Celebrate Kerala’s Rich Culinary Culture With Delicious Recipes

Aug 23, 2023

Are you looking for culinary inspiration for Onam celebrations this year? If yes, we have got you covered. For the uninitiated, Onam is the biggest harvest festival synonymous with sadhya, boat races, and pookalam (flower arrangements) in Kerala. (General trivia: King Mahabali introduced Onam to invigorate the spirit of farmers during the harvest season). Sadhya is the celebratory food spread prepared during the festival of Onam, a vegetarian nine-course feast served on a banana leaf, usually consisting of regional dishes such as sharkara upperi, inji puli, avial, eriserry, sweet appam, and payasam. In the spirit of the festival, here are a few recipes of delectable dishes that you can make for Onam this year. Tune into ‘The Tastes of India Podcast (Hindi): Indian Recipe Food Podcast & Cookery Show’ on Audible to learn from an array of 200 such recipes including essential Sadhya preparation for Onam this year.

Kerala Vegetable Stew

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Mathanga Erissery

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Mango Rava Kesari

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Pro tip: Keep stirring until it thickens and ensure that there are no lumps that are formed.