BENGALURU — Along India’s extensive coastline, the culinary landscape offers a vibrant array of seafood dishes that reflect local ingredients and traditions unique to each region. While many might broadly categorize these dishes as "curry," this familiar term often conceals the true diversity of flavors.

In Goa, seafood preparations highlight the region’s distinct style, while Kerala is known for its fish stew and delicacy such as “meen pollichathu.” Tamil Nadu and Bengal also contribute their own unique coastal flavors, including mustard-based fish dishes in Bengal.

This variety underscores the rich cultural and culinary heritage found across India’s coastal states, revealing much more than the catch-all term "curry" suggests.

Courtesy of Kumaresan Lingapathan, these dishes exemplify the many tastes of the same sea that connects these diverse regions.

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