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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.