Category: food
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Toddy @Kadamakkudy
Kadamakkudy has two toddy shops. The well known among these two toddy shops is at the fag end of the Kadamakkudy central road, near the temple. I visited this toddy shop once and on that day we had good prawns curry, Kakka ularthiyathu. The food at Kerala toddy shops (Shappu curry) are spicy and delicious.…
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Beef with Kappa (tapioca)
Captured this photograph at S.K hotel, a small hotel on the banks of river Periyar. This is served from 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm. You have to take the ferry road from the SNDP junction, immediately after the varapuzha bridge (while coming from Ernakulam side) and drive about 1 km, before you reach the mannamthuruth…
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Coexistence of fish and rice at Kadamakkudy islands
The farmers grow pokkali rice for six months starting from June till November, which the rainy season (monsoon time). Pokkali rice have the ability to withstand the saline water. During the harvest, only the branches with paddy are cut, the leaves are allowed to decay, and that becomes food for fish and prawns. The fish…