​Namaskara Tulunadu Festival @ITC GrandChola

Tulunadu food festival at the Madras Pavilliion at ITC Grand Chola brings together culinary jewels from the vast repertoire of Mangalore, Udupi and Kasargod districts of karnataka.
This cuisine generously uses native ingredients like Peppercorns, palm jaggery, cloves, kachimpuli and kokum in their dishes. The menu was served to us in a traditional fashion on a Plantain Leaf (available to Buffet patrons on request I am told)
I have detailed the menu that we partook as part of the festival below :
WELCOME DRINK

• Bana baraida juice : A blend of tender coconut water and ripe banana

• Alai : Fresh buttermilk flavoured with  ginger, chilli and mint

 
SAARU (Soup)
Bele saaru : Light soup made with lentils and spiced with cumin and pepper
 
APPETIZERS

• Sajji ke taarai da roti: Coconut and semolina pancakes
• Natia kori : Morsels of chicken cooked with clarified butter and chilli paste

• Errai da meen : Seer fish marinated and grilled

 

 

Errai da meen

Yetti sukka

Natia kori

Dappa Dosa

MAINS

• Kadla belai kootu: Channa dal tempered with mustard, curry leaves and whole chilli
• Pineapple Gojju: Pineapple cooked over a gentle flame with select Karavali spices
• Kori gassi- kori roti : Crisp rice bread soaked in Mangalorean chicken curry
• Yetti sukka – Neer dosa: Shrimps cooked with ground coconut, served with neer dosa
• Meen pulli munchi – steamed rice : Makared cooked with Mangalorean spices
• Pandi Edamanchi –dappa dosa : Pork and whole spice preparation finished with malt vinegar

• Mamsam Biryani : Tender lamb and local rice layered and steamed together with coriander and whole spices

Neer Dosa

Meen pulli munchi

Mamsam Biryani

​DESSERTS
 

• Bele payasam : Lentils and milk cooked together and flavoured with cardamom

• Ragi manni : Ragi  and jaggery fudge

Bele payasam

Ragi manni

​Madras Pavilion recreates these complex flavours with indigenous ingredients and cooking techniques from the various unexplored cultures of Tulunadu on till the 25th of June
Priced at Rs 2200/- + taxes for a person.