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CUISINE CELEBRATION Indulge in Moplah food, a unique marriage of Kerala and Arab food
Karavalli at Taj Gateway has been a haven for lovers of authentic home-style coastal South Indian cuisine for 15 years now from the Kerala-Karnataka-Ratnagiri-Goa coast.
Karavalli is hosting a festival of Moplah Cuisine from the Malabar belt of Kerala. The cuisine is indigenous to the Malayalam speaking Muslim community of Kerala and is a unique marriage of Kerala food with a distinct Arab influence. To bring this unique flavour to Bangalore, celebrated chef and author Ummi Abdulla and Executive Chef Naren Thimmah will bring alive the flavours which Moplah cuisine is famous for.
The two maestros will serve specialties such as the arikkadukka or stuffed mussels, a favourite snack, various pathiri or rice chapatti stuffed, the neichoru, exotic ghee rice, ever popular biryanis, chemmeen varatiyathu, which is prawns fried in various spices. Other delicacies such as mutton masala, kozhi chuttad and finally for dessert, traditional Muslim sweets like the muttamala or the egg-garland, made out of egg yolks and sugar and cooked in the shape of a garland and the ever-favourite banana halwa will be fitting finales to a sumptuous feast, and washed down with the unique Suleimani chai or black tea with a few drops of lime.
The Moplah festival is on for a la carte dinner till March 30. For reservations, contact 66604545
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