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In a restaurant, a set menu is a term used to mean a fixed menu. This means that the customer or diner either has no choice, or very limited choice of menu. For example, at a banquet where a fixed menu is served, every guest might receive the same meal of salad, roast chicken, potatoes and vegetable, and bread with chocolate mousse for dessert. Individual guests usually do not have the option of getting strawberry ice cream instead of the chocolate mousse, for example. (Although, in cases where the customer is allergic to a food or a vegetarian, some substitutions may be made.)
In a restaurant, a fixed menu means that the customer purchases a dinner with a menu that's pre-determined by the restaurant, usually at a slightly lower price. For example, if you are ordering off the regular menu, you might have a choice between lobster, steak or grilled fish, at prices from $15 to $40. Usually, appetizers and desserts are additional, when ordering off the menu. The fixed menu might be soup, turkey with dressing, vegetables and pumpkin pie, with a glass of wine, all for $19.95.

Bangladeshi cuisine refers to the Bengali cuisine prevalent in Bangladesh. Bangladesh was the eastern part of Bengal before the Partition of India. The Bangladeshi cuisine incorporates many Persian-Arabic elements and the usage of beef greatly sets it apart from the cuisine in West Bengal in India. It also has considerable regional variations. A staple across the country however is rice, various kinds of lentil, which is locally known as dal (sometimes written as daal) & fish. As a large percentage of the land (over 80% on some occasions) can be under water, either intentionally because of farming practices or due to severe climatological, topographical or geographical conditions, not surprisingly fish features as a major source of protein in the Bangladeshi diet. There is also a saying which goes, "Machh-e-Bhat-e-Bangali" (Fish and rice make a Bengali).
An integral part of Bangladeshi Muslim cuisine is beef, the presence of which is a must especially in feasts and banquets. Kabab from beef is immensely popular throughout the country. Beef is used in the preparation of a wide range of dishes including biryani, tehari, haleem, and many others. Regional feasts such as the Mezbaan and Ziafat of Chittagong, Sylhet, and Comilla or the Dawat of Dhaka will remain incomplete without serving spicy beef.

Bangladeshi cuisine is a generic terminology to refer to the cooking-style and trend now prevalent in Bangladesh. However, there are several regional variations, in terms of dishes, cooking style, serving style and nomenclature. In general, for cooking purposes, the administrative divisions more or less correspond to regional divides as well.


The main differences are as follows:
South - Barisal Division, Chittagong Division and Khulna Division, being close to the sea, tend to have a larger use of sea fishes in their cuisines in addition to coconut. Shutki, which is an especially treated dry fish, is extremely popular in Barisal and Chittagong. Shutki is also exported from these regions. In Khulna fresh water fish is more readily available and consumed. Dishes especially involving beef and lentils are characteristic of Mezbaan feasts in Chittagong Division. Beef is rarely seen in Barisal or Khulna, instead chicken and fish is more common.
Dhaka/Central - Dishes involving spiced rice and a lot of meat are usually legacies of Dhaka's past as the capital of Bengali empires. Much of this is still visible in the old city, where dishes like biryani, different types of kabab, Mughlai parata and bakarkhani are made by specialty stores, many of which have existed for over a century.


West and North-west - Vegetable curries heavily occupy the main eating in these areas. Also, spices are more commonly, and more heavily, used. River fishes (sweet water fishes) are common in the dishes.
North-east - Large number of lakes around the Sylhet Division encourages greater use of lake fishes in the cuisine. Because of proximity to the hills in Assam, several fruits and pickles that are otherwise absent in rest of the country, such as shatkora are used in cooking and serving, producing a distinct nature to the dining menu here.
Pork is not consumed by the Bangladeshi Muslims on religious grounds while beef is not usually consumed by Bangladeshi Hindus for the same reason. Farm raised chicken (Broiler & Layer varieties) have gained popularity as a good source of animal protein across the nation over the last ten years. Bangladeshi cuisine is similar to Indian cuisine but it is still distinct due to the additions of certain ingredients found in Persian-Arabic-Mughal dishes.

