Collection of Onam Sadya Recipes with 24 Dishes. Popular Onam Sadya Lunch Menu with easy kerala recipes.
Onam Sadya Recipes
Onam is one of Kerala's most awaited annual festivals and is celebrated with much grandeur. The 10-day long fiesta is celebrated during the harvest period of late August and early September to celebrate the homecoming of Kerala's mythical king Mahabali.
About Onam Sadya
Sadhya is a feast of Kerala origin and of importance to all Malayalis, consisting of a variety of traditional vegetarian dishes usually served on a banana leaf in Kerala as lunch. It means banquet in Malayalam. Sadhya is typically served as a traditional dish for Onam, the state festival of Kerala.
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What are the items in Onam Sadya
The main dish is plain boiled rice, served along with other dishes collectively called Kootu which include curries like parippu, sambar, rasam, pulisseri and others like kaalan, avial, thoran, olan, pachadi, kichadi, koottukari, erissery, mango pickle, pulinji, naranga achaar (lime pickle), as well as papadam, plantain chips, sharkara upperi, banana, plain curd and buttermilk. The buttermilk is typically served near the end of the meal. The traditional dessert called payasam served at the end of the meal is of many kinds and usually three or more are served. Some of the varieties are Paal Ada, Ada Pradhaman, Paripu pradhaman, chakka pradhaman, etc.
How to Serve Onam Sadya
The dishes are served on specific places on the banana leaf in specific order. For example, the pickles are served on the top left corner and the banana on the bottom left corner, which helps the waiters to easily identify and decide on offering additional servings. The most common ingredients in all the dishes are rice, vegetables, coconut and coconut oil as they are abundant in Kerala. Coconut milk is used in some dishes and coconut oil is used for frying and also as an ingredient in others.
Here is a closer look of what i made for the sadya. Click on the recipe name for the recipe.
- Beetroot pachadi
- Pineapple pachadi
- cucumber pachadi
- ladies finger pachadi
- instant mango pickle
- Carrot pachadi
- erissery
- narthangai pachadi
- Puli inji
Popular Onam Sadya Recipes (Menu)
1)Raw Banana Poriyal
This is a quick and easy poriyal which is made using Raw banana. It is fast to make and needs just a handful of ingredients
2)Malabar Avial
Avial plays a main part in our south indian meal. Without it no marriage or festival menu is complete. We make avial with a whole lots of veggies and a whole lot of method
3)Beetroot Radish Poriyal
This is simple mezhukkupuratti recipe. I shared this so you can make this for onam instead of normal poriyal.
4)Beans Poriyal
Healthy and delicious green beans thoran is so easy to make and is very healthy as well.
5)Cabbage Thoran
I love this because they are so easy to make in the morning, this one takes less than 15 mins to make.
6)Beetroot Thoran
I love beets when it is made into thoran like this. I don't like the chunky beet poriyal, this one is my favorite. It has a sweeter taste and it smells so coconut from your ground coconut masala and coconut oil which we use. I loved the colour and look of this a lot.
7)Carrot Thoran
Simple kerala style carrot thoran recipe. Super easy and fast to make.
8)Erissery Recipe
Easy healthy erissery recipe.
9)Kalan
Easy Kalan recipe for onam.
10)Kerala Parippu Curry
Simple parippu curry which has a keralan touch to it. It goes well with hot rice with a drizzle of pure desi ghee. Yum Yum.
11)Kerala Style Rasam
Rasam is one of the easiest dish I can imagine. We used to have rasam daily in our house. Mum used to say that rasam is a must because it helps in digestion.
12)Nadan Mambala Kuzhambu
Mamabala pachadi is a thicker form of this gravy and has some extra special things.
13)Pineapple Rasam
Easy delicious pineapple rasam filled with fragrant and deliciousness.
14)Sambar
Sambar plays a important role in south indian menu. We make different types and different version of them suiting of the main dish which we have with it.
