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Chana dal and banana mashed together, combined with coconut milk and sweetened with jaggery, one of the desserts served in Sadya… Wishing all Keralites a Happy and Prosperous Onam. Onam is a harvest festival and is the biggest celebration of my beautiful home state Kerala. It’s actually a 10 day celebration, so while in school/college we …
One of the side dishes served in Kerala Sadya… For this year’s Onam Sadya, I ventured into making a few new dishes, one of them being Erissery. With so many variations out there, I particularly enjoyed this version, where roasted ground coconut is blended with red beans and pumpkin. The addition of roasted coconut elevates …
One of the highlights of my Onam Sadya is this absolutely delicious Vada Kootu curry… Finally, I made my Onam Sadya yesterday. Thanks to all my friends on FB who posted the pictures of their Sadya that made me drool and motivated to make my own Sadya. Last week, I made up my mind that …
A Kerala specialty mixed vegetable side dish… “Avial” in Malayalam means “mixture”. Exactly, that’s what avial is all about, you get to enjoy a variety of veggies in one dish. This is a traditional vegetarian dish in Kerala and is also one of the prominent side dishes in Sadya. I’ve already posted the recipe for …
Yummiest payasam… Howz everyone doing? I’d mentioned about Onam in my last post, Onam was celebrated on Wednesday. On Wednesday, I’d a get together with two of my friends/research mates and we cooked a few dishes together. They are from China, so one of them made a couple of authentic Chinese dishes. I made my …