Onam Sadhya 2021 Dishes List: 26 Items and Their Names in the Kerala Onam Sadya Feast
By Team LatestlyAugust 18, 2021
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Chor
Chor is just rice. But on Onam, Malayalis serve red rice, and this is one of a kind.
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Mango Curry
Kerala-style Mango Curry, also called Mambazha Pulissery, is made with ripened mango, coconut milk, chillies and mustard seeds.
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Inji Curry or Injipuli
Inji Curry or Injipuli is a dark brown sweet-sour and spicy Keralite curry made of ginger, tamarind, green chillies and jaggery.
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Pappadam
A papadam, papar, or appalam is a seasoned flatbread made from dried dough of black gram bean flour.
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Upperi
Called Ethakka Upperi or Kaya Varuthathu, these salted fried banana chips are loved by one and all.
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Sharkara Varatti
Made with plantains and jaggery, Sharkara Varatti is sweet versions of Upperi.
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Naranga Curry
Naranga Curry is not a curry but a pickle that is served in a traditional Onam Sadhya. Vadukapuli Naranga Achar is made with lemons, shallots, ginger and chillies.
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Pachadi
Pachadi can be of various types. It is cooked with bottle gourd or yellow cucumbers or even pumpkin. They’re finished with a tadka of mustard seeds, cumin, red chillies and curry leaves.
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Olan
Olan is made of pumpkin and pulses with coconut milk as its base. The dish is an accurate balance to rice and other curries.
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Erissery
Erissery is a thick curry made from pumpkin, black-eyed peas and coconut.
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Ayiyal
Avial is a thick mixture of 13 vegetables and coconut, seasoned with coconut oil and curry leaves.
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Neyy
Neyy is ghee commonly used in cuisine to amp up the aromatic quotient of Onam Sadhya.
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Thoran
Kerala-style traditional Thoran is a dry vegetable dish made with grated coconut, mustard seeds, curry leaves and turmeric powder.
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Parippu Curry
Parippu Curry is a thick curry lentil dish eaten with rice, papadum and ghee.
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Chenna Mezhkkupuratti
Chenna Mezhkkupuratti is a rich and healthy stir fry made for yam. The spices added into this makes it a lovely dish.
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Sambhar
Sambar is a lentil-based vegetable stew/porridge/soup cooked with pigeon pea and tamarind broth.
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Pulissery
Pulissery is a sour, yellow-coloured thin curry made with slightly soured yoghurt and cucumber.
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Kaalan
Kaalan is made of yogurt, coconut and a vegetable like nendran (plantain) or a tuber-like yam.
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Moru Kachiyathu
Moru Kachiyathu is a simple and delicious Kerala-style seasoned buttermilk.
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Kichadi
Kichadi is a cuisine made of rice and lentils, but a curd-based dish usually served as a side dish for rice on Onam Sadhya leaf.
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Rasam
Rasam is clear and spicy, made with tamarind, tomatoes, and spices like black pepper, asafoetida, coriander, chilli pepper, etc., and so much more.
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Kootu Curry
Koottukari or Koottu curry is a thick yellow curry made with vegetables like yam, ash gourd, carrots, banana and coconut, and legumes.
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Inji Thayir
Inji Thayir is a simple dish made with yogurt grated ginger, finely chopped green chillies and curry leaves.
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Poovan Pazham
Poovan Pazham is a small type of banana grown traditionally across Kerala.
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Pazham Pradhaman
Pazham Pradhaman is a plantain pudding made with sweet ripe bananas, coconut milk, jaggery, cardamom and ghee.
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Palada Pradhaman
Palada Pradhaman is a delicious dessert made with rice and milk. An authentic dish made during Onam and a perfect way to end the feast.