Chena Kaya Erissery- Onam Sadya Recipes

Erissery is a traditional Kerala dish. It is prepared usually with vegetables like yam, plantain or Pumpkin. It gives this dish all its flavor and aroma.It is made of raw plantains and Yams. Erissery is an authentic dish from Kerala and one of the important dishes prepared for Onam Sadya festival. The pulp of the coconut is ground with a little cumin seed added to it. When the whole thing is properly boiled, a few mustard seeds along with scraped coconut pulp fried in coconut oil, is added in to it to give it flavor.Manthanga Erissery is also made with pumpkin and red oriental beans, the recipe which I will upload within few days.

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Prep time	Cook time	Serves
15 mins	10  mins	3 persons

Cuisine: South Indian (Kerala)

Recipe Type: Side dish

Ingredients Chena or Elephant Yam -1  cup Vazhakkai(Raw plaintain) -3/4 cup Red chilli powder -1/2 tsp Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp Salt – to taste To grind Grated coconut -3/4 cup Cumin seeds -1/2 tsp Green chillies -2 no’s Seasonings Mustard seeds -1 tsp Cumin seeds -1 tsp Curry leaves -2sprigs Dry red chillies -2 no’s Coconut oil –as required

Method

1. Wash the yam pieces well and transfer into a kadai. Boil yam and banana with pepper powder, turmeric powder and salt in 1 cup of water.In the meanwhile, grind the coconut and cumin into a fine paste adding some water.

2. Cook partially covered on medium heat till the yam pieces are cooked. Add the ground coconut-cumin paste. Add more salt, if required. Mix well and cook for 1 or 2 minutes. Switch off the stove.

3. For tempering heat coconut oil and 1 tsp ghee, add cumin seeds. Let it splutter. Add curry leaves and dry red chilies. Sauté for few seconds.Pour this over the curry and mix well.

Served with

Rice or Roti.

Moru Kootan

Sambar

 Notes

·         Pepper powder can be added at the last step if you want more spiciness.One cup of water will do for this curry.

·         Roasted coconut can be spread at last while serving which will give an aromatic and a wonderful taste.

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Beetroot Pachadi(Yogurt gravy)–Onam Sadya Recipes

Beetroot pachadi is normally made during Onam and Vishu.  It is one among many dishes served on a banana leaf.  It’s easy to prepare and I make it quite frequently .It’s one of the easiest curry that you can prepare. I don’t need to say anything else, it’s simple, easy and taste good.

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Prep time	Cook time	Serves
5 mins	15 mins	4 persons

Cuisine: Kerala(South Indian)

Recipe Type: Pachadi/Raitha

Ingredients Grated Beetroot – 1 cup Thick curd – ½ cup Salt –as needed To grind Grated coconut -1/3 cup Green chilli -2 no’s Mustard seeds -1/4 tsp Jeera seeds -1/4 tsp Ginger –1/2” Seasonings Oil -1 tsp Mustard -1/2 tsp Curry leaves –few sprigs.

Method

1. Grind the coconut, mustard seeds, green chillies and cumin seeds into a fine paste. Add little water while grinding, if needed. Keep it aside.

2. Grate beetroot and keep it aside.

3. Cook grated beetroot with less water adding salt and turmeric powder till soft.

4. Add the ground paste and cook for few more minutes in low flame till the raw taste of the coconut goes. Allow it to cool.

5. Add whisked curd and check for salt. Add salt if required and mix well.

6. Heat oil in a pan for seasoning. Add the mustard seeds and let them splutter. Then add the curry leaves and red chilli.

7. Add the seasoned ingredients to the beetroot mixture and mix well.

Served with

Hot rice.

Notes

Dry red chillies can be added while tempering.

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Unniappam(Neiappam)–Onam Sadya Recipes

 

Unniyappam is a popular Kerala traditional sweet snacks. Its  prepared from raw rice, jaggery, coconut bits and ghee. Old days Kerala people prepare it mainly during festivel season like Onam Sadya. .Unniyappam or Nei Appam is loved by all kids.But in these days people make when they feel it.Try to make this tasty soft Unniyappam and enjoy.Unniyappams are given as prasadam in temples.

