Category: CulturePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

ഭക്ഷണ സംസ്കാരം

/bhakshanam samskaram/Roman

English meaning: Food Culture

Definition

The culinary traditions and practices of a community. Kerala cuisine is known for its use of coconut, spices, and seafood, with dishes like appam with stew, sadya (vegetarian feast), fish curry, and malabar biryani.

Example

കേരള ഭക്ഷണ സംസ്കാരം ലോകത്ത് ഏറ്റവും ആകർഷകമായ ഒന്നാണ്.

In English: Kerala's food culture is one of the most attractive in the world.

Literary Heritage

ഒഴുകിപ്പോകേ, ഒഴുകിപ്പോകേ, ഒഴുകിപ്പോകേ ഒരു കടലിൽ ലയിക്കേ

/oḻukippōkē, oḻukippōkē, oḻukippōkē oru kaṭalil layikkē/

Flow on, flow on, flow on — until you merge into one great ocean.

Kumaran Asan · Mahakavi, Social Reformer · 1873–1924 CE

Chintavishtayaya Sita

Chintavishtayaya Sita — Asan's lyrical poem on the dissolution of individual sorrow into the universal

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മലയാളം
Malayalam
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Malayalam
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