Palada Payasam - Kerala Style Palada Pradhaman Recipe In Pressure Cooker

Kerala palada payasam / Palada pradhaman recipe without condensed milk/milk maid using pressure cooker. Palada payasam is a creamy, rich Kerala payasam recipe that is made specially during festivals like Onam, Vishu. It is made with cows milk, sugar and ada (rice chips). 

Some people add condensed milk by reducing the quantity of sugar. But the traditional and authentic version is made by boiling and cooking ada in milk in a thick wide pan called Uruli in Malayalam. Milk gets reduced and becomes pink (pale rose) in color. This makes the payasam looks pink. But here I used store bought ada. I cooked the ada using pressure cooker and added in thickened, sweetened milk. It was very creamy and white not pinkish. It has become my favorite payasam now. Iam happy that I have tried Kerala's most popular Ada pradhaman and palada payasam for this year's onam sadya. Lets see how to make Kerala style palada payasam with step by step photo.

Palada payasam Recipe

Palada payasam using store bought ada made in a pressure cooker

Cuisine: Kerala

Category: Sweet

Serves: Serves 3

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 40 Minutes

Total time: 50 Minutes

INGREDIENTS
1 cup - 250ml

Store bought ada - 1/2 cup Sugar- 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup Full fat milk – 1 liter (OR cow's milk) Cardamom - 3 nos ( crushed) Cashews & raisins - few Ghee - 2 tbsp Salt -a pinch

METHOD

Wash and Soak the ada in hot water for 30 minutes & pressure cook it in medium flame for 1 whistle adding water twice the quantity of ada. Don’t worry even if ada turns slightly mushy because if you put them in milk ,it will separate. Remove the ada and set aside. Alternately, you can soak the small sized ada in hot water. Quantity of ada doubles after soaking. Wash the soaked ada in cold water and then add to boiling milk. You can skip pressure cooker step.  Boil the milk in a pan and keep stirring to avoid burnt bottom. Boil the milk till it reduces to half. Milk turns pale rose in color. Now add the cooked ada , boil and cook the ada in milk. Lastly add sugar and mix till it dissolves . Boil for sometime till the desired consitency is reached. If you wish you can add condensed milk at this stage by reducing sugar. Add cardamom powder and roasted nuts. Switch off the flame.  Enjoy !

Note

Adjust the quantity of sugar as per your taste. Use full fat milk for rich taste.

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Kerala Ulli Sambar Recipe - Kerala Sambar For Idli, Dosa & Rice

For every Onam sadya menu,I love to try varieties of Kerala style sambar.I have tried Mixed vegetable sambar and Arachuvitta sambar. This year, I prepared Kerala Ulli sambar/Onion(Shallot) sambar without coconut for the first time from Kothiyavunu. It was easy to make without coconut, grinding job and tasted yummy just like restaurant style sambar. It was a good side dish for idli,dosa & tiffin varieties like pongal,upma and it was also a good accompaniment for plain rice.We loved this sambar very much.The highlight of this recipe is that the spice powders are roasted and mixed with the sambar at the end.It gives a superb flavor to the sambar and tastes more like hotel ones.You can try this sambar for mini idli.It tastes awesome with ghee.Do try this easy sambar recipe for this Onam sadya and enjoy.Lets see the preparation of Kerala style ulli sambar .

Check out our Tamil nadu style Vengaya sambar recipe for rice.

Kerala Ulli Sambar Recipe

Kerala Ulli Sambar Recipe - How to make Shallot/Small Onion sambar for idli,dosa & rice

Cuisine: Kerala

Category: Side dish

Serves: Serves 4

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 200ml Toor dal - 1/2 cup Tamarind - Medium lemon size Coconut oil – 1 tbsp ( for sauting) Small onion/Shallots - 20 nos Green chillies – 1-2 nos Curry leaves - few Tomato - 1 no Red chilli powder - 1 tsp Coriander powder - 2 tsp Sambar powder – 1 tbsp Salt & water - as needed Jaggery – 1/2 tsp To temper Coconut oil - 1 tbsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp Hing/Asafetida - a pinch Red chilli - 1 no To garnish Coriander leaves - as needed

