Located on the southernmost tip of the Indian coastline, Kerala has been a centuries-old trade point for sailors. Looking back to history, Kerala established trade with the Portuguese, British, French, Arabs, and other North Indian traders due to the fertile, rich grounds that cultivate Tea, Coffee, Rubber, Black pepper, Cardamom, Cinnamon, and many more spices and herbs. Due to early age involvement with foreigners, we are now the most literate state in India and the most culturally and religiously diverse population in India, living in harmony. As a result, we also have a vast variety of dishes and cuisines. At the Toddy Shop in Northampton, we only prepare the authentic variety of food available in Toddy Shops in Kerala. The majority of dishes in Kerala Toddy Shops consist of seafood and meat, making it less suitable for vegetarians.
A nostalgic and the most favourite dish at Toddy Shop are the Frog Leg fries. Decades back Toddy Shop's in Kerala without frog leg fries were out of question. But, now due to the implementation of endangered species law in India have wiped out this delicacy from our plates. We at Northampton source the Frog Legs from Vietnam where its legal to catch and export and use our traditional masala marination to get them fried. So, in simple words anyone in Kerala who crave for this extinct dish must travel all the way from India to Northampton to taste them again!!!
Deer meat cooked with many spices and a specific species of chilly very specific to Kerala known as Kandhari. This dish has a similar history of frog leg fries as the Deer is named endangered in India. We recreated this hidden gem as its available and legal in the UK. Now, there are two reasons for our fellow Indians to travel to Northampton “Frog Leg Fry and Deer Kandhari”
Kerala porotta also known as Malabar porotta is a layered bread cooked to mild crispy texture on a tawa. Its best combination is Beef Coconut Fry.
Also known as Cassava or Tapioca is one of the staple foods of Kerala. It's a healthier alternative for potatoes. The best combination of Kappa is fish curry or beef roast.
It's a portion of Rice cooked with ghee and authentic full spices and then topped with fried nuts and shallots and herbs before serving. The best combination for ghee rice is beef roast. Also goes well with all other meat dishes.
This is an all-time favourite pan cake of Kerala cuisine made from rice batter cooked to a mild crispy perfection. This goes well with Chicken Curry, Duck roast, Liver varattiyathu or any other curries.
This is a unique rice found only in the southern states of India. It's got a reddish natural coating rich in many minerals makes it one among the most exclusive rice. Our Kerala Rice is served with sorted cabbages known as Cabbage mezhukkuperatty, a yellow yogurt sauce also known as mooru kachiyathu, spicy pickle and Pappadam making it a vegetarian meal by itself. The best combination for this is Fish Tawa Fry, King Fish Fry or Mackerel Fry.
A complete meal with all the dishes available in our Kerala rice plus a small portion of mussels pepper fry, prawns in coconut curry and a choice to choose a small portion of chicken or beef curry.
We have a wide variety of Biriyani's to choose from. Be it Chicken, King Fish or Prawns, these are all shallow fried and cooked to perfection and layered with an aromatic rice cooked in ghee and spices. Our Mutton Biriyani has a different recipe so that it's not fried, instead its curried. In Kerala, it's a delicacy served during wedding receptions and other festive occasions.
One of our musts tries if you are a sea food lover. A whole Sea Bream marinated in Kerala spices and cooked to perfection. Then fried on a tawa in Coconut oil giving it a perfect aroma.
A Centuries old dish made from a full Salmon fish head. It is immersed in a thick red curry made from authentic spices and herbs.
The flavours of coconut milk and mild spices enrich your taste buds with a bite of the King Prawns curry. King prawns in coconut milk is an unavoidable dish in Kerala cuisine.
Our fish curry is prepared by using all authentic Kerala spices and herbs without compromise to give it the same feel as you have it in Kerala. This is meant for anyone who can handle a good spice level. The fish used is Mackerel.
Indian Mackerel marinated in Kerala spices and fried to perfection in Coconut oil.
King Fish marinated in Kerala spices and fried to perfection in Coconut oil.
Our mussels pepper fry recipe travels all the way from the costal lines of Kerala where mussels are available in abundance. This dish is cooked with specific spices and a good amount of black pepper to give it a distinctive taste.
Whole soft river crabs cut into two and well cooked in an aromatic gravy prepared from the authentic recipe books of Kerala's toddy shops. River crabs are widely used in the toddy shops in Kerala, so we also decided to use them over sea crabs.
Kerala has a large costal line on the West and mountains towards the East. The central part is covered with a large area of back waters where ducks are in abundance. So, for a toddy shop in central Kerala like Kumarakom and Alleppey a duck curry is a must have. Our Duck curry is inspired by them and is well balanced with spices and a bit of coconutty flavour.
Don't be mistaken with the name roast. Our beef roast is not oven roasted, instead its roasted in a pot with ample of onions and other spices. This dish comes as a thick gravy with chunks of beef with a very distinctive taste.
A whole Quail marinated with an exotic masala mix and deep fried with curry leaves. In Kerala we say Quail is an healthier and tastier alternative to chicken. This is a must try if you like birds.
Marinated in a well-balanced spice mix and deep fried to perfection. It goes well with a pint of beer or any other spirits.
Small cubes of beef and coconut chips slow cooked and stirred together in coconut oil for hours until it gets a blackish colour. Although it's called a fry its actually not deep fried, instead it reaches a cooking point where the beef fat and coconut oil give it a fried effect. This dish is one among the most favourites.
An exceptional dish very well flavoured with several spices and cooked to perfection. This dish is mostly popular among the toddy shops in the mountainous region of Kerala, where rabbits are found in common.
Pieces of chicken with bones cooked in a mild coconut milk with a flavourful mix of whole spices giving it a distinctive taste.
A very popular beef liver dish found in mostly all the toddy shops all around Kerala. It is cooked in a nice black pepper base with many more spices. Goes well with toddy.
Another delicacy of all toddy shops around Kerala is this beef honeycomb cooked in black pepper base and goes well with toddy.
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