Indian Summer House Muvattapuzha Kerala India
Our Menu
Page 1 Breakfast Selection
Page 2 Lunch & Snacks Selection
Page 3 Dinner – Vegetables
Page 4 Dinner – Lentils/Pulses/Potato, Rice & Breads
Page 5 Dinner – Meat & Seafood
Page 6 Dinner – Continental Selection
Page 7 Dinner – Desserts
Page 8 Beverages
Indian Summer House Page 1 Breakfast Menu South Indian Breakfast Continental Breakfast Please order the evening before Only One Indian option available per day All options available every morning
Puttu Fruit Plate Steamed rice cake served with fresh coconut Plate of seasonal fruit (watermelon, papaya, milk, honey, banana and pappadum. banana, pineapple, orange, grapes, mango, apple, pomelo, sweet lime, jackfruit, pomegranate, Idli
Steamed savoury cakes made with rice and Muesli white dahl flour. Served with vegetable sambar Served with cold milk, honey and yogurt and coconut chutney
Masala Dosa Corn Flakes or Wheat Flakes Savoury pancake made with rice and white dahl Served with sugar and cold milk flour with a potato masala filling. Served with coconut chutney Plain Toast or French toast Choice of local white bread or homemade Idiyappam/String Hoppers wholemeal bread.Served with butter, jam, honey, Noodle cakes served with egg roast or kadala vegemite (chickpea) curry
Eggs Upama Your choice of fried, boiled, poached, scrambled or Fine corn grain with finely chopped ginger, green omlette (Plain or with onion, chilli and tomato). chilli, carrot and onion. Served with banana and Served on toast. honey
Appam Pancake Thick rice flour pancake served with mild Served plain or in Kerala style (with grated vegetable stew coconut, banana, raisins, honey and cinnamon)
Poori Porridge Wheat flour bread deep dried to create a “puff” Served plain or in Kerala style (with grated shape and served with potato or vegetable coconut, banana, raisins, honey and cinnamon) masala
Variations & Side Dishes: Spicy Beef fry, Mung Beans, Tomato Chutney, Chana Masala,
Idli Puttu Masala Dosa Idiyappam Upama Appam Poori
Indian Summer House Page 2 Lunch and Snacks Menu
South Indian Lunch Meals Tropical Chicken Salad Please order at breakfast Shredded chicken, coconut and mango or Only One Indian option available per day pineapple with a lime vinaigrette
Tuna Nicoise Salad Kerala Thali meal Fresh grilled Tuna steaks, boiled potatoes, green Chef’s interpretation of the traditional Sadhya beans, tomato, egg, olives with a vinaigrette consisting of various vegetable dishes served dressing served on a bed of lettuce with Kerala rose rice on a banana leaf with pickles and papadum. Side dish of either Fish Soups Curry, Fish Fry or Chicken Fry at your request.
Biryani Tomato Soup A traditional northern dish of fragrant basmati Lentil Soup rice cooked with cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, Seafood Soup ginger and cashew nuts. Served with Vegetable, Chicken Cream Soup Fish or Chicken and papadum, pickles and Vegetable Cream Soup vegetable raita. Drumstick Clear Soup
Masala Dosa Savoury pancake made with rice and white dahl Snacks flour with a potato masala filling. Served with coconut chutney and sambar. Sandwiches Chicken, Fish, Egg or Cheese served on fresh homemade wholemeal bread served with Salads mayonnaise and side salad
Fresh Garden Salad Katti Roll Tomato, cucumber, capsicum and lettuce dressed Two fresh chapatti rolls with your choice of with balsamic vinegar and olive oil filling: Fish, Chicken or Vegetable. Spicy or Non
Spicy as per your request Greek Salad With tomato, black olives, cucumber, green Pakora capsicum, feta cheese and olive oil Vegetable, paneer, chicken, fish or prawns fried in a light pea flour batter served with a mint Prawn Salad and yogurt sauce With boiled potatoes, carrot, green beans, fresh tomato and grilled prawns dressed with Cutlet homemade aoli Vegetable, chicken or fish blended with mild spices and fried. Served with side salad and Watermelon Salad chutney Plate of chunked watermelon, steeped red onion sprinkled with feta and mint and spritzed with Indian Summer Burger lime and olive oil. Beef or Goat patti with cheese, lettuce, tomato, fried egg served open on homemade wholemeal
bread or in local sweet bun served with fries
Indian Summer House Page 3 Dinner Menu Please order the night before Choose Two dishes from each section Vegetables, Meats and Fish Rice, Chappati, Pappadums, Pickles and Yogurt will be served with your meal along with a ‘small bite’ of the Chef’s selection or you can order a soup. OR Kerala Sadhya (Thali): Our Chef will prepare his interpretation of the Traditional Kerala Feast consisting of various vegetable dishes served with Kerala rose rice on a banana leaf with spicy pickles, crunchy banana chips, crispy pappadums, local bananas and payasam (a sweet milky dessert with vermicelli and cashews). This is usually vegetarian however you can choose to add one of the following side dishes: Spicy Fish or Chicken Fry
Vegetables Vegetables Thoran Brinjal Fry Seasonal vegetable prepared with fried coconut, Chopped aubergines fried with mild spices, mustard onion, green chilli and mustard seeds seed and onion.
