Culinary Culture in Coastal Malabar: The Practice among Deprived Castes

Abstract

Culinary culture differs from society to society. Each caste practised its own culinary culture. Food is an important factor in keeping the caste identities intact.  The Upper castes who also form the class of landlords determined the dietary habits of the Deprived castes.  The paper examines the diets followed by the Deprived castes and probes into the circumstances that forced the Deprived castes to stick on to particular culinary culture.  The exploration enriches the information on the already constructed image of the nature of caste society.