15)Pineapple Pulissery
Pineapple pulisery is my favorite curry, because I love the complete pineapple flavour over flowing in this curry and also the sweet flavour coming from this
16)Thalicha Moru Curry
Simple seasoned buttermilk curry
17)Mango Pickle
Sauted mango pickle with spices and tempering.
18)Cucumber Pachadi
Delicious pachadi goes well with spicy curries.
19)Keralan Puli Inji
This is a typical dish during onam festivals. Tangy, sweet and spicy pachadi.
20)Vendaikkai Khichdi (Pachadi)
This is a simple side dish that can be made really quickly. Usually they deep fry ladys finger for this dish but I just sautéd them in some oil till crispy and used it.
21)Pineapple Pachadi
This pachadi taste sweet, sour and spicy at the same time. That's what makes this dish unique.
22)Beetroot Pachadi
Colourful, bright and vibrant pachadi for onam.
23)Paalaada Payasam
Delicious palaada payasam for this onam.
24)Chakka Pradhaman
This is one of my all time favourite payasam. I have made this many times and loved it all the time.
25)Pasi Parippu Pradhaman
26)Kerala Banana Chips
Who doesn’t love banana chips, it is everyone favourite. My little one goes nuts for it. I prefer to make it at home than buying store bought ones. It is very very easy to make.
27)Shakkara Upperi
Sarkara upperi is a kerala authentic sweet recipe made using nendran. This raw banana sweet is a must have on any marriage functions.
Complete Onam Recipes (Complete Sadya Menu)
- Instant Mango Pickle Recipe
- Erissery Recipe
- Beetroot & Radish Poriyal Recipe
- Moong Dal Payasam Recipe
- Beetroot Thoran Recipe
- Vellarikka Curry Recipe
- Vazhakkai Poriyal Recipe
- Purple Cabbage Thoran Recipe
- Cabbage Poriyal Recipe
- Chakka Varattiyathu Recipe
- Beans Potato Avial Recipe
- Wheat Rava Payasam Recipe
- Purple Cabbage & Peas Stir Fry Recipe
- Pumpkin Sambar Recipe
- Paruppu Rasam Recipe
- Kalan Recipe
- Radish Thoran Recipe
- Ada Pradhaman Recipe
- Palada Payasam Recipe
- Curd Rasam Recipe
- Drumstick Sambar Recipe
- Onion Rasam Recipe
- Sambar Recipe
- Carrot & Spring Onion Thoran Recipe
- Raw Mango Pachadi Recipe
- Rice & Sago Kheer Recipe
- Pineapple Rasam Recipe
- Potato Sambar Recipe
- Vengaya Sambar Recipe
- Inji Thayir Pachadi Recipe
- Charu Recipe
- Kothamalli Rasam Recipe
- Neer Mor Recipe
- Arisi Thengai Payasam Recipe
- Pumpkin Pachadi Recipe
- Cucumber Pachadi Recipe
- Vendakkai Avial Recipe
- Thengai Paal Semiya Payasam Recipe
- Carrot Thoran Recipe
- Vendakkai Thoran Recipe
- Garlic Rasam Recipe
- Lemon Rasam Recipe
- Aval Payasam Recipe
- Cabbage Thoran Recipe
- Coconut Milk Rasam Recipe
- Nellikai Thayir Pachadi Recipe
- Vendakkai Sambar Recipe
- Carrot Kheer Recipe
- Nendram Pazham Pradhaman
- Radish Sambar Recipe
- Milagai Pachadi Recipe
- Paal Kanji Recipe
- Tomato Rasam Recipe
- Unniappam Recipe
- Orange Peel Pachadi Recipe
- Rava Payasam Recipe
- Rava Appam Recipe
- Tomato Sambar Recipe
- Pineapple Sago Payasam Recipe
- Ugadi Pachadi Recipe
- Vazhakkai Thoran Recipe
- Vazhakkai Varuval Recipe
- Adai Aviyal Recipe
- Beetroot Pachadi Recipe
- Kerala Style Katti Parippu Recipe
