Onam Feast

Recipes for the side dishes and main courses of the traditional Ona Sadhya, as recorded in my mother's recipe book. She used to do this entire meal, which was then served and eaten on banana leaves - a full day or more of effort.

As I am short on time and won't be able to add in all my mother's recipes before Onam, I'm going to provide links alongside each sadya item to other great recipes online.

Jeera Aloo

This is a dry dish which goes well with a simple yellow dal and rice or hot phulkas.


Ingredients:

• 2-3 large potatoes
• 1/2 inch ginger root
• 1 green chilly
• 1 tbsp oil
• 2 small/medium tomatoes
• Large pinch of hing (asafoetida)
• Jeera powder
• Dhania powder
• Jeera seeds
• Oil
• Salt