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Kerala is known as the home of ‘Kera’ that means “Coconut Palm tree” which is base for many dishes of Kerala. The delectable Cuisine of Kerala sets it apart from other destinations of India. The fragrant dishes of Kerala Cuisine are so mouth watering that it is really hard to resist the temptation of trying them. The dishes of Keralites allure Indians and Foreigners alike. The taste buds get a treat from the tantalizing preparations of Kerala which have notched up a remarkable place in the multi cuisine menus of Indian restaurants. 

Usually Kerala food is sizzling and spicy. Cuisine of a particular place is a reflection of the culture of that place. It is also famous as the ‘Land of Spices' is matchless when it comes to cuisine which revolves mainly around its history, demography and geography A number of fresh spices are used while food preparation that gives a unique  aroma and flavor to the food. These dishes include avil, thoren, sambar, olen, kaalen, pachadi, paayasam and many more.

With so many centuries, Kerala has been famed as a destination that offers its visitors a range of diverse culinary delights. The region also boasts many kinds of chutneys, pickles and other side dishes like banana chips, pappadums, churuttu, cheeda, achappam and many more. Coconut either chopped or grated, or its milk predominates almost all the dishes of this place.

Apart from this various local vegetables such as cassava, tapioca and yam are also important ingredients of the Kerala cuisine.Kerala is also home to numerous mouth watering sweets and desserts such as the tremendously famed payasam, unniappam, pazham-pori and kozhukkatta. Aappam is also a most preferred breakfast dish here is a kind of pancake that comes in many varieties. Made from rice flour, puttu is also a trendy breakfast dish in Kerala. Other famous morning meals include idi-appam or rice noodles.