Karnataka Cuisine - Navayath Cuisine

Navayath Cuisine

The Navayath cuisine can be primarily found in the coastal districts of Karnataka, mainly in Uttara Kannada and Udupi. Rice, coconut, sea food, eggs, poultry, and mutton are widely used in the Navayath cuisine. Traditional dishes include

• Ambut Lukha or fish curry prepared with coconut and spices.
• Chambat Poli or flat rice pancake prepared by spreading batter on banana leaves and roasting on griddle with little oil . Usually served with mutton curry,
• Navari, a special dish prepared by spreading rice batter with coconut filling stuffed in turmeric leaves. Filling may be sweet or spicy and cooking may be by steaming or by roasting on a griddle.
• Shaofa pana appam, A soft thin pancake made of rice batter, coconut milk and fennel leaves
• Mudkule Rice dough cooked in Prawn curry.
• Bhatkal Biryani, made of fish, shrimps, chicken or mutton with rice. It is famous globally.
• Bhatkal halwa
• Mushroom curry from seasonal natural mushroom from nearby forest is a delicacy during monsoon.
• Amatya Godan or payasam, made of hog plum, rice flour, and jaggery cooked in coconut milk.
• Shinonya Nevari is a preparation of rice and coconut batter filled in mussels with spices and steamed like idlis.