Malabar Food Festival at Ohri's 70MM

We happened to visit Ohri's 70MM when they had their Malabar Food Festival going on.

We started off with the Chicken Soup which was a light almost clear soup with chicken chunks flavored mostly with pepper.

We then started off with the Kerala Style Fry Chicken. This is very similar to the Chicken 65 that you get in Tamil Nadu but very succulent. Even though the chicken if fry it does not lose its tenderness.

The next item was the Paneer Pakoda. The Paneer was coated in besan and then deep fried. So at the same time you had the crisp coated while the Paneer inside was soft.

We then started ordering the cocktails. We initially ordered a mild ice tea based cocktail that was pretty good.

Then we got the Berry Blossom - which was primarily a cocktail that had a blackberry base.

The next one up was the cranberry smoothie. I have had cranberry drinks before but a cranberry cocktail with a milk base was a first and it was pleasantly surprising.

The final drink was the apple and cranberry cocktail. I must say the combination definitely went well together.

The started that we ordered next was potato fry. Unlike the normal ones this one had a very mild coating of besan on top. I don't like the ones with a thick coating and hence loved it when the potato flavor was strong.

We then ordered the Kerala Mutton Curry. This went fabulously well with the Malabar Parathas.

The Malabar Fish was crispy fried with a coating and garnished with fried curry leaves.

Coming to the main course now, we started off with the Kadala Curry. This is a black chickpeas curry that goes really well with puttu.

We then tried the Mutton Nadan Curry which is a Kerala style Spicy Mutton Curry.

We enjoyed this with the Malabar Fried Rice.

Then we tried the Kozhi Kuzhambu. This is a chicken dish that originated in Madurai and is popular in both Tamil and Malabar cuisines.

We then had the Cabbage Thoran. This is the Malabar version of the stir fried Cabbage that you will definitely find as a part of Onam Sadhya means.

We then went on with the desserts. Here they had their normal desserts as well apart from the ones that were a part of the Malabar Food Festival.

We then had the Ari Unda which is primarily a sweet that is made out of rice balls.

We finished off with the Payasam which was lip smacking.

Overall: This place has an amazing ambiance if you love Bollywood. The Malabar Food Festival had authentic Malabar Food that you will love. The variety of desserts could definitely be increased.

Ambiance: 4.5/5

Food: 4.5/5

Service: 4/5

Price: Budget Friendly