Kerala, a state on India's tropical Malabar Coast, has nearly 600km of Arabian Sea shoreline. It's known for its palm-lined beaches and backwaters, a network of canals. Inland are the Western Ghats, mountains whose slopes support tea, coffee and spice plantations as well as wildlife. National parks like Eravikulam and Periyar, plus Wayanad and other sanctuaries, are home to elephants, langur monkeys and tigers.
Here are some typical Kerala food (Photos by Anonymous. All rights are honoured.)
For breakfast, Vellayappam
or Idiyappam/Noolputtu
or Ari Puttu
or Gothampu Puttu
or even Dosa.
And for lunch and dinner, it can be Biriyani
or 'verum choru' (rice meals)
with either 'meen kari' (fish curry)
or 'irachi kari' (beef curry)
and with 'poricha meen' (fish fry)
or varutha irachi (beef fry)
together with 'naranga achaar' (lemon pickle)
or 'manga achaar' (mango pickle)