Food

Vegetarian food in Honavar

Honavar is not only about fish. The coast has a rich vegetarian kitchen of rice meals, dosas, buns and fritters, finished with filter coffee or an ice cream.

A local veg meal

Rice, sambar, seasonal vegetables and tambuli (a cooling dish of buttermilk and greens), with proper filter coffee. Have it at the 1929 Diner at Areca County, or in town at Nammane Bhattraa Hotel, which cooks without onion or garlic.

Breakfast and tea time

Tuppa dosa, a crisp dosa cooked in plenty of ghee, makes Mari Bhattara Hotel near Gunavante a highway stop. Buns, soft and slightly sweet, are the breakfast of the coast: try them at Mari Bhattara, Nammane Bhattraa or Hotel Delight.

Goli baje are fluffy fritters for tea time, eaten with coconut chutney. Mari Bhattara makes them every afternoon and also serves kashaya, a warm herbal brew.

Ice creams

The coastal sundae is gudbud: layers of ice cream, jelly, fruit and nuts. In town, Karavali Ice Cream makes its own. Kanni Ice Creams at Kavalakki sets natural fruit ice creams inside the fruit's own shell. Malnad Ice Land at Areangadi is known for jackfruit ice cream.