PALAKKAD IYER CUISINE

A Bit About Palakkad Iyers and Their Cuisine

Avarakkai Poduthuval/ Thoran (Green Hyacinth Beans with Coconut)

Aviyal (Mixed Vegetables in a Thick Spicy Coconut Sauce)

Beans Mulagootal (Beans Cooked With Lentils And Coconut)

Carrot Mulagushyam

Chakkara Pongal (South Indian Rice And Lentil Pudding With Jaggery)

Chenai Kadala Kootu Kari (Elephant Yam and Black Chickpeas With Toasted Coconut)

Cucumber Pachadi (Cucumber in Spiced Yogurt)

Easy Gherkin (Kovakkai/ Tindora) Pickle

Elai Adai Goan Style - Patolyo (Coconut-Jackfruit-Jaggery Filled Rice Packets Steamed In Turmeric Leaves)

Grated Ginger Pickle (Inji Thokku)

Kaaradaiyan Nonbu Adai (Festive Sweet And Savoury Steamed Rice Flat Cakes)

Kanni Maangai (Baby Mangoes In Brine) and Kadugu Maangai (Spicy Baby Mango Pickle)

Keerai Mashiyal (South Indian Style Seasoned Mashed Spinach/ Amaranth Leaves)

Keerai Mulagootal (Amaranth Leaves in a Coconut and Lentil Gravy) Microwave and Stovetop Versions

Knol-Khol Kootu (Kohlrabi With Spiced Coconut Paste)

Coriander/ Cilantro Chutney Powder (Kothamalli Podi)

Maangakari (Easy Mango Pickle) and Maangai Thokku (Sliced Mango Pickle)

Maangai Araitchukalakki (Brined Mangoes In A Spicy Coconut-Yogurt Gravy)

Mixed Lentil Chutney Powder (Milagaipodi)

Mysorepak

Neiyappam (Deep Fried Rice And Jaggery Dumplings/ South Indian Aebelskivers)

Ney/ Nei Payasam (An Indian Jaggery-Ghee Kheer/ Rice Pudding)

Nendrapazham Pulissery (Ripe Plantain in a Spiced Coconut and Yogurt Gravy)

Olan (Pumpkin and Ash Gourd/ Winter Melon in Coconut Milk)

Paal Payasam (South Indian Style Rice & Milk Dessert)

Pachcha Maanga Chammandhi (Raw Mango Coconut Thick Chutney)

Pachcha Mathan Erisseri (Spicy Pumpkin With Toasted Coconut)

Papaya Avial Kootan (Raw Papaya in a Coconut Gravy)

Parikkai Mezhukkuvaratti (South Indian Style Stir Fried Bitter Gourd/ Melon)

Parippu Pradhaman

Parippu Thogayal (Lentil And Coconut Chutney)

Parippu Vadai/ Aama Vadai (Spicy Lentil Fritters)

Podavalangai Kootu (Snake Gourd With Lentils and Coconut)

Pokkuvadam (Ribbon Pokkuvadam)

Pulikyatchal (A Spicy Green Chilli-Ginger-Tamarind Chutney)

Rava Kesari (Indian Semolina And Saffron Halwa or Pudding)

Semiya Payasam (A South Indian Style Vermicelli And Milk Sweet/ Pudding)


Thattai

Thengai Barfi (Cardamom Flavoured Sweet Coconut Squares)

Thengaipodi a.k.a Chammandhipodi (A Spicy Coconut Chutney Powder)

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Tomato Rasam (A sort of Indian Tomato and Lentil Soup)

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Ukkarai

Uppuma Kozhakkottai (Steamed Rice Dumplings)

Varatharaitcha Vendakkai Sambhar (Okra in a Spiced Lentil and Coconut Gravy)

Vazhakkai Mezhukkuvaratti (Raw Plantains Cooked In Coconut Oil)

Vellarikkai Puli Pachadi (Cucumber In A Tamarind Coconut Gravy)

Vendakkai Vathakkinathu (Indian Style Stir-fried Okra)