From breakfast to dinner, every meal is a seafood celebration at Kannur's Pulari restaurant

Often hailed as a culinary haven, Kerala’s special love for seafood dishes is quite famous. Blessed with a long coastline as well as the backwaters and other waterways, Kerala serves some of the best fish dishes in the country. Interestingly, the people of Kerala often confess that they cannot enjoy the meals, especially lunch, without having a piece of fish on the side.

Pulari Restaurant in Kannur which specialises in serving delicious fish dishes beckons fish lovers from all over the state to enjoy their mouth-watering dishes. Their menu is ‘loaded’ with many varieties of seafood items. Those who have enjoyed the seafood dishes here vouch for the taste and quality of the food that is served at Pulari.

Unlike other seafood restaurants, Pulari, situated at Sub Jail Road near South Bazar in Kannur, serves delicious fish dishes for breakfast too. You could enjoy tasty fish curry with steaming hot puttu or with soft and flaky porotta. Meanwhile, the delicious aroma of fish getting fried in fresh coconut oil fills the air during noon. Fish like pomfret, seer fish, hamour, prawns, squid, mussels and sole fish are some of the varieties that you could try at Pulari.

Pulari special fry

Interestingly, fried fish is prepared in a unique way here. Their signature masala is first spread on the hot tawa. Sprigs of curry leaves are then placed on the masala base before pouring the oil. The marinated fish is slowly placed on the curry leaf ‘bed’. A layer of masala and curry leaves are added again. The fish is flipped and cooked perfectly until the meat is soft. Mackerels, sardines, hamour, seer fish and pomfret are fried like this in order to fill them with the spicy flavour of the masala mix.

Fried and roasted prawns are available while mussels and squid are mostly served as roast. The special masala made using tomatoes, shallots, spices and other aromatics take the taste a notch further.

Pocket-friendly option

Interestingly, good food is not the only factor that makes Pulari Hotel stand out. Here, the food is reasonably priced and anyone can enjoy a tasty meal without burning a hole in the pocket. You could enjoy a filling meal that includes rice, sambar, vegetable stir fry, pickle and fish curry for just Rs 60. Besides, delicious payasam is served as dessert. The lunch service begins from 11 am onwards; food is served until the dishes are over. Besides the usual meals, you could also try their biryani and breakfast dishes.

Pulari Hotel is surely one of the best places in Kannur to enjoy tasty seafood dishes without worrying about the tab.