Kozhikode Cuisines have a strong Arab influence in their local cuisines which can be evidently felt from the rich meat curries and desserts served within Kozhikode borders. During the recent years, Arabic cuisine has become one of the major attractions for the gourmets in the town. A must try local Malabari Cuisine, as you explore the traffic picturesque surroundings of Kozhikode is ‘Pathiri and Erachi Curry’. Pathiri is a soft bread, which is made of rice dough and are cooked over a banana leaf while the Erachi curry is a beef or mutton curry, which is well cooked in the real Malabar style.
Another highlight of the Kozhikode cuisine is the Malabar Moppila Biriyani which is very famous among both local and the visitors. For the people who have a great love for seafood varieties should relish ‘Aradika’ at any of the local Kozhikode restaurants. Aradika is a nicely flavored mixture of rice flour and mussel and cooked in the shell. Kajah’s Hot Buns present in the complex of Marwa Palace and the Al-Bake Arabic restaurant serve their guests with some of the exclusive Arabian specialties. Mandhi dishes, which are cooked using chicken, prawns, fish and mutton, are one of the mouth watering specialties, which are served in these restaurants.
The most popular vegetarian cuisine of Kozhikode includes Sadya. The Sadya cuisine makes for a full fledged feast which comprises of sambhar, pickles, rice along with seven different side dishes. While the non-vegetarian food offered in the city features a unique blend of both Christian and Muslim preparations. The most popular snacks of Kozhikode include crisp and wafer thin Banana Chips which are cooked in the coconut oil.
Mitthayi Theruvu, popularly known as the sweet meat street, has a large number of stores selling colorful halwas. Locally called Aluva, this sweet retreat is made using flour and sugar which is cooked in coconut oil. The seasoning of halwa is done using crushed cardamom seeds and dry coconut slices. The different varieties of these halwa are available in almost all bakeries present in the city.
