Onam Sadhya

Onam ashamsakal!!

Sadhya is the feast which is prepared on the auspicious day of Onam. I always wanted to prepare full onam  feast at home.  This year i went ahead with the idea. Since I have never tasted sadhya, I was excited to prepare at home and gathered all the recipes with the help from friends and Google. So i am not sure whether the recipes are authentic. But i swear the taste was too good. 

Cooking Kerala Cusine was  totally a different experience for me. It is completely different from Tamilnadu style of cooking. One distinct thing i noticed was coconut was used in almost all the recipes and the use of coconut oil gives nice aroma to the dishes.  I am just giving insight to the Onam sadhya recipes. The recipe number varies up to 64.  I prepared the feast with 17 dishes..

1.  Banana  
2. Banana Chips. Jaggery coated  banana chips is also used for serving.
3. Pappad
4. Salt
5. Use Lime pickle, Mango pickle and Narthangai pickle. I didn't have any pickles at home. So i skipped this..I served Puli- Inji which is also usually served with it. It is nothing but Ginger is cooked in tamarind and jaggery water with turmeric and chili powder. Hence its a perfect blend of all tastes
6. Cucumber Pachadi - Cucumber is boiled first. yogurt and Coconut, green chili, mustard seeds and cumin seeds paste is added to it and then it is seasoned.
7. Olan - It is prepared with Ash gourd (Vellai Poosanikai) and White eyed beans (Thattam Payaru). Both are boiled separatley and its cooked  together in coconut milk, Green chili, Curry leaves. Drizzle coconut oil.
8. Cabbage Thoran - Shredded cabbage is sauteed together with small onion, coconut , cumin , green chili and garlic paste.
9. Aviyal - Vegetables cooked with coconut paste.
10. Rice
11. Parupu & Ghee -  Boiled Toor dal with Ghee
12. Kerala Style Sambar - Its similar to varuthu aracha sambar. Since we are also grinding small onion together it results in very different sambar.
13. Senai Kizhangu Pulissery - Yam is boiled first and coconut, small onion, cumin seeds, turmeric powder and red chili powder paste is added to it. Also add yogurt and seasoning.
14. Kerala Style Tomato Rasam - Its totally a different rasam. Tomatoes are smashed and boiled together with red chili, garlic, coriander seeds and pepper paste.
15. Spiced Buttermilk - Butter milk with Ginger, Cumin seeds and curry leaves.
16. Kadalai Parupu Payasam - Channa Dal cooked with Jaggery and coconut milk. One of my dear friends prepared this payasam for her onam celebrations. I also used this for the post.
17. Paal Adai Pradhaman - I used ready made Palada for this recipe. Its cooked fully in Milk and Jaggery.