METHOD

Soak tamarind in war water and take the extract using 1 cup of water.Pressure cook toor dal adding enough water,turmeric powder & a pinch of hing.Mash well and set aside. Heat oil in a kadai and saute the small onions,green chillies,curry leaves till onion turns transparent. Add the tomato pieces,salt & saute till mushy. Add the tamarind extract,turmeric powder and boil well. Add jaggery.After the onions are cooked well,add the mashed dal. Heat oil in a kadai and when its heated , splutter mustard seeds,cumin seeds,hing,sambar powder,red chilli powder & dhania powder.Mix well in medium flame and add everything to the sambar.Boil well for a minute.Add raw curry leaves.Switch off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves. Enjoy ! Visit my Onam Sadya recipes here

Note

Make sure you don’t burn the masala powders while roasting. Adding them at the end is the highlight of this ulli sambar.So do follow the same. Add more chilli powder & sambar powder as per your taste. You can also add big onions if you don’t have small onions in hand.But small onions gives the nice flavor.

Enjoy Kerala style Ulli sambar with by mixing with plain rice & ghee.It can also be had with Idli,dosa & pongal !

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Ada Pradhaman Recipe - Kerala Style Onam Payasam Recipes

Ada Pradhaman is an yummy, traditional Kerala style dessert recipe (Payasam recipe) that is made specially during Onam and Vishu. Onam sadya would not be complete without Ada pradhaman. Last year I tried Palada pradhaman by making homemade ada(Rice chips) using rice flour.

This time I found a packet of readymade ada in a nearby store. So I bought them and tried both palada pradhaman( with milk & sugar) and Ada pradhaman( with coconut milk & jaggery) recipes. My job became much easier with store bought ada. I referred Kitchentreats and few video for making Ada pradhaman. It came out very well. The flavor and taste of cooked ada with jaggery syrup and coconut milk was awesome. We had two bowls of this ada payasam after having the splendid Onam Sadya lunch. Color of this payasam may vary based on the color of jaggery. Some people also make it using Milkmaid / condensed milk or cows milk. But its not the traditional method. Ok, Lets see the preparation of Kerala style Ada pradhaman recipe.

Check out my Onam sadya lunch menu ideas and recipes herea !!

Ada pradhaman Recipe

Ada Pradhaman using store bought ada

Cuisine: Kerala

Category: Sweet

Serves: Serves 3

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 250ml Store bought ada - 1/2 cup Grated Jaggery - 1 cup Thin Coconut milk – 1/2 cup Thick coconut milk - 1 cup Cardamom - 2 nos ( crushed) Roasted coconut - 2 tbsp Cashews and raisins - optional Ghee - 2 tbsp Milk – as needed (optional)

HOW TO MAKE ADA PRADHAMAN - METHOD

Soak the ada in hot water for 30 minutes & pressure cook it in medium flame for 1 whistle adding water twice the quantity of ada. Don’t worry even if ada turns slightly mushy because if you put them in jaggery syrup,it will separate. Remove the ada and set aside.  Alternately, you can soak the ada in hot water for 30 minutes. Drain and wash in cold water to retain its shape. I follow this step if the ada is small in size. I use Double horse brand for small sized ada.  Chop a coconut slice into small pieces. Chop the cashews and roast everything in ghee. Adding nuts is optional. Add to the payasam at the end. Slice the coconut using the back of ladle or knife OR grate a medium sized coconut. Grind it adding 1 cup of water. Strain the thick coconut milk. This is first milk. Set aside. Again grind the mixture adding 1/2 cup of water and take the second milk. Keep aside. In a wide bowl, melt the jaggery and strain the syrup to remove the impurities. Add this syrup to the cooked ada. Boil well. Add the 2nd milk and boil for few minutes. Roll boil till its becomes thick and creamy. Lastly add the first milk. Lower the flame completely. Mix well , give one boil in very low flame if needed. Pradhaman should not roll boil after adding first coconut milk. It may curdle. So switch off the stove after adding the first milk..  Lastly add the crushed cardamom powder, roasted coconut pieces, cashews and raisins and add to the payasam. Ada pradhaman thickens as it cools down.  Enjoy !

Note

Adjust the quantity of jaggery as per your taste. Adding dark colored jaggery /Paagu vellam gives a nice color to this payasam. Adding cashews & dry grapes in optional. But don’t skip roasted coconut. Add more coconut milk  & ghee for rich taste.

Try this tasty ada pradhaman payasam for Onam and enjoy with your family !

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Onam Sadhya Lunch Menu Recipes - How To Make Kerala Onam Sadya At Home

I wish all my readers and friends a very happy Onam.”ONAM ASHAMSAKAL” !! I am happy to post my 4th Onam sadya menu. This year’s Onam festival is falling on August 29 , 2023. I have been sharing Kerala Onam sadya lunch menu ideas for the past 3 years successfully. Every year I wait for Onam festival to make this feast and I always wish to make it better than my previous onam sadya lunch menu.

