Famous food
Seafood
Coast cooking — fish curry, thenga aracha meen, dry fish, prawns, and kappa.
Dishes
12 dishes
Coast and backwater cooking — meen curry, fry, prawns, mussels, and kappa.
Coast
Kerala fish curry
Meen curry in coconut or kudampuli gravy — the everyday taste of the Kerala coast.
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Backwaters
Karimeen pollichathu
Pearl-spot fish roasted in a banana leaf with masala — a backwater signature.
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Coast
Kappa & meen curry
Boiled tapioca with fish curry — toddy-shop food that became a state favourite.
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Malabar
Kallumakkaya
Malabar mussels — fried, curried, or stuffed as arikkadukka.
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Coast
Meen moilee
Fish in a mild coconut-milk gravy with turmeric and green chilli — a Syrian Christian classic.
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Coast
Fish fry
Masala-coated seer, sardine, or pearl spot fried crisp — toddy-shop and seaside food.
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Coast
Chemmeen curry
Prawn curry in coconut or tamarind gravy — a coastal Kerala main.
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Coast
Shrimp moilee
Prawns in a mild coconut-milk moilee with turmeric and green chilli.
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Alappuzha
Alleppey fish curry
Backwater fish curry with raw mango and coconut — the Alappuzha style of meen curry.
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Coast
Thenga aracha meen
Fish in ground-coconut gravy with kudampuli — the thenga aracha style of meen curry.
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Coast
Dry fish curry
Unakka meen curry — salted dried fish in coconut or tamarind gravy.
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Statewide
Kappa
Boiled tapioca mashed with coconut, chilli, and turmeric — eaten with fish or chammanthi.
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