1) Snack food 
Neyyappam is a Kerala speciality. These are rice pancakes fried in ghee. A batter of pouring consistency is made of rice flour and jaggery. Cardamom and dried ginger are added for flavour. Neyyappam is derived from `Neyy` which means Ghee and `appam`, pancake. This is given as prasad in Krishna temples in Kerala. ==Sources== ...