Apart from this, the boiled product is eaten as staple food and there is an array of snacks as well as breakfast fare prepared from cereals. The cereals are pounded into flour and it is given a bamboo shape. This is a healthy food called puttu. The other breakfast items that are a part of the cuisine of Munnar are Vattayappam, Palappam, Kallappam, sweet uniappam, idiappam and kozhikatta.
The coconut tree has always been a vital part of life for the Keralites. The Munnar cuisine, India is what the land offers, but the result is marvelous and palate tickling. The Nambudiris are strict vegetarians. The Hindus of various other castes eat meat and fish as this is taken as vegetarian food.
Similarly, the other communities consider their festive occasion incomplete without having fish and meat. This is the foreigners influence that here beef is popular now in this state. The Munnar cuisine is popular as all the sea food available is very fresh and besides that there is abundance of sea food availability.
The Kerala state boasts of vast plantations of pepper, cardamom, tea, nutmeg and coffee in the high ranges and the lower elevations are popular for clove, turmeric and ginger. The midlands are rich in paddy fields, vegetables such as drumstick, narrow gourd, yam and a collection of fruits such as banana, mango, pineapple, cashew and jackfruit.
The lowlands are abundant with coconut trees and paddy cultivation. The Munnar cuisine is tasty and has a good flavor as everything is from their plantations. This makes Munnar cuisine, India prominent among Indian and international travelers. |
