Chef Mathew wants to recreate the Kerala toddy shop experience ... the streets smell of freshly brewed toddy—an alcoholic beverage brewed from coconut palm sap—and of spices and fresh seafood.

It’s his South Indian restaurant inspired by Kerala’s toddy cafes. Toddy shops —which take their name from the naturally-fermented coconut sap drink — represent the core of Kerala cuisine ...

Be it the Kerala exclusives such as Malabari parottas, karimeen fish, coconut appams ... Restaurants in Cochin also include Toddy shops which are known for the alcoholic toddy drink, and the ...

Coconut clams, cooked with Malabar tamarind ... Mathew chose the name due to its ease of pronunciation and its use at Kerala’s toddy shops which are a cornerstone of the state’s culinary ...

The port city is also one of the gateways to the backwaters, a network of lakes, rivers and canals along Kerala’s coast ... tapping the sap from coconut trees to make toddy, a fermented liquor.

Mr. Murugasamy said a coconut farmer in Kerala could earn a minimum of ₹16,000 per month by tapping toddy from 20 trees. Unity among farmers in Tamil Nadu was the key factor for deriving the ...

Hot-Listed Toddy Shop’s Colada has a Kerala-inspired spin with curry leaf syrup and toddy (palm wine) mixed in with coconut rum, coconut cream and pineapple. “We use toddy because it brings a ...