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Prep time	Cook time	Serves
4 hours	20 mins	5 persons

 

Cuisine: Kerala (Onam Sadya recipes)

Recipe Type: Snacks

 

Ingredients Raw rice -1 cup Banana -2 nos (medium ones) Jaggery -1 cup Ghee- 1tbsp Cardamom powder (elachi) -1/2 tsp Water -1/4 cup Roasted sesame seeds -1/2 tsp Cooking soda –pinch Coconut bits or grated coconut -1/4 cup

 

Method

1. Soak raw rice in water for 4 hours. Drain the water and grind it to a smooth paste. Leave it for another 4-5 hours.Fry coconut bits in a little ghee and keep it aside.paste the banana or chop into very fine pieces.

2. Melt jaggery to make thick syrup.Grind the rice along with the jaggery water. Add cardamom powder, sesame seeds, fried coconut bits, cooking soda and mix well. Keep this batter for 2 hours in fridge

3. Mix it well and the batter should be semi thick. Like iddli consistency) Now add banana pieces.Heat a paniyaram pan, add a tsp of oil + 1/2 tsp of ghee in each hole of the appa chatti or paniyaram pan. When the oil is hot, lower the flame to medium and pour the enough batter to the pan pits to fill.

4. When the bottom of Unniyppam get a golden brown, turn it with a spoon and cook the other side too. Once cooked, remove and drain it. Repeat the same process for the rest of the batter.Now Kerala traditional Unniyappam is ready.

 

Notes

You will get soft unniyappams only if rice is soaked for so long and fermented.

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Kadalai paruppu Pradhaman(Channa Dal Payasam)-Onam Sadya Recipes

This is a very delicious payasam. Try this easy and simple kadalai paruppu payasam recipe. Let this New Year bring lots of happiness, good health and prosperity to all.ar friends, wish u all a very Happy New Year. If you follow the correct measurements in this recipe, you can get the real authentic taste. I thought I can go with something traditional recipe.

It is a traditional Kerala style Kadala Pradhaman/Kadala Payasam/Kheer. We usually fine kadala pradhaman in Kerala sadhya (Kerala feast) which would be served in many Kerala weddings. And other traditional functions such as Onam, Vishu etc. The feast comes with minimum of 3 payasams.

Prep time	Cook time	Serves
20 mins	15 mins	4 persons

 

Cuisine: Kerala (Onam Sadya recipes)

Recipe Type: Dessert

 

Ingredients Bengal gram/channa dal -1 cup Jaggery (powdered)-1 ½ cup Thin Coconut milk -1 ½ cup Concentrated coconut milk -1/2 cup Cashewnuts -10 nos Raisins -10 nos Grated cococnut -3 tbsp(for garnishining) Cardamom powder -1 tsp Ghee -3 tbsp Milk -1/4 cup (optional)

 

Method

1. Heat a teaspoon of oil in pan. Soak the dal for about 30 minutes  or fry the channa dal for 2 - 3 minutes or till aromatic. Pressure cook channa dal for 3 whistles with very less water. Dal should not be mushy.

2. Keep 1 tsp of cooked channa dal aside and grind the remaining channa dal along with few cashew nuts (optional) to a slightly coarse paste.Slightly fry the grated coconut in ghee separately.Keep aside.

 

3. Combine the jaggery and 1/4 cup of water in a vessel and heat until the jaggery dissolves completely. Once jaggery syrup is ready.Strain and use for the further preparation for its impurities.Heat ghee ina vessel and add the cooked channa to the ghee and cook for some time.;Cook till the water content evaporates.

4. Pour the jaggery syrup to the grounded channa paste.Stir continuously and check the flame to be low-medium.By checking constantly,we can avoid burning of channa dal.Now add thin coconut milk and mix well.Cook for 5 minutes in medium flame and add cardamom powder .Now add thick coconut milk and reduce the flame to low.Cook for few minutes and switch it off.

5. Mix well so that there are no lumps. Switch off the flame.

6. In another pan just heat the ghee, add cashews and sauté well till it’s almost light brown in color. And add the raisins for a minute and pour into the kadala pradhaman. Delicious and tasty kheer is ready to enjoy.

Notes

• Soak cashews in boiling water for rich taste and texture. (Optional).

• Milk is purely optional.If you think coconut milk is very heavy while serving add some milk to dilute and serve .

 

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