ONAM

ONAM – is the regional festival of Keralites. Onam Sadhya – a vegetarian banquet is the centre of attraction for Onam. The Sadhya is served on Fresh Plantain Leaves. Here is a photo of Onam Sadhya. We didn’t get Fresh Plantain Leaves and so had to adjust with Paper Leaves 🙂

There can be anywhere between 13-25 dishes for Onam and this number can be higher. 🙂 The most common Onam Dishes are:-

1. Rice
2. Sambar
3. Parippu Curry
4. Rasam
5. Pulissery
6. Aviyal
7. Thoran – Cabbage, Beans, Cabbage & Carrot, Kovakka, Vazhachundu Payaru Thoran, Peechinga Thoran
8. Puliyinji
9. Inji Curry
10. Mathanga Payaru Erissery, Vellarikka Payaru Erisheri
11. Kaalan
12. Olan
13. Kootu Curry
14. Mixed Vegetable Theeyal, Mushroom Theeyal
15. Pachadi – Pineapple Pachadi, Ripe Plantain (NenthraPazham) Pachadi, Vellarikka Pachadi
    
16. Kichadi – Carrot Kichadi
17. Mulaka Pachadi
18. Mezhkkupuratti – Cherupayaru Mezhkupuratti, Achinga Mezkuvaratti
19. Moru Kachiyathu, Vellarikka Moru Curry
20. Injithairu
21. Pappadam
22. Achaaru
23. Chammanthi – Uppu Manga Chammanthi
24. Upperi (Kaaya Varuthathu)
25. SharkaraVaratti
26. Pazham
27. Payasam – Cherupayaru Payasam, Semiya Payasam, Sharkkara Payasam, Aval Payasam, Nurukku Godhambu Payasam
28. Pradhaman – Mambazha Pradhaman

These are the dishes we had for Onam 2009.

1. Rice
2. Sambar
3. Ethapazham Pulissery
4. Aviyal
5. Cabbage Carrot Thoran
6. Mathanga Payaru Erissery
7. Pinepple Pachadi
8. Kaalan
9. Mixed Vegetable Theeyal
10. Injithairu
11. Mulaka Pachadi
12. Pappadam
13. Sharkkara Varatti
14. Kaya Varuthathu – Banana Chips
15. Achaar
16. Palada Paysam

I will be uploading all the recipes one by one.