Happy Onam !!!

The most celebrated festival of Malayalees..🌺🌺

This time it was on Weekdays. 

As we didn't had Holidays here waited patiently till weekend for the celebrations. 

Today / Saturday morning entered Kitchen and started cooking the dishes one after the other. 

In the end husband was kind of amazed and started asking when am I going to stop. 

Cooking for sadya is such pleasing experience.

My Sadya included these dishes this time . 

Going to type down the Recipes as soon i get some time.

3 pachadis/Raitas,

Cucumber Raita (salt)

Betroot Raita (sweet)

Bittergourd Raita (bitter)

Cabbage-Carrot  Thoran 

Mango pulisseri 

Aviyal

Pumbkin Erusseri

Koottu curry

Sambar

Rasam

Pappadam

Vermicelli Payasam

Kadala parippu Payasam

Banana

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Coconut mix for all curries:

For almost all of the recipes we will be needing this. Grind around 3 cups of coconut adding 3 tsp Cumin powder,  1 sp chopped garlic  and set aside.

Tempering for all curries :

Pour half cup oil in a frying pan, splutter 3 sp mustard seeds, fry some dry chillies (around 6 ) & curry leaves. 

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3 pachadis/Raitas,

Marinate 2 cup of sliced bitter gourd with 1 tsp salt, 2 tsp chilly, ½ tsp turmeric and set aside for frying.

Peel and cut cucumber in small cubes (around 2 cups). Add 1 tsp salt, half cup water and allow to cook closed.

Peel and cut beetroot and allow to cook closed adding salt, 1tsp chilly powder and some water .

Meanwhile heat oil in a deep frying pan. Fry the bittergourd pieces till they turn light brown. Drain them with a tissue paper when they are done.

Add  around ¾ cup of coconut mix to the cooked cucumber . And cook covered for 5 min . Set aside to cool down.

Grind the cooked beetroot add  around ¾ cup coconut to this. Cook covered for 5 min.

Add around ¾ cup coconut mix to cooked cucumber. Cook covered for 5 min.

Add 1 cup jogurt to each of the raitas . 

Mix well . Add 1 full spoon of tempering to each of the recipes.

The Pachadis are ready .

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