| Cuisine
Kozhikode offers fare for every palate. Vegetarian fare includes the sadya. However, the non-vegetarian food offered in the city is a unique mix of Muslim and Hindu preparations.
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Some popular dishes include the Biriyani, Ghee Rice with meat curry, sea-food (prawns, mussels, mackerel) and paper thin Pathiris to provide accompaniment to spicy gravy |
Halwa is one of Kozhikode’s most popular sweet dishes, often called “sweet meat” by European traders. The city’s mercantile tradition meets its unique cuisine in Sweet Meat Street or Mithai Theruvu, which is one of the commercial centres of Kozhikode. Kozhikode is also well known for its banana chips.
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Lip - smacking delicacies in traditional Malabari style - The coast of Malabar has come under foreign influences ranging from the Arabs, Portuguese etc. This has in fact very much turned out to be an advantage over the Malabar cuisine. The enchanting array of fish and meat delicacies, is a wonderful reminder of the foreign influences. The long stretches of coastline and the rich source of marine life ensure that seafood, coconut and spices are an integral part of Malabar cuisine. |
Malabar cuisine is also famous for its pancakes and steamed rice cakes made from pounded rice. ‘Pathiri’ is a popular pancake made of rice flour. Thoran, Appam, Avial etc. are some of the vegetarian dishes |
Meen Pathiri’ (Steamed Rice Flour Pie with Fish), ‘Adaku Pathiri’ (Layered Rice and Egg), ‘Kohzi Curry’ (Chicken Curry) and ‘Alsa’ – a traditional Arabic delicacy made of wheat, meat (or chicken) and salt, are some of the well known dishes of Malabar.
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Exotic recipes of Malabar Cuisine include the ‘Beef/Erachi Varatiyathu’ - and 'Aadu Porichathu' - whole roasted goat stuffed with chickens, which are further stuffed with eggs! Malabar Cuisine is characterized by the use of spices like black pepper, clove, cardamom, and almost always, cooked in fragrant coconut oil. |
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