The food of Kerala
14 dishes tied to Kerala, India: born there, or made its own.
AppamVeganஅப்பம்
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreFermented rice and coconut milk pancake from South India and Sri Lanka
Bread, Breakfast, Dinner
UpmaVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreA soft, savoury porridge made from roasted semolina or rice flour
Main dish, Breakfast, Dinner
Parotta
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreLayered flatbread from South India, soft and flakey, made with refined flour
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
AvialVegetarianഅവിയൽ
🇮🇳 IndiaA thick vegetable stew with coconut and curry leaves from Kerala
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Kottu rotiකොත්තු රොටි
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka and 1 moreSri Lankan street dish of chopped roti stir-fried with meat, egg, vegetables and spices
Main dish, Dinner, Lunch
PathiriVegan
🇮🇳 IndiaThin rice flour flatbread from Kerala, often paired with curries
Bread, Lunch, Dinner
ErisseryVegetarianഎരിശ്ശേരി
🇮🇳 IndiaKerala curry of vegetables and coconut, a staple at festival feasts
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Parotta: Amanbedi1, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Appam: Jomesh at Malayalam Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, source
- Upma: Intodustin, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Avial: Sivahari, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kottu roti: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Pathiri: cl3m, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Erissery: Varghesepunnamada, CC BY-SA 4.0, source