Shimoga food & recipes - Karnataka, Indian native food

Rice is the staple food for majority of the people in Shivamogga district. The cuisine in this district is very similar to the Udupi Cuisine. The cuisine in the Malnad region of Shivamogga district includes items like midigayi-uppinakai (tender-mango pickle), sandige (similar to pappadum), avalakki (beaten-rice) and akki rotti. Havyaka people have their own cuisine consisting of such varied items like genesale (sweet made of jaggery, rice and coconut), thotadevvu (sweet made of rice and sugarcane juice) and thambli (a curd preparation containing other ingredients like ginger, turmeric root, jasmine and rose sprouts.)

Shimoga being one of the major malnad region has many interesting food items to its credit.