom
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🔴 Non-veg ★ Signature

Kozhikode Biryani

കോഴിക്കോടൻ ബിരിയാണി

Short-grained Malabar biryani with a 600-year Arab-Kerala culinary heritage — considered by many t…

₹120–300 Main Course
📍 Kozhikode Old Town — Zain Hotel, Paragon Restaurant, Bombay Hotel
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🟢 Veg ★ Signature

Puttu and Kadala Curry

പുട്ടും കടല

Kerala's quintessential breakfast — steamed rice-coconut cylinders with smoky black chickpea curry…

₹50–100 Breakfast
📍 Every restaurant and tea shop across Kerala
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🟢 Veg ★ Signature

Appam and Stew

അപ്പം

Lacy fermented rice crepes with delicate coconut milk stew — a study in contrasting textures and t…

₹80–160 Breakfast
📍 All Kerala restaurants, especially Kottayam and Central Kerala
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🐟 Seafood ★ Signature

Kerala Fish Curry

മീൻ കറി

The dish every Malayali carries as a memory of home — fish in kokum-soured coconut gravy, cooked i…

₹80–200 Seafood
📍 Every restaurant in coastal Kerala

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Payasam

പായസം

Creamy rice, vermicelli or lentil pudding made with jaggery and coconut milk — Kerala's sacred des…

₹40–80 Dessert
📍 Temples and all restaurants across Kerala
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🔴 Non-veg

Parotta and Beef Fry

പൊറോട്ടയും ബീഫ് ഫ്രൈ

Flaky, layered flatbread with spiced Kerala beef — the midnight meal of choice across Central Kera…

₹60–120 Main Course
📍 Roadside stalls in Thrissur, Ernakulam and Palakkad — open from 9 PM
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🐟 Seafood ★ Signature

Kerala Fish Curry

മീൻ കറി

The dish every Malayali carries as a memory of home — fish in kokum-soured coconut gravy, cooked i…

₹80–200 Seafood
📍 Every restaurant in coastal Kerala
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🟢 Veg ★ Signature

Appam and Stew

അപ്പം

Lacy fermented rice crepes with delicate coconut milk stew — a study in contrasting textures and t…

₹80–160 Breakfast
📍 All Kerala restaurants, especially Kottayam and Central Kerala
🍛
🟢 Veg ★ Signature

Puttu and Kadala Curry

പുട്ടും കടല

Kerala's quintessential breakfast — steamed rice-coconut cylinders with smoky black chickpea curry…

₹50–100 Breakfast
📍 Every restaurant and tea shop across Kerala
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🔴 Non-veg ★ Signature

Kozhikode Biryani

കോഴിക്കോടൻ ബിരിയാണി

Short-grained Malabar biryani with a 600-year Arab-Kerala culinary heritage — considered by many t…

₹120–300 Main Course
📍 Kozhikode Old Town — Zain Hotel, Paragon Restaurant, Bombay Hotel
🍛
🐟 Seafood ★ Signature

Karimeen Pollichathu

കരിമീൻ പൊള്ളിച്ചത്

Pearl spot fish marinated in Kerala spices, wrapped in banana leaf and flame-cooked — the signatur…

₹250–500 Seafood
📍 Alleppey backwater restaurants, Kottayam, Kumarakom
🍛
🟢 Veg ★ Signature

Kerala Sadya

കേരള സദ്യ

The pinnacle of Kerala cuisine — a 26-dish vegetarian feast served on a banana leaf, eaten by hand…

₹150–400 Main Course
📍 All Kerala restaurants (especially during Onam)

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