This year I prepared nearly 18 dishes, bought few from stores and served 25 dishes in Banana leaf. It took nearly 3 hours for me to make this thali. In my 5 years of cooking, this is the first time I cooked & clicked continuously for 3-4 hours and that too lots of varieties. All the dishes came out very well. Sendhil & Raksha gave a big thumbs up and had a hearty meal. 

This year I tried Ada pradhaman, Kootu curry, Carrot kichadi, Kerala Ulli sambar and Sambaram recipes for the first time by referring few blogs. I have posted most of the recipes with stepwise pictures in my Onam sadya menu 1 & 2.

So I have shared those links and the blogs from which I followed the remaining dishes. I have also discussed the method I followed to cook the sadya easily. I hope beginners would find it useful. Lets see how to make Onam sadya lunch recipes at home with some preparatory works.

Check out my Onam sadya Menu - 1 

Onam sadya Menu - 2 

Onam sadya Menu - 3

 

Onam sadya recipes

Kerala Onam Sadya Lunch Menu ideas

Cuisine: Kerala

Category: Lunch menu

Serves: Serves 3-4

Prep time: 60 Minutes

Cook time: 120 Minutes

Total time: 180 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

Recipes list - Main course Rice - 1 cup ( I used red rice) Parippu curry Ulli Sambar/onion sambar Kerala rasam Moru curry Side dishes Puli inji/Inji curry Carrot kichadi Cucumber pachadi/Velrikai pachadi Kalan Olan Mathanga Vanpayar Erissery Chena Mezhukkuppuratti Pulissery Avial Kootu curry Pickles & Payasam Ginger pickle (Store bought) Upperi ( Store bought) Chakka Varuthathu/Jackfruit chips (-do-) Nendran chips/Banana chips (-do-) Banana Ada pradhaman  Palada pradhaman Vermicelli payasam/Semiya payasam Chana dal payasam Sambaram Other recipes u may wish to try Unniappam Paal Payasam Chakka pradhaman Eggless Achappam/Rose cookies Varutharacha sambar

HOW TO MAKE ONAM SADYA - METHOD

Plan the menu and buy the vegetables accordingly. Soak the tamarind and pulses in over night or do it in the early morning. In the morning soak the vanpayar/Cowpeas & brown chana separately in hot water for making Erissery & Kootu curry. It will take around 4 hours to soak. I used 2 cookers of 3 liter capacity for making this menu. Grate 2 coconuts or slice the coconut with a help of ladle OR using a knife. Grind it in a big mixie jar without adding water and keep aside. Take the required amount of coconut for each dish. Most of the dishes call for grinding coconut +green chilli+ jeera to a smooth paste. So grind it by taking a portion of coconut. Keep it and use wherever needed. Use the remaining coconut for taking coconut milk. Add in payasam. Soak the Ada in water for 30 minutes if it is store bought. I bought ada from stores and soaked in hot water for 30 minutes before I pressure cook it. Dry roast the moong dal in a pressure cooker base for making parippu curry. In the same cooker, take toor dal in a closed box and keep it inside. Cook both the dals adding water, turmeric powder, a red chilli & hing. In the mean time, you can chop the vegetables for sambar, avial, olan, pulisssery, pachadi, kichadi & inji curry. By this time, steam would be released from the cooker. Remove the toor dal box and mash the dal well. Similarly mash the moong dal too. Add little ground coconut paste to moong dal and boil well. In another cooker base, add the soaked ada. Keep a bowl and put the cut chena/Yam pieces. Add little water, salt. Cover it with a plate and put some Pumpkin pieces/Mathanga along with chopped Ash gourd. Everything gets cooked well in one whistle under low flame. After removing this, cook the red rice adding 1:12 water and drain the excess water. Keep the rice aside. Make sambar, rasam and other dishes. Make the payasam at the end !

Make this feast on Onam and enjoy !

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Kerala Veg Biryani Recipe-Malabar Veg Dum Biryani-Sunday Lunch Recipes 5

Sorry friends.I was not able to post this recipe last Sunday as I travelled to Palani, Tamil nadu. It was an unexpected trip. So I am posting this yummy Kerala style Vegetable layered biryani recipe for this week’s Sunday Lunch Recipes series-5.

