This e-book conjures up the wonderful thing about a bygone period and the colourful texture of neighborhood existence via 100 recipes, attractive reminiscences, and gorgeous images. lengthy earlier than the time of Christ, the trap of spices took investors and seafarers to Kerala, a wealthy and hugely literate country at the tropical Malabar Coast of south-western India. Saint Thomas the Apostle additionally travelled this spice direction, preaching to and changing numerous Brahmin households who later intermarried with the Syrians who settled in Kerala; the Syrian Christians or Nazaranis of Kerala have been born of this confluence.Centuries later, ayurvedic therapeutic massage lodges and scenic backwaters make this lush land a best vacationer vacation spot, and spices nonetheless draw either traveler and connoisseur to the wealthy, plentiful culinary culture of this humans. Meen Vevichathu (Fish Curry cooked in a clay pot), Erachi Olathiathu (Fried Meat), and Njandu Karri (Crab Curry) are one of the book's savoury delights, besides assorted rice arrangements akin to Puttu (Steamed Rice Cake), Paalappam (Lace-Rimmed Pancakes), and tropical cakes reminiscent of Karikku Pudding (Tender Coconut Pudding) and Thenga Paalum Nendrikkai (Baked Plantain with Coconut Cream). Interwoven among those recipes, within the top culture of the cookbook memoir, are stories from the previous and current, of speaking doves, toddy outlets, traveling cooks and killer coconuts.