Welcome to the World of Taste - Yummy Kerala Recipes

Food is something which you still have in memory but cannot be enjoyed again until you taste it again. Millions return to visit Kerala once again to re-taste its exquisite array of mouth watering dishes. Unlike, most other countries or regions Kerala recipes have very close association with the religion and culture of people. The range of Kerala curry recipes varies across length and breadth of the state. Kerala food is largely classified into three sectors namely by its region as Malabar, Kochi and Travancore. But the most interesting fact is that one has the eating choices within the region are not limited at all. Taste varies from house to house and the common cooking rule is applicable only for traditional dishes and eating practices. Rolling over an evolution phase of over thousand years, Kerala's food holds rich and long lasting flavors originating from ingredients such as spices, seasonings and nutritious ingredients such as green and leafy vegetables, roots, stems, grains, fruits, and legumes. It is enrich in six tastes such as sweet, sour, salty, spicy, bitter and astringent. Though Kerala occupies only a small portion of India, its contribution to the country and the rest of the globe especially taste wise is not so little. The 'God's Own Country' offers distinctive, unmatched and healthy recipes. Kerala cuisine is aromatic, original, rich in tradition, full of flavor with a characteristic blend of rare spices grown in Kerala soil.

Some of the very common Keralite Breakfast options are Idilli, Dosa, Puttu, Appam, Uppumavu and Idiappam (Noolputtu). These are to be enjoyed with a set of curries or chutneys accompanied with them. Non-Keralites rightly comment that it is very hard to find such a variety of breakfast options other than in Kerala cuisine. Another reason why a Keralite fall homesick very quickly is because of this variety of options. Kerala recipes options multiply when it comes to an authentic Kerala lunch. A sparking example for this is the traditional Kerala Sadya which is a complete healthy meal including both slow cooker recipes and Kerala's vegetarian all recipes.  Nowadays this is a part of any common menu and restaurant recipes. Kerala Sadya is globally renowned for its very style of presentation in a banana leaf, its way of serving as a fully nutritious three course meal. Disciplined way of having Kerala Sadya is sitting either on the floor, on very low stools or cushions. Dishes, plates and cutleries have only a limited role to play as the traditional way of eating a Sadya is with the right hand fingers.

For Keralites, food is not just for survival. Serving a delicious dish is a gesture to mark respect to the person who is being served. Therefore cooking is not considered as a time pass or a hobby. It’s a serious affair as most men in Kerala are very particular when it comes to taste. Female folk, especially elderly women are very particular about the ingredients and its accurate measure to make sure that the dish is uncompromisingly superb with a touch of love and ethnic taste. Kerala cuisine consist of several dishes ranging from staples like rice and breads to meat and vegetables and completed by a dessert. Like elsewhere, Kerala cuisine is also closely related to festivals and seasons. Though modern Keralite housewives find it hard to follow their mothers or grandmother's, mostly food is prepared fresh with seasonal vegetables, meat and other poultry products. Men usually are not involved in daily cooking but their active presence visible where food is prepared in bulk and surprisingly they are masters in cooking for masses.