{"id":1600,"date":"2026-06-19T14:41:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T14:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aiinfinitech.com\/kerala\/kerala-food-guide-12-dishes\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T14:41:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T14:41:52","slug":"kerala-food-guide-12-dishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aiinfinitech.com\/kerala\/kerala-food-guide-12-dishes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kerala Food Guide: 12 Dishes You Must Eat and Where to Find Them"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kerala’s cuisine is as diverse and layered as its landscape \u2014 shaped by Arab traders, Portuguese colonialism, Chinese fishing communities, Jewish merchants and the distinct traditions of Hindu, Muslim and Christian communities.<\/p>\n

1. Onam Sadya \u2014 The Benchmark<\/h2>\n

The 26-dish banana-leaf feast. During Onam (September) every restaurant serves it. Year-round, the best is Kerala Hotel on MG Road, Ernakulam, unchanged since 1968.<\/p>\n

2. Karimeen Pollichathu<\/h2>\n

Pearl spot fish cooked in banana leaf \u2014 eat it at Thaff Restaurant in Alleppey, or from any backwater resort with fresh catch from the lake.<\/p>\n

3. Kozhikode Biryani<\/h2>\n

The three institutions: Zain Hotel (est. 1963), Paragon Restaurant (est. 1939) and Bombay Hotel \u2014 all within 200 metres in Kozhikode Old Town.<\/p>\n

4. Puttu and Kadala<\/h2>\n

Found at every tea shop \u2014 but for the best version, eat it at Udupi restaurants in Thrissur where puttu is made to order.<\/p>\n

5. Kerala Prawn Moilee<\/h2>\n

Best at Coconut Lagoon resort in Kumarakom, where prawns come from the backwaters that morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The definitive Kerala food guide \u2014 12 essential dishes explained in depth, with precise recommendations for where to eat each one across the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-culture"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiinfinitech.com\/kerala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiinfinitech.com\/kerala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiinfinitech.com\/kerala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiinfinitech.com\/kerala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiinfinitech.com\/kerala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aiinfinitech.com\/kerala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiinfinitech.com\/kerala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiinfinitech.com\/kerala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiinfinitech.com\/kerala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}