Onam Recipes
Onam is the national festival of Kerala. It marks the homecoming of legendary King Mahabali and is an annual harvest festival. It is a popular festival among the cultural repertoire of Malayalees, and falls in the month of Chingam (August/September as per the Gregorian calendar), the first month of the Malayalam calendar, and lasts for ten days. Traditionally celebrated as a harvest festival, mythologically it is linked to Malayalee–Hindu folktales; but Onam is celebrated by people of all religions .
- Pavakka Kichadi
- Pavakka Pachadi
- Fruit and Vegetable Pachadi
- Kerala Mango Pachadi
- Kumbalanga Olan
- Amaranth Leaves and Coconut Milk Curry
- Istoo
- Koottukari
- Mampazha Kalan
- Nenthrakkaya Kalan
- Cochin Fish Mollie
- Malabar Shrimp Fry
- Cheera (Red Spinach) Cutlet
- Cheera Thoran
- Ginger Pachadi
- Malabar Appam
- Paruppu Puttu
- Kuzhal Puttu
- Banana Erucherry
- Injithair
- Pineapple Pachadi
- Coconut Milk Rasam
- Kachiya Moru
- Naranga Curry
- Lady's Finger Kichadi
- Vazhakkai Kalan
- Mambazha Pulusherry
- Erissery with Pumpkin
- Erissery with Yam
- Brinjal Theeyal
- Payar Thoran
- Beans Thoran
- Spinach Thoran
- Cabbage Thoran
- Sarkarapuratty
- Vazhakkai (Plantain) Chips
- Ela Ada
- Nei Payasam
- Moong Dal Payasam
- Paruppu Payasam
- Wheat Payasam
- Parippu Pradhaman
- Ada Pradhaman
- Kootu Curry
- Moru Kalan
- Parippu Curry
- Olan
- Tomato Rasam
- Pesarattu
- Theeyal
- Palada Pradhaman
- Moru Curry
- Dry Fruit Kesari
- Tomato Pachadi
- Banana Halwa
- Cucumber Pachadi
- Erissery
- Mango Pickle - Kerala Style
- Rice Puttu
- Pal Payasam
Tips & Articles
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Celebrate Onam with Grand Onasadya
Onam is the harvest festival of Kerala and is celebrated with gaiety and fervor. Following three months of heavy rain, the sky becomes a clear blue; brooks and streams come alive; lotuses and lilies a...