The culinary delights of Kerala

A delicious journey through the land of spices

Cuisine of

Kerala

Cuisine of

Kerala

Kerala is known as the “land of spices”, with records of the ancient spice trade dating back 3000 years.

Kerala is a foodie's paradise, offering a dazzling array of aromatic spices and the freshest seafood. The cuisine is characterized by its use of rice, coconut, and spices such as cardamom, cloves, and cinnamon. Avial, Fish Curry, and Appam are staples, while Sadya, a feast served on banana leaves, is served during the festive season. Desserts, like Payasam and Pazham Pori, offer a sweet finale to this delicious experience.

An authentic Ela Sadya: A vegetarian feast featuring rice and a wide variety of curries and sides, served on a banana leaf
A cooking demo at the spice garden in Periyar
A local street food crawl in Thiruvananthapuram
A traditional catch-of-the-day Pearl Spot Pomfret meal cooked with spices and wrapped in plantain leaves, on a houseboat in Alappuzha

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We entrusted the organization of our trip in Tamil Nadu and Kerala to the agency of Travel XS. They perfectly respected our wishes, the rhythm, the hotels we wanted. In addition, the choice of our driver, who assisted us from the first to the last day was perfect. Very good driver, because the traffic is very particular and intense, very nice, very helpful. Two very different regions, Tamil Nadu more focused on temples, Hinduism and its history, a very smiling, welcoming, and very spontaneous population. Kerala is very green, with its various crops of rice, pineapple, rubber... Catholic fervour, its backwaters, its beaches, but a more restrained population accustomed to tourists. A magnificent trip, and beautiful encounters.

Christian Niquet
France
 Christian Niquet

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