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FOOD & SPICES
The
rich & diversified culture of kerala has a deep impact
on its food habits, the cuisine here is as beautiful as
the grace of nature It is a creative and flawless combination
of vegetables, meats and seafood flavored with a variety
of spices which is an integral part for all recipes along
with coconut milk the most commonly used ingredient. Spices
are used in Kerala to tone up the system the way wines aid
the digestion of western cuisine. The result is a marvelous
cuisine that is simple yet palate tickling and distinctive.
In general the cuisine is midly flavored, gently cooked
and has a certain genteel delicacy on the stomach.
Spices
Traders
from ancient period traveled to Kerala to carry back its
aromatic spices like. Pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, ginger,
cloves etc to Mediterranean lands. The spices of Kerala
were used in the West to flavor food and wine and to preserve
meat during the cold European winter.
The
Portuguese, Dutch, the French & the English fought
over possession of the trade routes and the invaluable
spice plantations of Kerala. Today, a tour of Kerala can
enable you to enjoy the hospitality of the spice plantations
of Kerala.
In
some of the spice plantations guest can stay with the
plantation owner's family or their guesthouses and enjoy
home cooked traditional Kerala cuisine and witness the
activities of the spice plantation. Go for nature walks
and bird watching treks, wander through the plantations,
taste the various spices and inhale the sweet fragrance
in air on.
Spice
cultivation in Kerala:
Different
types of spices are cultivated in Kerala. Some of the
spices that Kerala is famous for can be seen on tours
of the spice plantations of Kerala are:
Pepper, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Ginger, Vanilla, Nutmeg
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