The breakfast dishes include puttu, pathiri, porotta, vellayappam, idiyappam (nul puttu), dosa, and uppumavu, accompanied by a variety of curries, particularly those made with chickpeas, green gram, potatoes, etc., or with fish or meat.
The fried snacks include achappam, kuzhiyappam, unniyappam, kalathappam, kuzhalappam, irachippathiri, madakkippathiri,kulusiyappam, mudachilappam, kanchirakkuru, cake, chuttupathiri, turkippathiri, chembappam, neyyappam, aulosunda, poorappodi, kaiveeshi, unnakkai, karakkappam, maniyappam, chukkappam, poovada, unda, madakku, mukkippori, banana chips, tapioca chips, potato chips, kozhissirva, manda, bellappola, and others. The most loved sweet dish in Mappila cuisine is haluva (halwa) which is made with coconut oil. This gives it a distinctive taste and makes it healthier compared to other Indian versions of halwa, which typically use ghee.
There are different types of rice soups, including paal kanji, kozhi kanji (rice and chicken soup), rava kanji, parippu kanji (lentil-based rice soup), cherupayar kanji (green gram soup), and jeeraka kanji (cumin-flavored rice soup). Egg-based dishes include muttamala, mutta surka, mutta marichath, musara, muttapathiri, muttathappam, mutta roast, panchara patta, and panchara seer.
