Kerala cuisine-1.pptx

Complete information about Kerala Cuisine

1. Kerala Cuisine (Also known as Mappila cuisine)

2. Represented By Himanshu Kumar(094) Hritik Goswami (095) Ishan Roy(096) Ishani Dash(097) Jagjot Singh(098)

3. Geographical Loaction Kerala is a state located on the South West edge of India. It is a narrow strip of land and lies between the Western Ghats mountain range on the Eastern side and the Arabian Sea on the Western.

4. History Kerala is first mentioned (as Keralaputra ) in a 3rd-century-bce rock inscription left by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka . In the last centuries bce this region became famous among the Greeks and Romans for its spices (especially pepper). Kerala is known as the "Land of Spices" because it traded spices with Europe as well as with many ancient civilizations with the oldest historical records of the Sumerians from 3000 BCE.

5. Cultural Festivals Oman This is an annual Malayali harvest festival celebrated in the Indian state of Kerala. A major annual event for Keralites , it is the official festival of the state and includes a spectrum of cultural events. Thrissur Pooram This is an annual temple festival held in thrissur , kerala India.It is held at the Vadakkunnathan Temple in thrissur evry year on the Pooram day. Pooram day means a day when the moon rises with pooram star in malayalam calender month of medam .

6. Attukal Pongala This is a 10 days religious festival celebrated at the Attukal Bahavathy Temple in Thiruvananthpuram . Womens prepare a divine food made of rice in earthen pots and offer it to Attukal Amma (Goddess of the Temple) Makaravilakku   This is an annual festival held on Makara Sankranti in Kerala.This festival includes the Thiruvabharanam procession and a congregation at the hill shrine of Sabarimala . * Thiruvabharanam (sacred ornaments of Lord Ayyapam )

7. Seasonal Availability Cabbage Beetroot Cauliflower Okra Brinjal Cucumber Carrot Sweet corn Beans Pumpkin Tomato Ash Gourd These are the crops grown in different season in Kerala.

8. Special Equipments Appa Chatti This is a concave shaped pan for making Appam . Cheena Chatti Deep frying pan made of aluminium or cast iron, introduced to kerala by china.

9. Dosa Kallu This is a cast iron griddle for making Dosas,Pancakes . Mun Chatti This is a clay pot for cooking curries.

10. Puttu steamer Special utensils for stemaing roasted rice flour. Idiyappam Tattu Mould for making idli and idiyappam .

11. Uniappam Pan 12 or more concave slot pan with 30-50ml batter holding capacity in each slots, sweet snack is fried in hot oil. Uruli It is also known as varpu.It is a flat utensil best for Making large volume dishes, made with aluminium or bronze.

12. Staple Diet Staple food of kerala are coconut rice, tapioca and spices like black pepper, cloves, cinnamon and ginger.Kerala famous food also have a variety of seafood like fish, prawns, mussels, lobsters and crabs.

13. Popular dishes Idiyappam with curry This is the most famous dish of kerala.It is relished by most of the people. Also known as Noolappam in kerala cuisine, idiyappam is made of rice flour, salt and water with a number of thin strands or sevai entwined together to make the lovely texture that this dish bears.It is this texture that makes it versatile.It can be served with all types of curry but it tastes best with egg curry.

14. Erissery ( Pumpkin And Lentil Stew ) Erissery is one of the famous dishes of Kerala which is savoured by travellers as well as local people in kerala . This curry is made from either raw plantains or liced yams.It is typically prepared by boliling slightly sweet pumpkins with salt, chillies or pepper, dried lentils, grated coconut, turmeric powder, cumin seeds and garlic, and is served on a bed of rice once cooked. This is a favourite kerala food item on the menu of religious festivals like Onam , Errisery provides the perfect culinary for foodies who are always on the lookout for new flavours .