Generally Kerala biryani / Malabar biryani is mostly done with chicken or mutton. But when I saw this Kerala style veg biryani recipe in this and this blogs, I became very happy and bookmarked them immediately. I was expecting coconut in the recipe but to my surprise the recipe and making is very similar to Hyderabad DUM biryani sans saffron. I just combined both the blog recipes and it came out awesome. I was happy with this Kerala style Veg DUM biryani recipe. Everyone loved its taste & flavor. 

If you don’t want to follow DUM method, you can make it simple by just sauting everything in cooker base as we do for our normal biryani. I had tried this in either ways. It tastes good. So try this biryani for your family, friends & relatives and take the credits!!  Lets see how to make this Kerala Vegetable biryani recipe !

Kerala vegetable biryani - Malabar style

Malabar style vegetable biryani - Kerala Veg biryani recipe

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Lunch

Serves: 3

Prep time: 60 Minutes

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 80 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

Basmati rice - 1 Cup (I used India gate) Cloves – 3 nos Cinnamon – 1 inch piece Cardamom – 2 nos Water – 1.5 cups Ghee – 1 tsp For Gravy Ghee – 3 tbsp  (OR use oil + ghee in equal measure) Bayleaf – 1 no Kalpasi/Black stone flower – 2 nos Big onion - 2 nos Ginger & Garlic Paste – 2tsp Green chilli paste – 1 tsp( grind 3-4 nos) Tomato – 1 no ( finely chopped) Garam masala powder or Biryani masala powder - 1/2 tbsp Chilli powder/Pepper powder – 1/2 tsp ( optional) Yogurt - 2 tbsp Mixed vegetables - 1/2 cup ( 1 carrot, 5 beans, handful of peas, 1 big potato) To  roast & garnish Ghee- 1 tbsp Big onion - 1 no Cashews - few Coriander & mint leaves – few Lemon juice – as needed

HOW TO MAKE KERALA VEG BIRYANI - METHOD

Wash and soak the basmati rice for 30 minutes to 1 hour. Cook the rice in a pot or kadai adding 1.5 cups of water by adding cinnamon, cardamom, cloves. Cover cook in medium flame till rice is cooked 3/4th. Remove the rice once all the water is absorbed by it. Spread it in a plate and fluff it with a fork. Set aside. Wash and chop all the vegetables. In a pressure cooker base, heat ghee, saute bayleaf and kalpasi. Add  the gg paste and green chilli paste. Saute till raw smell emanates completely. Now add the onion slices. Now add the finely chopped tomato pieces. Saute till it turns mushy. Now add the garam masala or biryani masala powder. Mix well. Check for taste and add chilli powder or pepper powder if needed. Lastly add the vegetables, salt and curd. Mix well. Add little water(say 1/2 cup) & pressure cook in high flame for one whistle.( Do not over cook the veggies.One whistle in high flame would do). After the steam is released, open the cooker & mix the masala. Make sure the masala is not too dry. If it looks dry, add 1/4 cup of water, give a boil & make it wet with some moisture content. Heat 1 tbsp of ghee in a kadai & roast onions & cashews till golden brown. Set aside. HOW TO LAYER THE RICE FOR BIRYANI : Now take a kadai or a pot with flat bottom. Spread one layer of rice & sprinkle few drops of lemon juice. Now spread a layer of cooked vegetable masala over the rice. Sprinkle some finely chopped mint and coriander leaves. Again spread the rice, then masala and mint leaves. Repeat the same until all the rice and masala are over. Lastly add the fried onions, cashews. Cover the kadai with a suitable tight flat lid. HOW TO PUT IN DUM : Heat a dosa pan in high flame for 3 minutes & after the pan is heated well, simmer the flame completely. Keep the biryani pot/Kadai. Boil water in a bowl and keep the boiled water above the biryani pot/kadai. Let it sit for 10 minutes in very low flame.  If you feel, vapour comes out of the kadai, wrap the mouth of kadai/Pot with thermal foil before you put in dum. If you have a tight lid, then you don’t have to wrap the pan. After 10 minutes, remove the pan and fluff the rice with a fork. Serve hot with raita. Enjoy !

Note

Adjust the quantity of spices as per your taste. U can also add saffron soaked milk while layering. U can put the dum using pressure cooker but keep the cooker directly over very low flame for 5-10 minutes.

Have this yummy Kerala Malabar Vegetable biryani recipe. I served it with onion raita and made Gulab Jamun for dessert !

