Feast In the honour of king Mahabali

The city is gearing up for Onam festivities and no celebration is complete without the traditional sadhya comprising parippu, sambar, rasam, pulis seri, kalan, avial, thoran, pachadi, papadam, buttermilk, and plantain chips. Unnikrishnan Namboodiri and his team has come down from Thrissur to anchor the spread for restaurant chain Ente Keralam. He shares his recipes with us.

By :  migrator
Update: 2016-09-11 14:57 GMT
Ada Pradhaman, Pachadi, Kalan

Chennai

ADA PRADHAMAN

Ingredients

Ada(rice flakes): 300 gms 

Jaggery: 300 gms 

Coconut milk (2nd pressed): 500 ml, 

Coconut milk (1st pressed): 300 ml 

Ginger powder :  1 tsp 

Cardomum powder: 1 tsp 

Cumin power: 1 tsp 

Ghee: 50 ml 

Cashewnuts: 10gms

Method 

Melt jaggery in water to get a thick consistency, pass through a strainer and keep aside. 

Saute the ada in ghee and to this add the jaggery syrup and boil. Add the second pressed coconut milk and boil to a thick consistency. 

To this thickened mixture add the first pressed milk, powdered cumin, cardamom and ginger powder. Garnish with fried cashewnuts.

PACHADI

Ingredients

Pineapple: 500 gms 

Chilli powder: 5 gms 

Turmeric powder: 2 gms 

Water: 500 ml 

Salt: to taste 

Sugar: 70 gms 

Grated coconut: 2 gms 

Mustard seeds: 5 gms 

Curd: 250 ml 

Cumin seeds: 2 gms 

Red chilli (whole): 3 nos 

Curry leaves: 1 bunch 

Coconut oil:  15 ml

Method 

Cut the pineapple into small pieces. 

Boil the pineapple pieces with chilli powder, turmeric powder, green chilli, salt and curry leaves in water. Cook till the water evaporates. 

Make a paste of coconut and half of the mustard seeds. Add this to the cooked pineapple mixture. Add curd and sugar. 

In a pan, add coconut oil and crackle the remaining mustard seeds, cumin seeds, whole red chilli and curry leaves. Add this tempered mixture to curd and add pineapple mixture.

KALAN

Ingredients

Yam: 100 gms 

Raw Kerala Banana: 100 gms 

Green chilli: 20 gms 

Curd: 500 ml 

Curry leaves: 2 bunch 

Red chilli (whole): 3 

Coconut (paste): 1 no 

Mustard seeds: 2 gms 

Coconut oil: 30 ml 

Pepper powder: 15 gms 

Cumin seeds: 2 gms 

Turmeric powder: 5 gms 

Chilli powder: 2 gms 

Asafoetida: 3 gms

Method

Cut yam and raw banana into dices. 

Cook yam and banana along with green chilli, curry leaves, turmeric powder, chilli powder, pepper powder with a small amount of water. 

Beat curd and coconut paste together. Add this to the yam and banana mixture and cook on low flame till the mixture becomes very thick. 

Heat coconut oil and crackle cumin, mustard seeds and whole red chilli along with curry leaves.  

Add this to the thick yam mixture.

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