LET’S INTRODUCE “THE COCHIN” RESTAURANT
Cochin is the commercial capital of Kerala which is situated in south west of India. Here we at “THE COCHIN” South Indian restaurant
specialised in Keralan cuisine like to Introduce our customers to
the best dishes from the region.Kerala cuisine is unique,full of tradition,
flavour and spices.Its renowned for exotic recipes which are handed
over from mother to daughter,generation to generation.
Kerala food has strong flavours,spices,seasoning and nutritious
ingredients.Its is enrich in six tastes such as
sweet,sour,salty,spicy,bitter and astringent.
Kerala is a state with with different religion,region and caste
which has a strong influence in food. Here cooking is considered
as an art. Our chefs have prepared the menu considering
the best dishes of all communities in Kerala.
Every spice used in Kerala food preparations has either
preservative or an antiseptic quality and so
Kerala food is considered very healthy.
Keralites love their food and for them, cooking for and sharing a meal with a guest is the ultimate sign of hospitality.
Keralan Tea Shop Snacks
£4.25 (for two)
This light, crispy and spiced assortment of snacks are very popular in
tea shops around keralan Villagers.
The afternoon tea with one of this nibbles are very popular.
We in “The Cochin” Our chefs likes to Sharpen your appetite with a unique
combination of selected tea shop snacks accompanied with some pickles and Chutneys.
This snack tray consists of
Pappadoms
Kerala special pappadoms which are light and crispy
Murrukku
Round shaped snack made of rice flour,coconut and black sesame seeds
Pappadavda
Pappadoms spiced and fried, these are plain pappadoms dipped in rice flour
batter flavoured with Cumin and sesame seeds.
Banana chips
Thinly sliced plantains deep fried
Accompaniments
Mango pickle/ lemon pickle
Chefs special home made pickles
Coconut coriander chutney
Grated coconut mixed with fresh coriander, ginger,garlic, red chillies
Cochin Thali (full meal)
We The cochin team likes to introduce you to south indian cuisine if you are new to it.
It’s the best selection of dishes served in kattories
(small steel containers) .You will start the course with a soup and There will be seven dishes,
three non-veg and four veg dishes on your main meal
Accompanied by rice and bread. Finish with a dessert.
Non - Veg thali - £15.95- Veg Thali - £13.95
Starters
Fisherman’s soup- £4.95
Fort Cochins favourite soup. Slightly spicy Soup made out of a combination
of prawns,squid and fish and finally tempered with mustard seeds
Drumstick soup. - £3.55
Thick soup made of of lentils, shallots, ginger, garlic and curry leaves
Potato fry - £3.25
Potatoes slices dipped in battermade with ginger, curry leaves, coriander and tempered with black mustard seeds and deep fried.
dipped in a batter made of chickpeas and deep fried, served with coconut chutney.
Aubergine fry - £3.25
Finely sliced aubergines dipped in chefs special batter and fried
Mini masala dosa(veg or chicken)- £ 3.95
Crispy thin bread made of lenils and rice and stuffed with potato masala served with accompaniments
Banana boli - £3.55
Tea shop favourite on Kerala. Thinly sliced banana dipped in plain flour, sesame seeds,fennel seeds,
sugar, cardamom powder and turmeric powder mixed batter.
Cochin Egg Fry - £ 3.95
Boiled egg diped in a batter made of chef special masala and deep fried and served with sauce.
Chilly paneer - £3.95
Cottage cheese cooked in chilly, chopped garlic, green pepper and tomato sauce.
A chilly sweet snack.
Meen fry (fish fry) - £4.95
Thin fillet of tilapia fish (white boneless) marinated in ginger garlic Paste, turmeric,
chilly powder and chopped curry leaves lemon juice and grilled
Cochin seafood platter (for two)- £9.25
An assorted starters contains, prawns, fish cutlets, squid and fried fish.
Fish cutlet - £4.25
King fish and cassava mixed with fresh spices and coated
with bread crumbs and fried.
Calamari rings - £4.25
Squid rings marinated in turmeric powder,lemon juice,
special spices and coated in chickpeas batter and deep fried.
Nadan prawn fry - £5.25
Fort Cochin seaside speciality. Kingprawn marinated in refreshing spices
and fried in the traditional way with spices.
Nadan Chicken Roast - £4.25
Cubes of chicken cooked in turmeric water, then stir fried with
pepper powder, curry leaves and coconut slivers.
Chicken puffs - £4.25
Puff pastry stuffed with Minced chicken cooked in aromatic spices.
Lamb coconut fry - £4.95
Cubes of lamb cooked in turmeric and sorted with ginger, garlic,
curry leaves and finished with ground pepper and coconut slivers.
Dosa
( Sharing starter)
Dosa is a mixture of lentils and rice grind together soaked overnight.
These breads are very popular in India especially among southern parts.
Masala dosa - £5.25
The crispy thin bread made of lentils and rice and stuffed
with potato masala served with sambar and chutneys
Plain dosa - £4.95
This is same as masala dosa but the bread and potato masala
served separately and excellent starter to share.
Chicken or Lamb Dosa- £ 5.25
Boiled potato mixed with chopped lamb or chicken pieces and vegetable sauted in masala and rolled in crispy thin bread made of lentils and rice
served with sambar and chutney
Fisherman’s Favourite
Cochin fish curry - £7.90
The very unique preparation of coastal areas of Kerala. steaks of king fish marinated in chilly powder,
turmeric, lemon juice and salt. The steaks are then cooked in sauce made of coconut milk.