Kerala cuisine is quite diverse. The diversity is best classified on the basis of the various communities. Most of the food is vegetarian but with the higher Christian and Muslim population than other states, non-vegetarian dishes are also common. The Hindus, especially the Namboodris and Nairs have a predominantly vegetarian cuisine, whilst the Christian and the Muslim communities have a largely non-vegetarian cuisine. The Syrian Christian dishes and Malabari Muslim dishes are famous. Since Kerala's main export is coconuts, almost all of the dishes, irrespective of the variety in the cuisines of the different communities, have coconuts associated with them, either in the form of shavings or oil extracted from the nut. Seafood is also very popular in the coastal regions and eaten almost every day.
Most famous food items
Vegetarian: olan, paalpradaman, nendarangai chips, aviyal, pulissery, erucherri, sambar, rasam, kalan, upperis, pachady, kichadi.
Non-vegetarian: shrimp coconut curry, fish curry (various versions depending on the region), fish fry, chicken fry with shredded coconuts, fish pickle, podimeen fry, meen thoran (fish with coconut), Karimeen (pearl spot fish) pollichathu, shrimp masala, chicken stew, mutton stew, duck curry, malabari fish curry, kakka (shells) thoran, kalllumekka, crabs, malabar biriyani, thalassery biriyani, pearl spot fish, jewel fish, mussels, squid, kappa boiled, kappa (tapioca) vevichathu with non- vegetarian curries, etc.
Snacks: upperi, payasam, banan fry (ethaykkappam or pazham pori), ullivada, kozhukkatta, avalosunda, unniyappam, neeyyappam, unnaykka, thira, churuttu, boli, modhakam, paal vazhaykka, cutlets, halwas, cakes, vattayappam, kinnathappam, irattymadhuram.
Breakfast: Puttu (with banana or kadala curry, egg curry, or beef fry).
Appam (velayappam, palappam) with curry, vegetable stew, fish molee, chicken or mutton stew, beef curry, duck roast, pork masala. Idiyappam also with same curries.
Pidi with mutton curry or chicken curry.
Porotta with chicken curry or mutton curry.
Idli, dosai with chutney.
Kanji with dry beans, pickle, pappad and made with coconut.
Typical Indian masala dosa (Kerala style): It is a combination of shredded, cooked, and fried vegetables with Indian sauce and a lot of spices as the basic stuffing, enveloped by a thick brown dosa made out of a dal and rice batter. To embellish this unique preparation, it is served with hot sambhar and coconut chutney.

Described as the spiciest of these four states' cuisines, there is a generous use of chilli powder, oil and tamarind. The cuisine has a great variety of dishes, with the majority being vegetable or lentil based.
Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh, has its own characteristic cuisine considerably different from other Andhra cuisines. The Nizams patronised the Hyderabadi cuisine, which is very much like the Nawabs of the Avadh with Lucknowi cuisine. The only difference is that the Nizams of Hyderabad liked their food to be spicier, resulting in the Hyderabadi cuisine which included the Kacche Gosht ki Biryani and the Dum ka Murgh, Baghare Baingan and Achaari Subzi during the reign of the Nizams.
Most famous food items
Vegetarian: pesarattu (mung bean pancake), pulihora or pulihaara (tamarind rice), gongura (hibiscus cannabinus leaf), ఊరగాయి(ఆవకాయి)(cut raw mango) pickle, పప్పు (toor dal) - tamarind soup), thotakura pappu (amaranth - pigeon pea stew), dosakaya pappu (yellow cucumber - pigeon pea stew), palakura pappu (spinach - pigeon pea dal), tomato pappu (tomato - pigeon pea soup), methi dal, gutti vankaya, perugupachadi/majjiga charu, tomato charu, miriyala charu, Bendakaya fry, dondakaya fry, palakoora pulusu, cabbage pesara pappu, carrot fry, sorakaya pulusu, totakoora pulusu, anapakaya pulusu.
Raw pachadi-vankaya pachadi, dosakaya vanakaya pachadi, tomato pachadi, cabbage pachadi,
Non-vegetarian: Kodi iguru (chicken stew), Kodi pulusu (chicken gravy), Chepa pulusu (fish stew) etc.,Fish fry,Prawns curry Hyderabadi Biryani

South Indian Cuisine is a term used to refer to the cuisines found in the four southern states of India: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

The similarities[citation needed] are the presence of rice as a staple food, the use of lentils and spices, the use of dried red chillies and fresh green chillies, coconut and native fruits and vegetables like tamarind, plantain, snake gourd, garlic, ginger, etc. Overall all the four cuisines have much[citation needed] in common and differ mostly[citation needed] in the spiciness of the food.
Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh use more rice. Karnataka on the other hand consumes more ragi and jowar. Consumption of rice is more common among certain brahmin communities.
The cuisines are largely different even in the nature of spices used. Coconut usage is more common in Kerala and coastal Karnataka than in other regions. There is a huge difference in the food habits of north and south Karnataka. Food in northern Karnataka is more similar to that of central India rather than south India.