15. Puttu and Kadala curry This curry is enjoyed by people of Kerala which is considered to be one of the popular traditional Kerala dishes. A famous breakfast recipe out of many Kerala dishes, Puttu is a cylindrical steamed rice cake that is cooked in a mould with grated coconut. It can be served with ripe bananas, grated coconut and kadala curry.

16. Appam with Ishtu Appam with ishtu,one of the traditional kerala dishes is flavoursome and yummy. This famous food of kerala is made from fermented rice flour, coconut milk, coconut water and a bit of sugar, Appam is a thin pancake with crispy edges.The crepe-like bowls are best enjoyed with ishtu.Ishtu is a kind of stew that has been originally derived from European stew and is made from coconut milk, cinnamon, cloves and shallots and sometimes also mango pieces and vegetables. The aroma of spices with the sweet fragrance of coconut milk is enough to lure foodies.

17. Ela Sadya This is one of the finest meals which is incorporated traditional kerala dishes whose aroma will water the mouth.Ela sadya is king of all kerala food items. Sadya is prepared and served during religious and ceremonial occasions like festivals, weedings and many more.This lunch is a combination of dishes like pachadi , kichadi , pulissery , olan , sambar , varavu , thoran,aviyal,payasam served with hot steamed rice on a banana leaf. Parippu Curry This is actually a dal curry. This is also a delicious kerala food item, this dal curry made from small gram and ghee with a considerable amount of spices and chillies .

18. Nadan Kozhi Varuthathu This is a spicy chicken fry or kerala style prawn curry, served with onion, spices, garlic and vinegar on a banana leaf. This is fried chicken made with a generous amount of spices.One can have it with chapati , Kerala Porotta (a layered flatbread made from maida flour), appam or rice. It also serves as a popular street food in the list of kerala dishes served with dosa .

19. Kerala style prawn curry The traditional prawn curry of kerala is sprinkled religiously with chilli and pepper other than salt and turmeric and is cooked in whole coconut milk and jaggery before it is finally garnished with curry leaves.It is served with steaming rice or chapati . Karimeen Pollichathu One of the most traditional delicacies, this dish made out of the Pearl spot fish, a speckles fish commonly found in the backwaters of this Alleppey and Kumarakom . This dish is actually syrian christian delicacy but has now become part of the rich Kerala cuisine. This is prepared by marinating fish in a mixture of lemon juice, red chillies and other ingredients and then wrapped and baked in plantain leaves.

20. Desserts Palada Payasam It is a staple for households of kerala.Made with boling the crunchy vermicelli and rice in the milk. Flavoured with caradamom , sugar, and butter. Garnished with raisins and cashew nuts. Rava Laddu This is one of the favourite sweet in kerala.It is mafde with mainly Suji as the main ingredient, flavoured with coconut, dry fruits and cadamom .

21. Chatti Pathiri This tempting delicacy is layered with sheets of pastry dough and filled with savoury or sweet fillings.This dish is also widely used during the festival of ramadan at the time breaking the fast. Mutta maala This dessert is made of three basic ingredients:-egg, sugar and water. Mutta maala is popular ramadan dish in kerala.This is made by pouring the egg yolk through a small hole into boiling sugar water.

22. Banana Halwa Banana halwa is one of the very popular dish in kerala.Glossy texture, dark brown shade and tenderness make this dessert one of the relished Kerala special dessert. This is made with riepened bananas along with sugar, ghee, almonds and cardamom powder. Ada Pradhaman This dessert tagged as king of sweets in Kerala, Ada pradhaman is full of all the important flavours of kerala :- Coconut,banana rice and jaggery . This is made by using coconut milk, this sweet has the traditional flavour of kerala that reflects the culinary culture of this south indian state.

23. Beverages Nannari Sarbath Banana Apple Smoothie Panakam Sulaimani Raw Mango Juice Kulukki Sarbath Lemon Juice Sambharam

24. Conclusion Kerala cuisine is one of the most traditional and famous cuisine of India.It offers a multitude of both vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes.

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