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Cuisine of Nagercoil

Entire India is full of several kinds of cuisine. Every state reflects a different cooking style here and sometimes it is easy to find out many cuisines within a single state only. Tamil Nadu is a perfect example of the same. Tamil cuisine, Chettinad cuisine, Kongunadu cuisine and Nanjil Nadu cuisine are all comes under the famous cuisines of Tamil Nadu. All of them offer their unique starter, main course, savory and sweet dishes with their own local touch of spices and ingredients. Nagercoil serves its visitors with the delicious Nanjil Nadu cuisine, which is known among the all for its abundant use of coconut and coconut oil and resembles to the cooking style of Kerala to an extent.

Cuisine of Nagercoil

Delicacies of Nagercoil Cuisine


Most of the curries in this cuisine are prepared with extensive use of coconut products. Nanjil Nadu cuisine offers several delicacies from its list. Let us have a look at some of them with their ingredients and serving methods:

Ulunthanchoru
It is preparation of rice and urad dal together served with black chutney and egg. Ingredients of the dish include rice, urad dal, grated coconut, dry ginger powder, salt, water, ghee, mustard seeds and curry leaves. Some people prefer to eat it with the meat gravy, while others find it tempting to eat with ghee and jaggery as well.

Nanji Fish Curry

It is a special preparation of fish and is a must to have on your visit to Nagercoil. Ingredients used in this dish include coconut, pearl onion, garlic, cumin, pepper, oil, mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, curry leaves, turmeric powder, tomato, green chillies, salt, tamarind, chilly and coriander powder.

Nanjil Nattu Vendhaya (Fenugreek) Kuzhambu
It is another famous preparation of Nanjil Nadu cuisine prepared with tamarind, red chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, salt, sambar onion, green chillies, coconut gratings, jeeragam (cumin), fenugreek seeds, rice, oil, mustard, fenugreek, big onion, tomato and curry leaves.

Panakam

Delicacies of Nagercoil Cuisine
It is a famous jaggery drink of Nanjil Nadu cuisine and is usually served on the occasion of Ram Navami in various temples. Ingredients of the dish include powdered jaggery, cardamom, pepper, water, dry ginger powder, lemon juice, basil leaves and salt.


Fast Food in Nagercoil


In south India, non-vegetarian fast food dishes are more famous among the masses as compared to the vegetarian fast food dishes. There are many fast food restaurants selling their specialties across all the cities of India and Nagercoil is no exception to this. Many fast food joint sell fried chicken, burgers, fries, pizza, snacks and various other dishes in Nagercoil. To know more about the fast food in Nagercoil, click here.

Restaurants in Nagercoil


There are plenty of restaurants in the city offering authentic Nanjil Nadu cuisine to all the customers. Some of the restaurants are vegetarian only, while some of them are non-vegetarian only. Chinese, French, North Indian, South Indian and multi cuisine are the other options you will find here apart from the local cuisine of the city. To know more about the restaurants in Nagercoil, click here.

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