This creamy spicy dish is really Enjoyable with plain rice or appam (crispy thin pan cakes)
Meen (fish) polichathu - £8.25
Boneless whitefish fillets marinated and grilled and wrapped in banana
leaves with a very special slightly spicy sauce. Poured over the fish fillet.
Allapuzha Konju Masala - £8.95
The mouth watering combination of prawns and special sauce made of coconut milk,ginger,garlic,
Indian spices and green peas enjoyed with appam or plain rice.
Neerulli Prawn Curry- £9.25
Chefs special curry,Tiger prawns cooked in special sauce made of shallots which is popular in seasides of fort Cochin.
Mix seafood curry - £8.55
King fish,squid,prawns and mussels cooked in authentic Kerala special spice mixed sauce.
Whole sea-bass masala grilled (full meal) £13.95
Whole sea bass marinated in slightly chilly spiced sauced filled with shrimps mixed with green masala
Grilled and served with lemon rice and spicy potatoes.
Kappa Meen curry - £8.25
Toddy shop speciality,Tapioca cubes boiled with Kerala spices and sautéed with coconut,green chillies,
crushed garlic and curry leaves and tempered with mustard Seeds, Served with fish curry.
Crab curry - (full meal) £11.50
Fresh crab on shell cooked with coconut based spicy sauce and served with appam and lemon rice.
Meat and Poultry
Cochin Lamb curry - £7.25
Lamb cooked in tomato based sauce with spices made of black pepper,
coriander powder, garlic, tomato and curry leaves. Finished in coconut milk.
Lamb and spinach curry - £7.25
Lamb cubes cooked with Fresh Spinach leaves and thick masala made of onion,
coriander, garlic, ginger and finished with Cashew paste
Lamb ularthiyathu - £8.25
A very unique speciality in toddy shops in Kerala.
Lamb cubes cooked in turmeric powder and stir fried in a masala made of
Red Onion, ginger, garlic, curry leaves and sliced coconut.
Chicken Roast - £7.25
Cubes of chicken breast cooked in onion tomato masala sauteed with ginger,garlic,grren chilli to give a medium spicy touch.
Nadan chicken curry - £6.95
The roasted coriander seeds based curry, it’s the most commonly used curry made of
varthuarach (dry roasted) sauce.The spice rich curry From Kerala.
Chicken kurumulugu curry - £6.90
Chefs speciality dish made from pepper influenced sauce made with onion and spices.
Malabar Chicken biriyani - £ 6.95
Chicken cubes cooked in aromatic spices and then mixed with rice,
cooked in Kerala spice and Finished with cashew nuts and raisins.
Ammachi Tharavu( Duck) roast - £8.25
This is a Christian speciality enjoyed by all communities in Kerala,
slices of duck cooked in thick roast gravy sauce. It’s most enjoyable with kallappam (rice pan cakes).
Vegetarian Dishes
Kerala cuisine is distinguished by the influence of the longstanding and widespread practice
of vegetarianism within sections of the Hindu community in Kerala society.
Aubergine curry - £4.75
Aubergines slit into quarters and fried and then cooked in sauce made of Roasted coriander seeds
and onions, garlic and finished in coconut Milk and cashew nut paste.
Dal and spinach curry - £4.75
An every time enjoyable lentil and spinach combination goes well with plain rice and breads .
Potato Poriyal - £4.95
Cubes of potato and lentils cooked in sll spices mixed onion ,tomato ,ginger, mustard seeds and curry leaves.
Veg Korma - £4.25
cubes of carrot, potato, green peas and beans cooked in onion
sauce flavoured with spices and coconut.
Mutter paneer - £5.25
Green peas cooked with cottage cheese cubes in a mild authentic thick gravy.
Mushroom masala - £4.25
Fried mushroom slice and green peas cooked in sauce made of fresh coconut and spices
Veg stew - £4.95
Pieces of carrots,potato, peas, beans, cauliflower and curry leaves cooked in sauce made of ginger,
garlic, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, bay leaves and Finished in cashew nut paste and coconut milk.
Side orders
Crab thorn - £5.25
Crab meat sautéed with grated coconut
Chef's special salad - £4.25
salad made with mango, guava, avocado spiced with pepper powder
and lemon Juice dressing.
Green Beans thorn - £3.95
fresh beans cooked with onions and fresh coconut and green chillies and tempered.
Chick peas cooked with fresh coconut and onion and spiced.
Spicy potato - £3.95
Boiled potato cubes in spicy Indian masala with green peppers.
Rice
Plain rice - £2.25
steamed plain basmati rice
Coconut rice - £2.75
Plain rice mixed with fresh coconut and Urid dal,
good combination with all south Indian curries.
Lemon rice - £2.50
A tangy, fresh tasting rice tossed with lemon juice,
fresh curry leaves and mustard seeds.
Pulav rice. - £2.50
Flavoured rice with saffron.
Bread
Appam (two pieces)- £1.95
A silky soft kerala speciality bread made of rice flour fermented batter
Poori (two pieces) - £2.25
Oil fried fluffy bread made of wheat flour.
Paratha - £ 1.99
Kerala speciality bread with layers made of plain flour
Kallappam (two pieces) - £ 1.99
Rice flour fermented grinded with cumin seeds and shallots
chapatti (two pieces) - £ 1.99
Wholemeal bread
vegan/gluten free choices available