Abu Dhabi · 3 Branches · Malabar Kitchen

The real taste
of Malabar.

From the kitchens of northern Kerala to the heart of Abu Dhabi — dum biryani, fish curry, parotta combos, and the Sulaimani chai that closes every meal.

3Branches in Abu Dhabi
30+Dishes on the menu
1Malabar recipe, unchanged
Our Story

A Malabar kitchen,
far from home.

Payyannur is a small coastal town in northern Kerala — where the food is spiced with history, the fish arrives fresh every morning, and a meal is never eaten alone.

We brought those recipes to Abu Dhabi. The dum biryani is sealed and slow-cooked the same way. The beef fry is finished with the same coconut slivers and curry leaves. The fish curry still carries kudampuli — a dried tamarind that only grows in Kerala.

Three branches now. One kitchen tradition.

— The real taste of Malabar, in your city.

House Signatures

Three dishes
worth the drive.

Every great Malabar kitchen has dishes it will never change. These are ours.

Signature

Malabar Dum Biryani

Kaima rice · slow-cooked chicken · whole spices · dum seal

Malabar Classic

Parotta + Beef Curry

Flaky Malabar parotta · dry-roast beef · coconut slivers

Kerala Special

Fish Curry

Kudampuli · coconut gravy · fresh kingfish · red chilli

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Malabar · Abu Dhabi

മലകാദ

The land of the mountains. The coastal north of Kerala — where the food is spiced with pepper, tamarind, and the sea. Where Payyannur sits, and where every dish on our menu was born.

How it’s made

Slow. Spiced.
Uncompromised.

Malabar cooking is not fast food. Every dish on our menu earns its time on the stove.

01 / Spice

Ground fresh, daily.

Our masala blends are prepared every morning — whole coriander, black pepper, fennel and cardamom, stone-ground. No powder from a packet.

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02 / Marinate

Overnight. No shortcuts.

Biryani chicken marinates overnight in turmeric, ginger, garlic and our house spice blend. The dum is sealed at service. The result is not rushed.

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03 / Coconut

Fresh-grated. Not a tin.

Kerala cooking lives on fresh coconut — grated for chutneys, toasted for beef fry, ground into gravies. We crack them ourselves.

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04 / Plate

Served the Malabar way.

Off the stove, onto your table. The parotta is served hot from the pan. The biryani arrives sealed until you break it open at the table.

ഝികാശസ

ശඁഴഥ ഒാംകവകുസ മാഘവഘുല

We will never change the recipe —
because the recipe is the point.

The Payyannur philosophy · Abu Dhabi

3Abu Dhabi Branches
30Dishes on the menu
1Unchanged recipe
24/7Delivery available
Our promise

Same biryani.
Same beef fry.
Same fish curry.
Always Malabar.

— Payyannur Restaurant, Abu Dhabi

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Craving Malabar?
It’s a tap away.

Delivery to your door across Abu Dhabi — or walk into any of our 3 branches.