The south-western cost of India famous for its spices, has been a cultural melting pot for two thousand years. Jews, Muslims and Christians, merchants and missionaries, came and stayed, adding their influences to the region’s culture and cuisine. Over the years, the traditional produce of the coast -vegetables like yam and tapioca; fruits like coconut, mango and banana; and of course, fish and prawan-has been combined in new and interesting ways in a diverse range of dishes. The recipes in this book draw upon this rich heritage to give us traditional vegetarian and non-vegetarian fare such as Avial, Kaalan, Fish Molee, Chicken Biriyani and Egg Roast. The book also contains recipes for popular breakfast dishes like Puttu and Appam, anytime snacks like Murukku and Banana Fitters, and delicious desserts such as Paal Ada Pradhaman and tender coconut pudding. From street corner food like Trivandrum Chicken to the more adventurous Fish with Mango and Fish in a Plantain Leaf, here is an exciting array of the very best of cooking from the spice coast of India.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR K.M. Mathew
Kalloor Puthenparambil Mathen Abraham Mathew (b. 1939) graduated with Honours from the University of Poona (1967). After his M.A. (1969) from the University of Bombay, he started his academic career as Lecturer in Dhempe College, Panaji, Goa. He took his Ph.D. degree from the University of Bombay, (1978). In 1975 he became the Head of the Department of History, University of Bombay which in 1984 was recognized as a research centre for the Ph. D. degree by the University of Bombay. In January 1987, he joined the Department of History, Goa University. He is the co-author of History of Civilization. He has several research articles to his credit which were published in reputed journals and hask also contributed to the Dictionary of National Biography. For the last nine years he has been an elected member of the Board of Studies in History and Archaeology of the University of Bombay. He is also member of the Board of Studies in History in the Goa University. Dr. Mathew is the Executive Editor of Goak Wins Freedom, the first publication of the goa University.
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