The list of foreign food recipes is growing in Malayalam cuisine day by day. Thai, Arabic, Italian, Mexican food recipes all have become hot favorites of Malayalam people. Many number of desi snacks have been expelled from the restaurants and homemade food recipes. These growing numbers of foreign food recipes are accessible at the click of the mouse and cookery shows on television day by day. The new updated food recipes have brought along with it adulterated and unhealthy food practices and it is the main cause of concern for them. In the packet food recipes, from 'idli-dosa' dough to pickles and instant 'chappathi' and 'payasam', threat of unhealthy and non-complimentary combinations looms large. Use of excess chemicals to make the products last longer, entry of new types recipes of sweets in the market that contain heavy doses of sucrose and citric acid, fruits that are no longer restricted to seasons and are available throughout the year- are all signboards to adulteration.