Cochin Cuisine Cochin/Kochi

The cuisine of Cochin exudes the flavour of Kerala. The cuisine is known for its mild flavour. The delicacies being light are easily digestible. The city kitchen tempts the visitors with enticing traditional vegetarian delights of Kerala.The best time to pamper the taste buds is during the Onam Carnival. ‘Pachadi’, ‘thoran’, 'kaalan',and other dishes take through a delightful gastronomical voyage. Home to various steamed rice cakes and pancakes, one must begin the day by gorging on these unique preparations as they make for a delightful breakfast.

Connectivity - Kochi being an important port city is strategically located, well connected by aerial routes, railways and bus. Travelers who want to avail the aerial route can alight at Cochin International Airport at Nedumbessary. If rail journeys fascinate you then you can enquire at Ernakulam Town and Ernakulam Junction. Mangla Lakshadweep and Netravati Expresses from Mumbai, Trivandrum Rajdhani from Delhi, Ernakulam and Kanyakumari Expresses from Bangalore, Trivandrum Mail from Chennai and Howrah-Trivandrum Express from Kolkata are some of the major trains plying to Kochi. If you want to hit the road to reach Kochi, then you can either enquire at the KSRTC bus junction at Ernakulam or cross the bridges to Willingdon Island and avail NH47A. .

The cuisine of Cochin is incomplete without mentioning the use of Bananas. The city is stuffed with banana and it is used in various manner in the culinary prepartion. Out of these, fried-chips are extremely popular and make for good snacks. There is another popular preparation where the the bananas are blended with yoghurt and other ingredients to prepare Kaalan. Even in various sweet dishes bananas are mixed in jaggery. Coconut is the other ingredient that is used extensively in different dishes giving out soothing aroma.

Cochin is simply the heaven for the seafood lovers. Choose from the plenty of tempting varieties and enjoy its racy taste. Fish, crab, lobsters and prawns, delicious variety and awesome taste!

• Meen vevichathu
• Duck roast
• Malabari fish moilee
• Arabian shawarma