Zain's Hotel — Restaurant in Kerala

Zain’s is where Kozhikode’s foodies go for their biriyani fix. There’s a good reason why the lane outside the restaurant fills quickly with cars, bikes and people. It isn’t just the biriyani. The dishes Zainabi Noor’s kitchen turns out every day are among the best examples of Mappila cooking you can get anywhere. It’s been over three decades since Zainabi started this restaurant, a pioneering woman entrepreneur. Today, as she surveys her popular realm with a mixture of businesslike efficiency and grandmotherly charm, it’s hard to believe her critics gave the venture a month. Her husband and partner, Noor Mohammed, an Afghan who once played football for Kerala, takes me through the day’s specials, most of which customers can check out in a glass cabinet in the restaurant—a good thing for visitors, since the menu is entirely in Malayalam. Most Famous SPECIALS: Here you will get puttu with local fish stew, or wheat pathiri, a Kuttichera special, served with kozhi nirthiporichathu, a chicken fry with egg or kada (a small bird) fry. Kuttichira ghee rice is famous, best had with a mellow beef stew prepared in coconut milk. The sweet meats of the Muslims of Kozhikode are legendary. These include chattippathiri, mutta marichathu, muttappathiri, muttamala, mutta surkka — all prepared with eggs. There’s the wonderfully fragrant prawn and chicken biriyani; kozhi adachitathu (whole chicken stuffed with eggs) which is half-cooked in masala, then fried, before being returned to the masala; the wonderful meen pathiri, a rice-based bread this time, steamed in plantain leaves with a fried fish and savoury stuffing; and, to finish with, unnakai, made from mashed boiled bananas, mixed with eggs, sugar, nuts and raisins before being deep fried, and chattipathiri, a savoury dessert made of refined flour pathiris layered with a mixture of beaten eggs, cardamom and sugar, with cashew, poppy seeds and raisins added.Kozhikodan pazham nirachathu (banana fry with coconut) and sweet coconut samosa or bayakkada (made of banana) are also available in Zains. LOCATION:...

If you are really crazy about traditional malabar dishes, zains is a good option. great ambiance and service.

You will get authentic malabar food here... especially snacks..had chatti pathiri,irachi pathiri,pazham nirachath,pathiri and chicken stew. .chatti pathiri was delicious!!..good and fast service...not air conditioned.

After one of the regular friends get together we all visited this place and had evening tea from here. The coffee was good. But the tea was not served hot. Snacks we ordered were tasty and yummy. These people serve almost every malabar tea time snacks. Must try their Irachi pathiri.

there...located close to the main Kozhikode beach, this is by far the best place to have muslin delicacies native to the region. Had a wide variety of snacks which are filling in quantity that by the time main course comes you wonder what is beyond heaven...never ever miss it if ur...

Their savoury dishes and snacks are the ones that I would go back there for! Reach the spot by 5-6pm and you are in for a treat. While I had all the snacks they were offering (one of each), what caught my attention was a flattened egg dish. It was a boiled egg spiced up to perfection! Please do try this out.

The eatery is a quaint little family run hotel. There is a very homely vibe to the entire place. It is very elegant indeed. Like all the other places in Kozhikode, parking is an trouble nearby. If you’re lucky, you should get a spot though! Auto/two wheelers are always recommended.

Don’t forget to soothe your taste buds with their flavoured milks!

As for lunch and dinner items, I ate there, but there are definitely better places around for a full...