By Tarishi Shrivastava
September 9, 2024
Mangalorean food is a phrase that evokes a million emotions for people. Happy, delicious, spicy, variety, fish, eclectic, and super tasty are just a few of them. Mangalore food is an eclectic mix of cuisines from different communities that have long inhabited the coasts of Karnataka. Here are a few vegetarian dishes from Mangalore cuisine:
One of the yummiest vegetarian dishes of Mangalorean food, kadale manoli or ivy gourd with chickpeas is best eaten with neer dosa or chapatis.
Neer dosa translates to water dosa. It is a crepe prepared from rice batter and usually has more water in it than any other form of dosa.
Kottige idli is a kind of idli that is steamed in jackfruit leaf cones. The preparation of kottige idli is not very different from the usual ones.
Moode is another variant of idli in Mangalorean cuisine where rice batter is steamed in pandan leaves in cylindrical moulds.
Mangalore buns are a popular breakfast or snack item in coastal Karnataka. They are made by kneading banana pulp into all-purpose flour and then deep fried.
Akki shavige or ottu shavige is the Mangalorean version of rice noodles generally eaten for breakfast. But you can eat them with curries too. They go equally well.