Mangalorean cuisine is largely influenced by the South Indian cuisine
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, with several cuisines being unique to the diverse communities of the city. Coconut meat and
curry leaves
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There are many varieties of curry. The choice of spices for each dish in tradit ...
are common ingredients in Mangalorean curries, as are ginger, garlic& chilli. The
Tulu community's well-known dishes include ''
Kori Rotti
Kori rotti is a spicy dish of Tulu Udupi-Mangalorean cuisine, a combination of red-chili and coconut milk based chicken curry and crisp, dry wafers made from boiled rice. ''Kori'' means chicken in Tulu.
See also
* List of chicken dishes
* ...
'' (dry rice flakes dipped in gravy),
Chicken Ghee Roast, ''Bangude Pulimunchi'' (silver-grey mackerels), ''Beeja-Manoli Upkari'', ''
Neer dosa
Neer dosa, literally meaning water dosa in Tulu is a crêpe prepared from rice batter. Neer dosa is a delicacy from Tulu Nadu and part of Mangalorean cuisine.
Overview
''Neer'' is the word for water in Tulu and Kannada.
Unlike other dosas neer ...
'' (lacy rice-
crêpe
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s), ''Boothai Gasi'', ''Kadabu'', and ''
Patrode
Patrode/Patrodo/Patra/Patrodu originally a vegetarian dish from India. It is also adapted in the Himachal Pradesh region, UP & Bihar as "Rikvach" and some other names in other parts of India. It is known as ,"Patrodé" in 'Tulunadu' region, Patr ...
''. The ''Kube Sukkhe'', a
clam
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dish of
Mangalorean Protestants
Mangalorean Protestants are Protestants from South Canara and Coorg districts of the Indian state of Karnataka.
The community
The Basel Mission began its work in the Mangalore area in 1834. The missionaries learned the local languages and made ...
is also very popular. The Konkani community's specialities include ''Daali thoy'', ''beebe-upkari'' (cashew based), ''val val'', ''avnas ambe sasam'', ''Kadgi chakko'', , and ''chana gashi''.
Tuluva
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vegetarian cuisine in Mangalore, also known as
Udupi cuisine
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is known for its
signature dish
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es like the ''
masala dosa
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''. Udupi restaurants are found throughout
south India
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,
northwestern India
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& relished overseas by the
Indian diaspora
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. Since Mangalore is a coastal town,
fish dishes
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are the
staple diet of most people.
Mangalorean Catholic cuisine
The Mangalorean Catholic Cuisine is the cuisine of the Mangalorean Catholic community.
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includes ''Sanna-Dukra Maas'' (''Sanna'' –
idli
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fluffed with
toddy or yeast; ''Dukra Maas'' –
Pork
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Pork is eaten both freshly cooked and preserved; ...
), ''Pork Bafat''& ''
Sorpotel
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''; and the Mutton
Biryani
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of the local Muslims are well-known
delicacies
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. Pickles such as , and are unique to Mangalore. ''Sheindi'' (
toddy), a country
wine
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prepared by
toddy tapper
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s from coconut flowers or
tree sap 01 or '01 may refer to:
* The year 2001, or any year ending with 01
* The month of January
* 1 (number)
Music
* 01'' (Richard Müller album), 2001
* ''01'' (Son of Dave album), 2000
* ''01'' (Urban Zakapa album), 2011
* ''O1'' (Hiroyuki Sawa ...
is local speciality.
Traditions
Many classical dance forms and folk art are practised among Mangaloreans. The ''
Yakshagana
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'', a night-long dance and drama performance, is held in Mangalore, while ''
Hulivesha
Pili Vesha in ('' Tulu'': ಪಿಲಿ ಏಸ) "Tiger Masque" is a folk dance unique in coastal Karnataka. Pilivēṣa is performed during Navratri to honour the Goddess Durga whose favoured animal is the tiger. Which is called mārnemi. Mangal ...
'' (literally, ''tiger dance''), a
folk dance unique to the city, is performed during
Dasara and
Krishna Janmashtami
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. ''Karadi Vesha'' (bear dance) is another well known dance performed during ''Dasara''.
''
Paddanas
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'' (Ballad-like epics passed on through generations by word of mouth) are sung by a community of impersonators in Tulu and are usually accompanied by the rhythmic drum beats.
The Bearys' unique traditions are reflected in such folk songs as (sung during
kolata, a valour folk-dance during which sticks used as props), (traditional lullaby), , and (sung at weddings).
