7: 00 am, Saturday morning, Thiruvonam Day 2021 π΅; no hurry to rush to the kitchen and start with the cooking π….I had it under control or at least I believed so… The To Do list for the cooking spree on Saturday morning ran like this π Extract the thick and thin coconut milk for…
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A bespoke Onam Sadya πΊ Part π
I can’t call it a traditional Onam sadya; we had 10 dishes with 8 veg and 2 non-veg, plus 3 payasams. It was a potluck sadya too, our guests were gracious enough to bring 2 dishes and 2 payasams. Hubs was skeptical, “Have you ever seen a Onam sadya spread with non-veg dishes !?” He…
Onam nostalgia π΅
It’s that time of the year again, closer that I thought; Thiruvonam is on 21 August, Saturday. All are in a festive spirit with the schools closed on Friday, a holiday on account of Muharram and Sunday is Raksha Bandhan. The Onam sadya (feast) has more than 20 items (vegetarian) served on a banana leaf…
The making of our Onam Pookkalam πΈ
Happy Onam dear readers πΉ !! Yesterday, 31 Aug was the Thiru Onam Day. This time, I decided to make a Pookkalam at home and just to make things merrier why not hold an online Pookkalam competition in the family WhatsApp group !? Yup, we did just that and like all good competitions this one…
Good times ahead π
Shashi Tharoor wrote “If America is a melting pot, then to me India is a thali, a selection of sumptuous dishes in different bowls. Each tastes different and does not necessarily mix with the next, but they belong together on the same plate and they complement each other in making the meal a satisfying repast.”…
On this Onam Occasion…πΈπΌ
Last week was Onam in Kerala; to be exact Wednesday 11, Sep was the Thiruvonam day. Schools close for a week; office goers combine the Muharram holiday on 10 Sep, Tuesday, Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi on 13 Sep, Friday and the 2nd Saturday on 14 Sep and make it a week long celebration too !! There were…
Happy Onam
The most well known symbol of the Onam celebrations in Kerala is the Flower carpet called Pookalam in Malayalam. Onam is the harvest festival in Kerala. The celebrations are not confined within the borders of the state. Though families make it a point to travel home to celebrate Onam; the Malayalee diaspora across the world…
Miles and smiles 