Kichadi Okra Mazukuparathi A typically Malayali dish made of curd and Ladies Fingers (Okra) fried with coconut pieces and cucumber peppercorns
Theeyal Patchadi Similar to Sambar, Theeyal is made from a Mixed fruit and vegetable curry mixture of spices consisting of roasted coconut, Moru Curry coriander seeds, dried red chili and fenugreek This is a very popular Kerala dish. Many Keralites Aviyal will be happy to have this curry, some pickle and Very delicious preparation made with mixed rice. Yogurt Curry is made of a complex collection vegetables, curd, coconut, seasoned with coconut of spices and you can add Pineapple or cucumber oil and curry leaves or gourd to the curry. It’s a sweet and sour curry.
Olan Pumpkin Erissery Prepared from white gourd, coconut milk and Golden light curry with red beans and roasted ginger seasoned with coconut oil coconut
Sambar Salads This is a lentil-based vegetable stew or chowder based on a broth made with tamarind very Red Onion Salad popular in South India and always on the menu
Kalaan Fresh vegetable salad is a Keralite dish made of yogurt, coconut and one vegetable like nendran plantain or a tuber Cucumber, Tomato and Red Onion like yam. It is very thick, which distinguishes it from a similar curry known as pulisheri, and Red Onion, Tomato, Yogurt Salad
Indian Summer House Page 4 Dinner Menu Con’t
Lentils/Pulses/Potato Rice and Breads
Cholem Masala Basmati Rice Chick peas cooked with tomato, coriander, onion in coconut milk Local Rose Rice
Aloo Gobi Jeera Rice (with cumin seeds)
Potato and cauliflower fried in rich tomato Lemon Rice masala
Tamil Curd Rice Cuppa (Tapioca)
Steamed then seasoned with curry leaves, Continental Fried Rice mustard seeds and grated coconut Appam Koorka a type of South Indian pancake made with
Known as a Chinese Potato these little delicacies fermented rice batter are stir fried and make a wonderful side dish Chapati Dahl Makhani unleavened flatbread. It is a common staple food
Punjabi dish popular everywhere whole black in India lentils with kidney beans, butter and cream (Peter describes it as Chocolate Dahl) Dosa a fermented crêpe or pancake made from rice Onam Parippu batter and black lentils. It is a staple dish in
Moong Dahl (yellow dahl) cooked with fresh South Indian green chilli and coconut Idli Cherupayaru Thoran rice and fermented black lentil batter that is
This is a dry mung beean fry with cumin and steamed freshly grated coconut Parotta Ishtu layered flat bread of Kerala made from maida
Potatos stewed in a fragrant and spiced coconut flour milk Puri unleavened deep-fried bread
Uttapam
dosa-like dish made by cooking ingredients in a
batter
Idiyappam (String Hoppers) Rice noodles steamed
Indian Summer House Page 5 Dinner Menu Con’t Meat and Seafood
Fish Mollee White sea fish cooked in mild spices with three Meat and Seafood types of coconut milk Chicken Chettinad* Prawn Ularthi Tender chicken pieces cooked in special South Large prawns in dry gravy with onion, chilli and Indian/Chettinad style large coconut pieces Kozi Varytha Curry Meen Varuthathu Boneless chicken fried with a thick South Indian Commonly prepared with Pomfret or Karimeen masala gravy this is the typical Kerala style fried. You must have this before leaving Kerala Nadan Mutton Curry Mutton (Goat) Curry is a special aromatic dish Fish/Prawn Malabari that goes well with almost anything. Mutton Very delicious preparation made with mixed pieces are cooked in a blended mixture of roasted vegetables, curd, coconut, seasoned with coconut red chillies and fresh spices oil and curry leaves Mutton Pepper Fry Meen Curry Tender pieces of goat marinated and slowly fried. This is a spicy red fish curry from the Kottayam This dish is spicy and rich. Ask for the addition of district. Often served with Cuppa (tapioca) in fresh green chilli to set your mouth alive! local Toddy shops. Mutta Roast Meen Manga Curry Boiled eggs are added to a delicious onion and A lightly spiced fish