Kerala has a distinctive cuisine. Very unusual and different from the rest of India. Cooking is all about discovery, aroma and colour. Kerala cuisine is very hot and spicy and offers several gastronomic opportunities to those willing to experiment with the local dishes. The typical keralite loves his rice. The traditional Kerala meals are served on plantain leaf. A typical vegetarian Onam lunch modeled on the traditional meal called “Sadya”-rice accompanied by dishes like thoran, kalan, pachadi, and olan is the best for those visiting the state during the post –Onam season. For desert, here is payasam-sweet and porridge like with vermicelli or rice, with sugar or jiggery. Kerala is noted for a varity of pancakes and steamed rice cake made from rice. The stew is a delicious dish, vastly popular among Syrian Christians. Biriyani reigns supreme in the cuisine of north Kerala. Seafood and beef are available in plenty, Fruit-based dishes also from part of Kerala cuisine .Fruit common in Kerala such as jack fruit apple, mangoes, and endless variety of banana are including in it.