As we savoured the flavor of Odia cuisine....we'll see the one of the oldest surviving cuisine in India.
Karnataka cuisine is one of the oldest cuisine surviving in India. It combines a range of flavours, ingredients and cooking techniques from Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
This Karnataka cuisine comprises of different types of cuisines
- North Karnataka
- South Karnataka
- Kodagu
- Udupi
- Mangalore
- North Canara
- Navayath
In this we'll look at Mangalore cuisine and udupi cuisine.
Mangalore cuisine
This cuisine is unique and diverse owing to the different communities settled. Curry leaves and coconut along with local spices are the basic ingredients of this cuisine. Need dosa, Kori rotti, Mangalorean buns and Macaroon are the local dishes in this cuisine. Since, Mangalore is along the coastal region, the staple diet is fish.
Udupi cuisine
This cuisine consists of local fruits, vegetables, grains and beans as basic ingredients. It usually comprises of vegetarian food. This cuisine also consists of dosas and spicy rices and jaggery, rice, coconut are fully used.
Sequence of food items served
The food items are served in a banana leaf. Starting from the top right hand side uppu(salt) is placed first followed by kosambari(south Indian salad), pickle, palya(vegetable side dish), Raita or gojju(vegetable cooked in tamarind rice), then desserts, fried dishes along with Thovve(cooked dal), huli(a thick broth of lentils and vegetables) and goes the rice based dish Chitranna along with plain rice and ghee are served.
Sweets
The famous Mysore pak is one of the delicious, non-dairy sweet which is popular in south India. Most of the desserts are sweetened with Jaggery. Other sweets are rave unde, kajiya, kesari bhath, etc.No meal can be finished without the desserts.
Mysore pak
It is one of the popular sweets in south India. It is made with generous amount of sugar, gram flour and often cardamom with over flowing ghee which melts in your mouth once you savour.
With the typical south Indian servings and taste, this cuisine remains evergreen in our hearts forever.....if you want to taste some traditional food this cuisine welcomes you with its delicious aroma.
PENNARASI. R
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