The ''Evkaristik Purshanv'' (Konkani:
Eucharist
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ic procession) is an annual Catholic religious procession led on the first Sunday of each New Year.
World record
On 26–27 January 2008, a Konkani cultural event, Konkani Nirantari, held in
Mangalore
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by a Mangalorean organization, Mandd Sobhann, entered the
Guinness Book of World Records
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for non-stop singing of
Konkani hymns. Mandd Sobhann members sang for 40 hours, surpassing the old record of 36 hours held by a Brazilian musical troupe.
Notable Mangaloreans
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queen of Tulu Nadu
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Ahmed Noori
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Nirup Bhandari
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scholar
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– Former Speaker of
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K. Shivaram Karanth
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K. V. Kamath – Chairman of
Infosys Limited
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Kadri Gopalnath
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Born in Sajeepa Mooda village in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada ...
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Kavya Rao – Beadiest person in Karnataka.
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- Indian actress
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M. Govinda Pai
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– Kannada poet
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M. V. Kamath
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M. K. Seetharam Kulal – Tulu-Kannada dramatist, poet, Karnataka State Tulu Sahitya Academy Award, Mangalorean Star
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Margaret Alva
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Manvitha Harish
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Manvit ...
- Sandalwood actress
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Nikhil Poojari – Indian professional football player (forward), plays for
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– justice of the
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, former
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actress
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Prakash Padukone
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Rakshith Shetty
Rakshit Shetty (born 6 June 1983) is an Indian actor, film producer, writer and filmmaker of Kannada cinema. He is the recipient of two Filmfare Awards South.
Early life
Shetty was born in Udupi on 6 June 1983 in a Tulu-speaking Bunt family. ...
– Kannada film director and actor
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Ratnakaravarni – Kannada poet and writer
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Ravi Shastri
Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri (born 27 May 1962) is the former head coach of the India national cricket team, a cricket commentator and former captain of Indian Cricket Team. As a player, he played for the India national cricket team between 19 ...
– captain of the
India national cricket team
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Reshma Shetty – American actress
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Rishab Shetty
Prashant Shetty, known professionally as Rishab Shetty, is an Indian actor and film maker who primarily works in Kannada cinema. He is known for his critical and commercial blockbuster, '' Kantara'', for which he directed and acted as the main ...
– Sandalwood director
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Rohit Shetty
Rohit Shetty (born 14 March 1974) is an Indian film director, stuntman, producer and television host who works in Hindi cinema. He is one of the most recognised film director of Hindi Cinema. His movies are often mix genres of action, comedy a ...
– Bollywood director
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Rommel Rodrigues
Rommel Rodrigues is an Indian author, film director, screenwriter and producer based out of Mumbai. He has worked in several Indian newspapers, writing on crime, business, politics and current affairs for over two and a half decades and was accr ...
– journalist, author, film director, screenwriter and producer
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Sanjay Manjrekar
Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar (born 12 July 1965) is an Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer. He played international cricket for India from 1987 until 1996 as a right-handed middle order batsman.
Domestic career
Manjrekar was born in Mang ...
- Former Indian Cricket player and commentator
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Sandeep Chowta
Sandeep Chowta is an Indian music director who primarily works in Bollywood and Telugu cinema. He is also the head of Columbia Records in India. He has also sung some of his songs.
In 2003, he produced an anti substance abuse documentary, titl ...
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Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...
and
Tollywood music director, head of
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...
in India
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Sheetal Mallar
Sheetal Mallar (born 23 April 1974) is an Indian fashion model from Mumbai. She is now also a contemporary Indian photographer. See her official website here. She won the Femina Look of the Year and the Elite Look of the Year in 1994.
Early li ...
– model
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Shamita Shetty
Shamita Shetty (born 2 February 1979) is an Indian Bollywood actress, model and interior designer. She made her Hindi film debut in the musical romance film ''Mohabbatein'' (2000), which earned her the IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – ...
- Bollywood actress
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Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty Kundra (born Ashwini Shetty; Née Shetty; 8 June 1975) is an Indian actress who works mainly in Hindi-language films. Shetty made her screen debut in the thriller ''Baazigar'' (1993) which garnered her nominations for two Filmfare ...
– Bollywood actress
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Shirish Kunder
Shirish Kunder (born 24 May 1973) is an Indian filmmaker. After working as an film editing, editor on 21 films starting with ''Champion (2000 film), Champion'' (2000), Kunder made his screenwriting and directorial debut with ''Jaan-E-Mann'' ...
