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0:00-0:46 Introduction
0:47-8:31 Orma Hotel
8:32-14:39 A.C Toddy Shop
14:40-16:32 Film Shoot
16:33-19:21 Film Crew Meal
19:22-27:26 Home made Malabari Snacks
27:28-28:54 Interaction with the direction team
Today's episode brings you a miscellaneous food tour from in and around Kozhikode with our gracious hosts Mazan Hamza. We started the tour with a small yet popular eatery, Orma Hotel on Kannur Highway. It is a nondescript place on the busy highway that serves traditional dishes like putta, kadala curry, mutta roast, parotta etc.
A visit to the kitchen gave us the opportunity to witness the making of the Kerala porotta and putta. We were amused by the ease and speed of the young man making those irresistible looking porotta. The shredded and flaky texture is obtained by repeatedly thrashing it between the palms. Putta was being prepared with coarse rice flour and grated coconut inside special cylinders mounted over a sealed water bath. Finally our order of piping hot putta, mutta roast, meen mulakittathu and green peas masala was laid out on the table in small plates and the spread looked delicious. Putta was soft and crumbly and went well with the green peas masala while the porotta tasted great with spicy mutta roast and fish curry. These hidden places serve the best of Kerala food to the locals and travelers too at an affordable price.
Next we reached a toddy shop at Purakkattiri. Toddy or coconut alcohol is an integral part of Kerala’s food heritage as the common masses have it quite often. Moreover, these toddy shops also serve fantastic meals and appetizers along with the toddy. This one was a spacious place filled with locals and visitors enjoying toddy with karimeen fry or other delicacies. Mazan gave us a detailed overview of how toddy is extracted from coconut trees. It had a fresh and mildly acidic taste that got well with the spicy food accompanying it.
From there we headed to Abida Rasheed’s house where a Malayalam film shoot was underway. This chanced opportunity allowed us to witness a film shoot and also savour the meal that is served out to the crew on the set. It was a busy scene at Abida Ji’s residence that was bustling with over 50 plus members of the film crew. Added to that there was a sea of equipment strewn all around. Abida ji introduced us to some of the stars and after that we headed to the lunch area of the whole set up. It was a busy scene over there as well. The meal arrangement has been done by the caterers from the film association. There were big containers with rice, curries, side dishes and condiments. It was an elaborate meal with both many veg and non veg options. We tasted small portions of everything and it turned out to be really delicious and just like a home meal. We never wondered that film set food can be so much fun.
That was the end as Abida ji treated us to some freshly prepared unnakaya, erachi pathiri and
kallumakaya nirachathu. These classic Malabari snacks tasted heavenly especially the mussels dish. We are ever grateful to Abida Ji's for the warm and generous hospitality and her enthusiasm in presenting her cuisine that enabled us to understand the local cuisine so thoroughly.
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