Try These Festive Recipes This Onam.
Onam is one of the biggest festivals celebrated in the Southern Indian State of Kerala. It marks the home-coming of the mythical King Mahabali. Onam is celebrated in the beginning of the month of Chingam, the first month of the Malayalam Calendar. Every Indian festival has to have special festival dishes and so does Onam. Onam Sadhya is a vegetarian meal which typically has around a dozen dishes and is traditionally served on a plantain leaf. We feature here some traditional and few atypical dishes you could try this Onam.
Black pepper corns - 1 tsp
Tomato - 1 cup ( chopped )
Tamarind - lemon sized ball
Method : http://www.whiskaffair.com/2015/08/kerala-style-rasam-thakali-rasam-onam-sadya-recipe.html
Ginger - 1 tsp ( Grated )
Garlic - 5-6 cloves ( Crushed )
Green chilies - 2 ( Slit into halves )
Shallots - 6-7 ( Thinly sliced )
Method :http://www.whiskaffair.com/2015/08/moru-curry-kerala-style-seasoned-buttermilk-curry-onam-sadya-recipe.html
Oil (use coconut oil for being totally authentic) 1 tbsp
Dry red chillies - 3 to 4
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Fresh coconut to be ground - 1/2 cup
Fresh grated coconut to be toasted - 1/4 cup
Chopped yellow pumpkin - 300 grams
Salt to taste
Method :http://www.sinamontales.com/onam-recipes-pumpkin-errisery
Peeled, cored and chopped Pineapple - 1 cup
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Oil (for the most authentic one use coconut oil) - 1 tsp
Method: http://www.sinamontales.com/onam-recipes-pineapple-pachadi
Healthy Quinoa Apple Kheer
Cooked Quinoa - 1 1/2 cups
Crushed Cardamom - 1 teaspoon
Chopped Pistachios - 2 tablespoons
Sliced Apples for topping
Method : http://www.myfoodstory.com/healthy-quinoa-apple-kheer-recipe
Raw Mango And Turmeric Brown Rice
Mustard Seeds - 1 teaspoon
Urad Dal (black gram skinned) - 1 teaspoon
Chana Dal (split gram) - 1 teaspoon
Dried Red Chilies -2 Large
Raw Mango, peeled and grated -1
Red Chili Powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Turmeric Powder - 1/3 teaspoon
Method : http://www.myfoodstory.com/raw-mango-and-turmeric-brown-rice-recipe
Green chili - 1 ( Chopped )
Ginger - 1 inch piece (julienned)
Method : http://www.whiskaffair.com/2015/08/sambaram-kerala-style-spiced-buttermilk.html
Vermicelli Rose Water Cardamon Kheer
1.5 l full fat milk
1 cup Vermicelli
7 pods of green cardamom
3/2 cup sugar (use more if you like it sweeter)
1 tsp rosewater
2 tbsp crushed pistachio
3 tbsp raisin
1 tbsp almond flakes
few strands of saffron
1 tbsp ghee
2 tbsp condensed milk
Method : http://lapetitchef.in/recipe/vermicelli-rose-water-cardamom-kheer
2 cups of grated beetroots
1/2 cup of grated coconut
1 tsp of cumin seeds, jeerakam
2-3 shallots, ulli
1 tsp of red chilli powder
1/4 tsp of turmeric powder
1 tbsp of coconut oil
1/2 tsp of black mustard seeds
1/2 tsp of split urad, uzhunnu parippu
1 strand of curry leaves
1 tsp of salt (adjust to taste)
1 clove of garlic
Method : http://www.cookingandme.com/2013/02/kerala-beetroot-thoran-recipe-onam.html
1/4 cup of cheru payar / pasi paruppu / moong dal
3/4 cup more or less of grated jaggery (or brown sugar, but it’s a poor substitute)
3 heaping tbsp of ghee
10 plain, unsalted cashewnuts
A few of raisins
1 cup of thick coconut milk (onnaam paal)
3-4 cups of thin coconut milk (rendaam paal)
4-5 cardamom pods, crushed
Method : http://www.cookingandme.com/2011/09/cherupayar-payasam-kerala-parippu.html
Images and Recipes Courtesy : Whiskaffair, Sinamon Tales , Lapetitchef Cookingandme and Myfoodstory.