- Nadan Mambazha Kuzhambu Recipe
- Carrot Pachadi Recipe
- Mango Pachadi Recipe
- Purple Cabbage Coconut Poriyal
- Ginger Chutney Recipe
- Tomato Pachadi Recipe
- Puli Inji Recipe
- Moru Curry Recipe
- Vendakkai Pachadi Recipe
- Pineapple Pachadi Recipe
- Mixed Vegetable Thoran
- Ginger Rasam Recipe
- Ulli Theeyal Recipe
- Pineapple Pulissery Recipe
- Pavakka Pachadi Recipe
- Instant Banana Appam Recipe
- Avial | Aviyal Recipe
- Pazham Pori Recipe / Ethakka Appam Recipe / Banana Fritters Recipe
- Raw Banana Yogurt Curry
- Pumpkin Erissery
- Olan Recipe | Kerala Olan
- Sharkara Upperi Recipe - How to Make Sharkara Varatti
- Karamani Poriyal
- Pazham Nirachathu
- Carrot Mezhukkupuratti Recipe - Kerala Style Carrot Stir Fry
- Nadan Kerala Parippu Curry Recipe - Kerala Style Dal Curry Recipe
- Carrot & Potato Poriyal Recipe
- Jackfruit Appam Recipe - Chakka Paniyaram Recipe
- Beans Thoran Recipe - Green Beans Stir Fry Recipe
- Jack Fruit Fritters Recipe - Chakka Appam Recipe
- Raw Banana Thoran Recipe - Spicy Vazhakkai Thoran Recipe
- Beetroot Payasam Recipe
- Gooseberry Pachadi Recipe
- Carrot Sambar Recipe
- Jackfruit Burfi Recipe
Onam Sadya | Onam Sadya Menu | Onam Sadya Recipes
Ingredients
- salt
- banana chips
- upperi
- beans mezhukkupuratti
- Malabar avial
- Carrot thoran
- cabbage thoran
- Raw banana poriyal
- kaalan
- Beetroot pachadi
- Pineapple pachadi
- Cucumber pachadi
- Ladies finger pachadi
- Instant mango pickle
- Carrot pachadi
- Erissery
- Puli inji
- Narthangai Pachadi
- Ada payasam
- Paruppu payasam
- Nendrapazham payasam
- Paruppu
- Sambar
- Pineapple pulissery
- Rasam
- Sambaram
- Olan
Instructions
- Prepare as per directions given in each recipes
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Onam?
Celebrating the rice harvest, Onam is one of the three primary Hindu celebrations, along with Vishu and Thiruvathira.
What are the items for Onam Sadya?
The main dish is plain boiled rice, served along with other dishes collectively called Kootu which include curries like parippu, sambar, rasam, pulisseri and others like kaalan, avial, thoran, olan, pachadi, kichadi, koottukari, erissery, mango pickle, pulinji, naranga achaar (lime pickle), as well as papadam, plantain chips, sharkara upperi, banana, plain curd and buttermilk. The buttermilk is typically served near the end of the meal. The traditional dessert called payasam served at the end of the meal is of many kinds and usually three or more are served. Some of the varieties are Paal Ada, Ada Pradhaman, Paripu pradhaman, chakka pradhaman, etc.
How many dishes in Onam Sadhya?
My onam sadya has 24 dishes. But everyone makes their sadya different.
What is Onam Sadhya?
Sadhya is a feast of Kerala origin and of importance to all Malayalis, consisting of a variety of traditional vegetarian dishes usually served on a banana leaf in Kerala as lunch. It means banquet in Malayalam. Sadhya is typically served as a traditional dish for Onam, the state festival of Kerala.
Which is the main day of Onam 2022?
Onam is celebrated for 10 days. September 7 is the main day.
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