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6 must-try foods that you should indulge in when visiting Kerala

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Banana Chips and Sharkara Varatti

Thinly sliced raw bananas are deep-fried until crispy to create chips. Sharkara Varatti is ripe bananas slow-cooked with jaggery and ghee, resulting in a sweet and sticky treat.

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Payasam

This creamy and rich rice pudding is made with coconut milk, jaggery, and a variety of ingredients such as rice, vermicelli, or lentils.

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Malabar Biriyani

Flavorful rice dish is prepared with basmati rice, tender meat, and a blend of aromatic spices. It is cooked in layers with fried onions, nuts and garnished with fresh mint leaves.

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Puttu and Kadala Curry

Puttu is a steamed rice cake made with layered rice flour and coconut, while Kadala Curry is a spicy black chickpea curry. 

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Karimeen Pollichathu

It features a whole fish, often pearl spot or Karimeen, marinated in a tangy blend of spices, wrapped in a banana leaf, and pan-fried to perfection.

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Appam with stew

Appam is a lacy and fluffy rice pancake, often served with a creamy and mildly spiced vegetable stew. The aromatic stew made with coconut milk, vegetables, and spices.

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