Indian Summer House Muvattapuzha

Our Menu

Page 1 Selection

Page 2 & Selection

Page 3 Dinner – Vegetables

Page 4 Dinner – /Pulses/, &

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 served with fresh Plate of seasonal fruit (watermelon, papaya, , honey, and pappadum. banana, pineapple, orange, grapes, , apple, pomelo, sweet , , pomegranate,

Steamed savoury cakes made with rice and Muesli white dahl flour. Served with vegetable Served with cold milk, honey and and coconut

Masala Corn Flakes or Flakes Savoury pancake made with rice and white dahl Served with and cold milk flour with a potato masala filling. Served with coconut chutney Plain Toast or French toast Choice of local white or homemade /String Hoppers wholemeal bread.Served with , jam, honey, Noodle cakes served with egg roast or kadala vegemite ()

Eggs Upama Your choice of fried, boiled, poached, scrambled or Fine corn grain with finely chopped , green omlette (Plain or with , chilli and ). chilli, carrot and onion. Served with banana and Served on toast. honey

Appam Pancake Thick pancake served with mild Served plain or in Kerala style (with grated vegetable stew coconut, banana, raisins, honey and )

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 fry, Mung Beans, Tomato Chutney, ,

Idli Idiyappam Upama Poori

Indian Summer House Page 2 Lunch and Snacks Menu

South Indian Lunch Meals Tropical 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 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 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 Soup rice cooked with cloves, cinnamon, , Seafood Soup ginger and nuts. Served with Vegetable, Chicken Cream Soup Fish or Chicken and papadum, pickles and Vegetable Cream Soup vegetable . 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, , 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 capsicum, feta cheese and olive oil Vegetable, paneer, chicken, fish or prawns fried in a light flour batter served with a mint Prawn Salad and yogurt sauce With boiled potatoes, carrot, green beans, fresh tomato and grilled prawns dressed with 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 and payasam (a sweet milky dessert with vermicelli and ). 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 dish made of 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 seeds, dried red chili and 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 curry.

Olan Pumpkin Erissery Prepared from white gourd, and Golden light curry with red beans and roasted ginger seasoned with coconut

Sambar Salads This is a lentil-based vegetable stew or chowder based on a broth made with very Red Onion Salad popular in 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 . 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 cooked with tomato, coriander, onion in coconut milk Local Rose Rice

Aloo Gobi Jeera Rice (with seeds)

Potato and cauliflower fried in rich tomato Lemon Rice masala

Tamil Cuppa ()

Steamed then seasoned with curry leaves, Continental 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 Dahl Makhani unleavened flatbread. It is a common staple

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 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 Ishtu layered flat bread of Kerala made from maida

Potatos stewed in a fragrant and spiced coconut flour milk unleavened deep-fried bread

Uttapam

dosa-like dish made by ingredients in a

batter

Idiyappam (String Hoppers) 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 * 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 (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 , 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 ( 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 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 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, 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