It’s that time of the year again when Mahabali tales and Onam Sadya is on everyone’s mind. I feel a strange connect to all things mallu, whether it is the gorgeous Kerala Kasavu or it’s the appam and beef fry or the breathtaking beauty of backwaters of Kerala, N at home teases me that I either have some previous life relation with Kerala or an ex-boyfriend I don’t tell him about and secretly still date 😉
Two years ago I made the full sadya. Like I have said in that post, I find the idea of banana leaf meals and sitting down and eating almost magical. It was a tough task but in the end the satisfaction on the faces of people who ate it was amazing. But somehow I never could sit down and enjoy the meal, when I cook too much I can never eat and last week a friend invited few of us for an onam sadya cooked by her and I enjoyed every bite I took and decided to make the sadya items a day for this week and share the recipes here. If I still have energy left might just do a mini sadya on Saturday the Onam day
But till then here are the recipes to help you with your planning. Starting with Pumpkin Errisery. When I asked my family what was their favorite dish from the sadya two years ago, the MIL and N both said the one with pumpkin without even thinking twice, so here it is. Unfortunately the camera card I clicked pictures on yesterday went kaput on me and hence using the picture from two years ago, will buy a new card today and have new pictures for the rest of the dishes promise 🙂
Recipe : Pumpkin Erissery
Source : My Diverse Kitchen
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Coming up next my favorite Onam recipe : Pineapple Pachadi