dish with mango. The Mango tomato based curry can be green or ripened. Mutta Curry Chettinad Koonthal Roast Boiled eggs are added to a Chettinad curry This traditional spicy Squid Roast is normally dry however you can do this in a semi gravy form as The Grill well. Like most seafood dishes it is prepared in a Ask the Chef about what is available off the grill. Keralites love making their versions of kebabs, claypot. tandoori, tikka, fish steaks in a variety of styles: Beef Fry continental, tasty or spicy. Buffalo meat dry fried with onion, green chilli The Seafood Platter and coconut pices Assorted fresh market seafood; grilled tiger Beef Curry Nadan prawns or scampi, seer fish steak, whole This is a local beef curry that you will find on pomfret/karimeen (pearl spot) and calamari cooked the roadside stalls in Muvattapuzha. A hawker with an Indian or Continental marinade. Served
*In Chettinad (Tamil Nadu region), the most important spices are anasipoo (star aniseed) and kalpasi (a lichen known as the "black stone flower"). In addition, tamarind, whole red chillies, and fennel seed are also used along with cinnamon, cloves, bay leaf, peppercorn, cumin seeds), and fenugreek.
Indian Summer House Page 6 Dinner - Continental Selection
Main Meals Salads
Fish ‘n’ Chips Tuna Nicoise Salad Fresh white fillet fish cooked in a light beer Fresh grilled Tuna steaks, boiled potatoes, green batter served with fries, side salad/steamed beans, tomato, egg, olives with a vinaigrette vegetables, tartare and tomato sauce dressing served on a bed of lettuce
Chicken Steak Tropical Chicken Salad Chicken breast grilled with your choice of lemon, Shredded chicken, coconut and mango or pineapple
Italian style or indian style marinade. Served with a lime vinaigrette with basmati rice/fried and side salad/steamed Prawn Salad vegetables With boiled potatoes, carrot, green beans, fresh Grilled Fish Steak tomato and grilled prawns dressed with homemade
Fresh fish grilled with your choice of lemon, aoli Italian style or indian style marinade. Served Fresh Garden Salad with basmati rice/fried and side salad/steamed Tomato, cucumber, capsicum and lettuce dressed vegetables with balsamic vinegar and olive oil Pasta Greek Salad Spagetti, Penne or Fusilli served with seafood, With tomato, black olives, cucumber, green vegetables or chicken in a fresh tomato sauce capsicum, feta cheese and olive oil with garden herbs. Served with garlic bread and side salad Watermelon Salad
Plate of chunked watermelon, steeped red onion Indian Summer Burger sprinkled with feta and mint and spritzed with lime Beef, Chicken, Mutton or Fish with cheese, and olive oil. lettuce, tomato, fried egg served open on homemade wholemeal bread or in local sweet bun served with fries
Side Dishes Soups
Steamed Carrot, Cauliflower and green Tomato Soup beans Lentil Soup
Mashed potato with cheese and mustard Seafood Soup
French Fries Chicken Cream Soup
Vegetable Fried Rice Vegetable Cream Soup
Drumstick Clear Soup
Indian Summer House Page 7 Dinner Desserts Panjamaratham Sauteed banana with dates, honey, ghee and mint leaves
Pazham Pori Kerala banana fritter served with honey or chocolate sauce and ice cream
Ice Cream Vanilla, Chocolate or Strawberry
Homemade Sorbet Pineapple/Ginger, Mint/Lemon, Watermelon or Mango –depends on seasonal availability
Pineapple Crumble Pineapple, ginger and cinnamon lightly warmed and then sprinkled with a sugary crumble topping
Payasam This most famous local dessert is made by boiling rice, broken wheat, tapioca, or vermicelli with milk and sugar; it is flavoured with cardamom, raisins, saffron, cashews, pistachios or almonds. There are so many variations of this dish but the one we serve is light and aromatic. A wedding feast is judged mostly on the number and quality of Paysam served. Mini and I had three Payasam at our wedding
Homemade Pudding Coconut, Mango or Chocolate depending on avaailability
Seasonal Fruit Salad
Seasonal Fruit Platter