– Bollywood director
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Siddhanth Thingalaya – track and field athlete
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Sneha Ullal
Sneha Ullal (born 18 December 1987) is an Indian actress who has appeared in Telugu and Hindi films. She is known for her roles in the Telugu films ''Ullasamga Utsahamga'', '' Simha'' and the Hindi film '' Lucky: No Time for Love''.
Early lif ...
- Bollywood actress
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Sunil Shetty
Suniel Shetty (born Sunil V. Shetty; 11 August 1961) is an Indian actor, film producer, television personality and entrepreneur who is predominantly active in Hindi films he has also worked in tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and kannada films. In a ca ...
– Bollywood actor, producer, and entrepreneur
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Suman Talwar
Suman Talwar (born 28 August 1959) is an Indian actor known for his work in Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil cinema. He was one of the most prominent actors of Telugu cinema during the 1980s.
Early life
Suman was born in a Tulu language, Tulu-sp ...
- film actor
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T. M. A. Pai
Tonse Madhava Ananth Pai (30 April 1898 – 29 May 1979), was an Indian physician, educationist, banker and philanthropist, most well-known for building the university town of Manipal, India.
He was the first to start a private, self-fina ...
– doctor, educationist, banker and philanthropist who founded the university town of
Manipal
Manipal is a suburb and university town within Udupi, in coastal Karnataka, India. Manipal is located five kilometres away from the centre of Udupi City, in Udupi District, Karnataka (state) in south western India. It is administered by the Udup ...
in
Udupi
Udupi (alternate spelling Udipi; also known as Odipu) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. Udupi is situated about north of the educational, commercial and industrial hub of Mangalore and about west of state capital Bangalore by road.
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Thumbay Moideen
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- Entrepreneur & Founder of Thumbay Group, UAE
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U. R. Rao – space scientist and former chairman of the
Indian Space Research Organisation
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Upendra
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– Kannada film actor, director, screen writer, lyricist and singer
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V. J. P. Saldanha – Konkani littérateur, dramatist, novelist, short-story writer and poet
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V. Manohar – music director, lyricist, film director and actor in Kannada Cinema
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V. S. Acharya – higher education minister in the Karnataka state government
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V. T. Rajshekar – journalist, founder and editor of the ''
Dalit Voice''
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Veerappa Moily
Marpadi Veerappa Moily (born 12 January 1940) is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress from the state of Karnataka.
Moily was the former Chief Minister (and the first ethnic Tuluva CM) of the Indian state of Karnataka ...
– Minister of Corporate Affairs and former chief minister of Karnataka
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Veerendra Heggade
D. Veerendra Heggade (born November 25, 1948) is an Indian philanthropist and the hereditary administrator (Dharmadhikari) of the Dharmasthala Temple. He succeeded to the post at the age of 19, on October 24, 1968, the 21st in his line. He adm ...
– philanthropist and the ''Dharmadhikari'' (hereditary administrator) of the
Dharmasthala
Dharmasthala (earlier known as Kuduma) is an Indian temple town on the banks of the Nethravathi River in the Belthangady taluk of the Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka, India.
The town is known for its centuries old Dharmasthala Tem ...
Temple
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Victor Rodrigues – Konkani novelist and short story writer
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Vittal Mallya
Vittal Mallya (8 February 1924 – 13 October 1983) was an Indian entrepreneur, best known as the former chair of the India-based United Breweries Group. Mallya is the father of an Indian businessman Vijay Mallya.
Early life and education
Vit ...
– entrepreneur
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Vijay Mallya
Vijay Vittal Mallya (born 18 December 1955) is an Indian businessman, former politician and fugitive. He is the subject of an extradition effort by the Indian Government to return him from the UK to face charges of financial crimes in India.
T ...
– liquor and airline baron
See also
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Byari
The Beary (also known as Byari) is a community concentrated along the southwest coast of India, mostly in the Mangalore district of the south Indian state of Karnataka. They are an ethnic group of Indian Muslims with their own distinct cu ...
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Konkani Brahmins
Marathi Brahmins (also known as Maharashtrian Brahmins), are communities native to the Indian state of Maharashtra. They are classified into mainly three sub-divisions based on their places of origin, " Desh", "Karad" and "Konkan". The Brahmi ...
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Mangalorean Christians
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Tuluver
The Tulu people or Tuluvas are an ethno-linguistic group from Southern India. They are native speakers of the Tulu language and the region they traditionally inhabit is known as Tulu Nadu. This region comprises the districts of Dakshina Kanna ...
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References
{{wiktionary, Mangalorean
Mangalorean society
Social groups of Karnataka
Tulu Nadu