Kochi cuisine possesses some truly salivating delicacies in its bag, majority of which are very mildly flavored and very scrumptious. Most of the dishes categorized under Kochi cuisine are quite light and do not pose any health related problems. The culinary delicacies of Kochi offer a great diversity in vegetarian dishes also. This is quite evident from the fact that during the time of the jovial festivals like 'Onam', the season lunch contains many mouth-watering varieties of vegetarian delights.
Some of the most revered and acclaimed vegetarian delicacies include 'Thoran', 'Paachadi', 'Kaalan' and more.
The bananas form an integral wing of the cuisine of Kochi. The main reason behind this is the fact that bananas are grown in sumptuous quantities there. Thus, this amazingly tasty fruit has made its way into a good number of the dishes. One of the very famous dishes in Kochi is crispy bananas made from frying finely sliced bananas. Kaalan is another culinary delight prepared from the bananas. In this, the bananas are blended with yogurt. Bananas are also plunged into a thick sauce of melted sugar to make some of the tastiest sweet delights.
Bananas in the grated and mashed form, blended uniformly with the plumpy dough prepared from rice flour are utilized in the manufacture of 'Pootu' which is a popular choice of breakfast. Coconut is also generously utilized in many of the exotic dishes of Kochi.
Some of the most renowned dishes from Kochi ate mentioned enlisted below:-
- 'Meen Vevichathu' is a highly famed dish that contains fish cooked in a tangy sauce.
- Appams
- Vellayappams
- Kallappams
