Kerala cuisine offers many delicious vegetarian breakfast dishes that are often relatively unknown outside the state. These include "Puttu" (made of rice powder and grated coconut, steamed in a metal or bamboo holder) and kadala (a curry made of black garbanzo beans chana), idli (fluffy rice pancakes), sambar, dosa and chutney, "pidiyan", "Idiyappam" (string hoppers - also known as "Noolputtu" and "Nool-Appam"), "Paal-Appam", a circular, fluffy, crisp-edged pancake made of rice flour fermented with a small amount of toddy or wine, etc. Idiyapam and Paalappam are accompanied by mutton, chicken or vegetable stew or a curry of beef or fish moli (the most common dish is black pomfret in a coconut based sauce).

Mealtimes
Pickles and other side-dishes
Sadya
Breakfast