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Eggless Rose Cookies/Achu Murukku Recipe - Kerala Achappam Without Egg

As far as I know achu murukku/rosette cookies/rose cookies is very popular in Kerala and is called as achappam in Malayalam. Recently when I was browsing for some Christmas special recipes, I found achu murukku without egg is made for Christmas by people in and around Nagercoil. And this is my most favourite snack too. I just love its mild sweetness with flavour of coconut milk.

Whenever my neighbour Mrs. Prema visits her native place in Kerala, I tell her to buy a packet of achappam and coconut oil halwa especially for me. As a big fan of this achappam, I wanted to try them in my kitchen for long time and bought achu murukku mould from Salem, Tamil nadu long back. I tried once some months ago but I couldn’t make it properly. 

Yesterday I tried it again after referring this and this recipe. I made some slight changes in ingredients as per my convenience and taste. To my surprise, it came out really well and I was so happy and proud that I could make it well without eggs.

To make a perfect eggless rose cookies, the consistency of batter and heating point of oil is more important. I have explained them in Method section below. Also go through my notes before you start if you are a beginner. Ok, Lets see how to make this eggless rose cookies/Achu murukku/Kerala achappam without egg at home easily.

Eggless achu murukku recipe/Rose cookies recipe

Eggless achu murukku recipe/Rose cookies recipe for Christmas Celebration.

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Sweet

Serves: 15 nos

Prep time: 5 Minutes

Cook time: 5 Minutes

Total time: 10 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 250ml Raw rice flour - 1/2 cup Maida - 2 tbsp Powdered sugar - 3 tbsp ( use 1/4 cup for more sweetness) Salt - a pinch Cardamom - 2 nos Water + Coconut milk - 1/2 cup +1/4 cup ( 1-2 tbsp more of water)

HOW TO MAKE ACHAPPAM - METHOD

Powder 1/4 cup of sugar and 2 cardamom seeds together. Measure 1/4 cup from it and set aside. In a deep bowl, sieve the maida, rice flour, salt and sugar powder. Mix water + coconut milk and add it to the sieved ingredients. The consistency of batter should be slightly thinner than dosa batter. Add little more water to adjust the consistency if needed. Heat oil in a kadai and dip the mould in oil till use. The mould should be hot. Add a pinch of batter to check the heat of oil and as soon as it rises, keep the flame completely low and dip 3/4th of the mould in the batter. When you dip the mould in batter,u should get a ssshhh sound. Immediately keep the mould in oil. Do not touch the mould till bottom of kadai as it may stick. As soon as you keep the mould inside the oil, it will become foamy and the batter starts to cook. Leave it for 30 seconds in very low flame. Do not wait for the murukku to half cook because you may not be able to release it. You can shake the mould and release the murukku OR hold the mould in one hand and release the corners of murukku from the mould using a knife in other hand. You need to do this way for 3 to 4 murukku. After that Murukku will release in oil and gets cooked. Cook for 30 seconds and flip the murukku. Again cook for 30 seconds till bubbles cease n murukku turns golden brown lightly. Murukku will be soft while you remove but it turns crispy and hard as it cools down. Remove in a tissue paper and drain the oil. Store in an air tight box after it cools down. Again keep the mould in hot oil and increase the flame. Keep it for few seconds and dip in batter. Reduce the flame and cook it as mentioned above. Repeat the same process. Remember to cook in low flame to get nice color. Also increase the flame as soon as you remove the murukku from the flame. By doing this way, you can adjust the heating level and murukku cooks uniformly. I would like to mention one more point here..i.e the top portion takes more time than the bottom. So cook the top portion for more time, 45 seconds and then flip, cook the other side.  It stays good for weeks but I bet the box would be empty before that.

Note

Adding the correct quantity of water/coconut milk is more important to make perfect achu murukku. If you add less water,batter will be thick and rose cookies will be hard n chewy. If you add more water, batter will become thin and it won’t coat properly in the mould. So the consistency of batter is much more important. The heating point of oil is also more important. If it is too hot, color of achu murukku turns dark brown. So you should cook in low flame at perfect heating point. Some recipes have suggested to shake the mould after dropping in oil to release the murukku. But I felt the shape of murukku gets changed while shaking the mould. So I followed knife method. The batter won’t coat the mould if the mould is not hot. So don’t forget to heat the mould every time before dipping in batter.

Do try these yummy eggless rose cookies for this Christmas and have a great celebration !!

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ONAM SADYA RECIPES - KERALA LUNCH MENU LIST

WISH U ALL A VERY HAPPY ONAM CELEBRATION !

