15 Must-try street food in Trivandrum, Kerala

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1. Pathiri

A type of flatbread made from rice flour, often served with chicken or vegetable curry.

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2. Puttu 

A cylindrical breakfast dish made from rice flour and coconut, typically served with banana or chickpea curry.

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3. Arikadukka

Steamed mussels cooked in a spicy coconut-based gravy.

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4. Unnakkai

Deep-fried banana fritters, often dusted with powdered sugar.

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5. Karimeen Pollichathu

Grilled or pan-fried pearl spot fish (Karimeen) wrapped in banana leaves.

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6. Pazham Pori

Sliced banana dipped in a chickpea batter and deep-fried.

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7. Pazham Nirachathu

Ripe plantains stuffed with a sweet coconut filling.

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8. Pani Puri

Small round hollow puri shells filled with a tangy tamarind water, boiled potatoes, and chickpeas.

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9. Kallummakkaya

Boiled and spiced mussel preparations, often served with tapioca.

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10. Chatti Pathiri

A layered rice flour and coconut milk-based dessert, similar to a pancake.

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11. Nool Appam

Small, lentil-based fritters made with rice flour and jaggery.

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12. Kachiyappam

Steamed rice flour and coconut cakes, often served with chicken or egg curry.

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13. Kozhukatta

Rice dumplings filled with a sweet coconut and jaggery mixture.

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14. Uzhunnu Vada

Spiced and deep-fried black gram fritters.

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15. Idiyappam

String hoppers made from rice flour, often served with spicy chicken or vegetable curry.

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