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Best Restaurants in Kochi to enjoy Traditional Kerala Food

04.04.18 09:15 AM By twinklegarg479

Kerala takes pride in its abundant cuisine, formed through the years by a delicious interacting of Malabari, British, French and Arabian influences. There are meals like Puttu, Appam, Idlis etc are the food to try when you travel to Kerala but when you remain in Kerala you can have a culinary experience like the Keralalites and here is a list of Best Restaurants in Kochi to take pleasure in Traditional Kerala Food.


Mullapanthal Toddy Shop is not a shaapu (Toddy Place) in its true sense however a terrific location which serves genuine Kerala traditional food. This is right by the backwaters, and water birds can be viewed while sipping toddy in addition to yummy Kerala food. If you ask any Keralaite they will describe a shappu as a the broken-down shack in a village with dilapidated chairs where ladies cannot enter. However Mullapanthal has private cubicles make dining here a household experience which provides an excellent dining experience for the entire household with platefuls of the choicest meat cooked in traditional Kerala style together with bottles of toddy. The combination of karimeen curry and kappa (baked tapioca), tender rabbit meat, covered in pepper and spices, Karimmen Pollichathu (fish clothed in spices and prepared in plantain leaf) and Karimeen fry are the popular dishes of this Toddy Shop.


Kayikka's Rahmuthala Hotel is in Aanavaadal at Fort Kochi, Mattancherry and is popular for Biriyani amongst the individuals in Kerala. The name of this hotel which was started in 1948 is Rahmuthala Hotel but this ended up being popular after the name of Kayikka who began this hotel and the specialized is the Biryani that is prepared in pure ghee. If you go on Friday, you will get fish Biryani and on Tuesday, prawn. On all the times it's chicken and mutton biriyani is readily available. Dates pickle is another speciality of this dining establishment.


Dhe Puttu is one of the most recent additions to the restaurants in Kochi and is called after Kerala's time-honoured dish which was chosen as National Geographic Magazine as the very best breakfast in the world. The restaurant serves puttu in various ways like mixing meat, fruit as well as chocolate to the fundamental mix of ground rice and grated coconut. Puttu si accompanied by sweet black coffee and is served hot in stylish bamboo trays and the experience is definitely deluxe and elegant. Puttu is steam prepared and is safe for diabetics as well as those who have hypertension and high cholesterol ass well.


Shala restaurant is in a stunning and tastefully restored historic building in Fort Kochi and is run by the same owners as Kasi Arts Cafe. The restaurant in which standard Kerala food is cooked by housewives has a really limited menu of five dishes prepared by the housewives-- suggested are the Malabar prawn curry, kingfish steak, and the vegetarian unique, which changes daily-- however they do them well here are over 60 dining establishments in the Fort Kochi area however travelers prefer this eatery since of the unusual taste and quality of the conventional Kerala food prepared by 3 homemakers. Shala can serve only 30 guests at a time and it is not uncommon to see long lines outside this restaurant which remains in Fort Kochi area near the ancient Jewish synagogue in its vicinity and the location's exemplary Dutch architecture.


Menorah dining establishment in Koder House is a need to go to for sea food fans and is popular for its cordon bleu food as well as has the rare difference of being the only restaurant in India to serve Jewish food. This dining establishment is close to the Chinese fishing webs making sure a constant supply of fish for the sea food platter which is one of the most well recognized dishes at this restaurant.


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