Mangaluru cuisine

Seven Types of dishes for Feast

Mangalore, an important port-city on the Konkan coast is emerging as an educational and industrial hub.

A melting pot of communities like Beary Muslims, Mangalorean Catholics, Saraswath Brahmins, and Bunts to name a few, the local cuisine is a delicious reflection of this amalgamation. Some of the ingredients that play an important role in this cuisine are coconut, rice, dried red chillies, garlic, ginger, curry leaves and tamarind. Like all coastal communities, fish is an indispensable part of the everyday meal. The Mangalore fish curry, chicken ghee roast as well as other classics like Kori Roti, Neer Dosa.

From breakfast to dinner, from starter to dessert; Mangalore brings us a variety of food, some mentioned below.

Puri Masala

Puri Masala a common breakfast for Mangaloreans, where Puri is served with potato.

Puri Masala

Dosa

Dosa with Sambhar and chutney

Puliyodharai

This is one of the common breakfast in south also known as tamrine rice.

Tamrine Rice for Breakfast

Cholay Batura

One can always try some tasty cholay Batura @ideal-cafe-hampankatta

Lunch 

On special occasion veg meals is been prepared with variety such as on  feast of Nativity , Ugadi, and other feast.

Special food prepared for feast

Food served in banana leaf is a ritual

Rice Meals with variety vegetables

One of the most special foods in Mangalore is the fish curry, people here love fish curry with rice, Mangalorean's prepare varieties  of fish curries.

Desserts

A good Appetite is not complete without a tasty and yummy Paysa , which is prepared in different ways one is with vermicellia and other with dal and jagguary. 

Pyasa with Milk

Mangalore with its cosmo culture with increasing student population, has  introduced the food from west and northern  parts of  India. 

Gajar Ka Halwa with Ice cream and Chocolate Ice cream 

Boy enjoying his evening snacks at Daman Anna food trcuk

Chilly Egg served at food truck