Cuisine
Nagercoil enjoys a blend of Tamil and Keralite cuisine. Rice is the staple food. Fish is popular and forms a part of everyday meal for many. People generally prefer marine fish to fresh water fish.
The food is generally spicy with coconut an important ingredient in almost all side dishes and curry, very much like that of neighbouring Kerala. Seafood is popular among the people, though there are also many vegetarians in and around the town.
Banana & Jack fruit plays a main role in the town's Sweet/sour recipes. Its been told that the word Jack actually derived from Tamil name of the fruit சக்கை.
Banana Chips (ேநந்தரம் பழம்/ஏத்தன் பழம்-a special variety specially produced for making chips) a snack . Upperi (உப்பேரி) is made by dipping the banana in palm sugar locally known as சர்க்கைர/பைன ெவல்லம். Nenthrambazha Bajji, a snack made out of banana is famous here.
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