Happy Onam Readers.
September 7,2014 is Onam, Festival of Kerala and since two weeks we have planned on what to cook and how to take pictures to do a Onam Sadya. The inspiration was after our trip to God’s own country, Kerala, last November. We did stay and travel in the boat house from Alappuzha (Alleppey) to Kumarakom, where we had a personal cook who made tons of authentic food and we instantly fell in love with the coconut oil infused... Archive for September, 2014
Onam Sadya Recipes
Happy Onam Readers.
September 7,2014 is Onam, Festival of Kerala and since two weeks we have planned on what to cook and how to take pictures to do a Onam Sadya. The inspiration was after our trip to God’s own country, Kerala, last November. We did stay and travel in the boat house from Alappuzha (Alleppey) to Kumarakom, where we had a personal cook who made tons of authentic food and we instantly fell in love with the coconut oil infused... Inji Curry
Recipe: Edible Garden
Preparation & cooking time: 30 minutes
Shelf life: 1 month (if refrigerated)
Ingredients you’ll need:
1 cup of cleaned, peeled and roughly chopped fresh ginger
2 of green chilies
1/4 cup oil
1/4 tsp of mustard seeds
1/8 tsp of asafoetida
1/8 tsp of fenugreek seeds
4-5 curry leaves
1/2 tsp of red chili powder or adjust to taste
1/4 cup of thick... Vendakai|Okra Pachidi
Vendakai|Okra Pachidi
Ingredients you’ll need:
12 okra
1/2 onion
1 tbsp oil and Oil to deep fry
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
1 green chili (or to taste)
1 cup thick plain yogurt
Buttermilk or water (to adjust consistency)
Salt to taste
Preparation:
Clean okra and chop them in thin rounds, not very thin or... Palada Pradhaman
Onam celebration is incomplete without Palada pradhaman or ada pradhaman.
Palada pradhaman is a creamy, cardamom flavored (not over powering taste though) payasam made with rice sheets broken into small bits, called ada and cooked along with milk and sugar. The ingredients are quite simple but the dish is soothing and satisfying after a fulfilling sadya.
It’s a comfort... Kerala Style Avial
Kerala Style Avial is a medley of vegetables that is simmered in ground coconut – cumin mixture and topped off with a dollop of coconut oil.
Many friends shared their version and then I knew, even within Kerala, it’s made in a few different ways and differs from city to city, home to home. I decided to follow Edible garden’s recipe because it is a no onion – garlic recipe and her pics of avial is so tempting.
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