Onam festival is the most anticipated day for me to express my passion for Kerala food. Basically Sendhil loves coconut based recipes a lot and I am a big fan of Kerala style dishes. Not just the food, I love Kerala sarees and their traditional ornaments too. So every year during Onam, I never fail to make sadya feast at home to treat Sendhil and myself with varieties of Kerala delicacies. For the past two years, I have been posting the same different sadya menu list. And this year too, I was eagerly waiting to post this sadya menu.

Every year I love to attempt some new sadya special items for the menu and I prepared Ada pradhaman & Palada Pradhaman recipes using homemade Ada. Pineapple payasam and Pineapple pachadi as suggested by my neighbour Mrs.Prema. Mathanga erissery and kaya mezhukkupuratti out of my own wish. I referred many of our Kerala bloggers websites and I have given the links as well. Thanks to one & all for sharing these wonderful recipes with us.

For other sadya recipes like Kerala sambar, Rasam,Thoran, Puli inji, Parippu curry and avial, I referred my previous sadya recipes. All the recipes came out very well and we enjoyed this Onam feast well in advance. Here you go, my Onam sadya recipes for you all. Hope I have followed the correct serving order too.. I Wish all my readers and friends a very happy Onam.”ONAM ASHAMSAKAL” !!

HOW TO MAKE ONAM SADYA EASILY

I couldn’t take stepwise pictures for this sadya but I have shared some pictures of how I made this sadya quickly. Last year when I made sadya, I noticed that most of my time was spent in pre preparatory works like grating coconut, extracting coconut milk, grinding masalas, chopping vegetables and for cooking dals & vegetables.

So this year I wanted to make all these works simple and easy. Instead of grating 2 coconuts, I made small slices of it using a ladle with thick edge and blunt handle as you see in the picture below. I did not use knife as I am afraid of using it. Use knife only if you are confident of handling it and make sure your mixie blades are in good condition else it may break. Then I dry ground all the coconut slices together and divided them into 2 parts. I used one part for taking coconut milk and the other part for masala. It saved lot of time for me.

Also I pressure cooked dals for parippu curry and sambar together in my big pressure cooker by placing moong dal in the bottom of cooker and toor dal for sambar in a tiffin box. Please refer the picture. U can even keep a plate of mixed vegetables required for sambar over the toor dal.

For cooking Vanpayar and vegetables for olan, kalan and erissery, I again used my big cooker and cooked them together by keeping one above the other in small bowls and plates. As all these veggies gets cooked in one go, you just have to add them in coconut mixture and boil it. For thoran, I cooked it in my small cooker by keeping in high flame for two whistles.

For pradhaman, I prepared homemade ada. So I made it in the previous night and stored in refrigerator. Also I cleaned & chopped pineapple pieces and kept in a zip lock cover and refrigerated it. When you have ada & pineapple cubes ready in hand, you can make these payasam recipes very quickly.

All these pre preparatory jobs got over in 30 minutes & cooking took nearly one hour. This entire sadya took 1.5 hours totally. Do follow these techniques and make your sadya feast quickly & easily. Do share your methods of quick cooking in the comment section so that others get benefitted.

Disclaimer: I know these are not the authentic method of cooking Kerala food but to make my job easier, I followed these steps and I hope it would help beginners. Friends, please excuse me.

Onam sadya menu

Sadya recipes for Onam festival !

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Lunch

Serves: Serves 2-3

Prep time: 30 Minutes

Cook time: 60 Minutes

Total time: 90 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

Please click on the recipes   Kerala parippu curry Puli inji curry Avial Kerala varutharacha sambar OR Ulli sambar Kerala rasam Thoran ( I used carrot & beans instead of cabbage) Mezhukkupuratti ( I used raw banana instead of beans) Olan Moru curry Other sadya recipes in my blog Kerala paal payasam Unniappam Chakka pradhaman Ada Pradhaman Palada Payasam Semiya payasam Click on the recipes to see the blogs from which I tried these recipes. Thank u friends. Everything came out very well. Mathanga vanpayar erissery Pineapple payasam ( I din’t grind pineapple, I used small pieces instead)  Homemade ada

I have made separate posts for some of the above mentioned recipes with stepwise pictures. Please click on the link for the recipe.Thanks for visiting this page. Hope you will try all these recipes and like it. Once again, I wish you all a very happy Onam. Enjoy the feast!

WISH U ALL A VERY HAPPY ONAM CELEBRATION !!

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