Malabar’s signature dishes and savories are the ones that are most in demand.

Malabar’s signature dishes and savories are the ones that are most in demand.

Malabar’s signature dishes and savories are the ones that are most in demand.

Kozhikode: The city’s restaurants are turning the Ramadan fast breaking into a celebration. Malabar’s signature dishes and savories are the ones that are most in demand. There are even restaurants experimenting with Arabic cuisine. All prominent restaurants have lined up _Iftar_ buffets and _Iftar_ kits. The _Iftar_ buffet at Garlic Roots restaurant on YMCA Road comes at a price of Rs 490. The buffet consists of four snacks including meat _pathiri, unnakkaya_, two juices, fruits, _karakka, tharikkanji_, four non-vegetarian dishes, biriyani, ghee rice and dessert. A snack counter is separately set up. Here you get _muttamala, muttasurkha_, stuffed _kallummakkaya, thenkasivada_, cutlet and _tharippola_. For Rs 190, you get an _Iftar_ kit consisting of fruits and snacks. An economy meal can be bought for Rs 160. This consists of _tharikkanji_, snacks, fruits, _karakka_, juice, bread and non-vegetarian curry. The buffet comprising three non-vegetarian dishes, fruits, juice, _tharikkanji, pathiri_ and dessert at the Hotel Hison Heritage on Bank Road is priced at Rs 450. The rate for _Iftar_ buffet at Hotel Marina Residency on YMCA Cross Road is Rs 425. Malabar dishes are given more prominence here. Coconut powder and meat _puttu_ adorn the buffet too. The buffet spread at Hotel Paramount Tower on Town Hall Road consists of four non-vegetarian dishes, five snacks, juice, _tharikkanji_, biriyani, _pathiri_ and dessert, and costs Rs 430. _Meen mulakittathu, meen kurumulaku curry, kozhi curry, kozhi kurumulaku_ and _kozhi musman_ are the _Iftar_ special dishes at Curry House on Vaikom Muhammed Basheer Road. The Lighthouse on Thondayad bypass serves an _Iftar_ kit of Arabic snacks, _karakka_, fruits and juice. The price is Rs 180. The sights of breaking the fast and friendly treats transported to the restaurants around the place can be seen everywhere.