On 2 June, dinner was arranged for about 250 guests -- immediate family, groom's party, and friends of the couple -- at the Sangeet at Hotel Icon.
On 3 June, a traditional Kerala Sadya was arranged for about 500 guests at Dwarakapuri Hall, ISKCON after the wedding ceremony. The Kerala Sadya is a multi-course vegetarian meal served on a plantain leaf and eaten by hand.
SADYA MENU
The Kerala Sadya comprises 25 or more vegetarian dishes. The entire gathering is served one dish at a time, starting with salt, kaaya varuthathu, and sharkara upperi followed by all the other dishes, rice, and ending with payasam.
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1. Kaaya Varuthathu
The one thing everyone loves the most - banana
chips.
2. Sharkara Upperi
The sweeter version of banana chips.
Made of jaggery, this hard to eat sweet will leave you wanting more.
3. Manga pickle
Plain old mango pickle to give your
tongue a tangy taste of some amazing spices
4. Ellisheri
A yummy dish made with pumpkin, red
beans and a generous amount of grated coconut.
5. Pulissery
Made with curd and your choice of
vegetable ranging from pumpkin to cucumber and topped with a gracious amount of
grated coconut.
6. Kaalan
A signature dish made
with yogurt, yam or raw banana, or of course our favourite, grated
coconut.
7. Olan
Ash gourd and red beans splashed with
a generous amount of hand-pressed, authentic coconut milk.
8. Pachadi
A delicious yogurt-based curry made
with either pineapple or bitter gourd and, of course, grated coconut.
9. Chenna Mezhkkupuratti
Yam cut into thin slices, boiled with
spices and fried in coconut oil. You can't resist another helping of this.
10. Inji Curry
A must have for Onam, Inji curry is ginger, tamarind
and jaggery.
11. Parripu Curry
Plain old moong dal topped with red
chillies, black sesame seeds. Top it with ghee and you'll be having a
gastronomical heaven in your mouth.
12. Choru
Well, this is just rice. Traditionally
this is boiled rice but we would like to serve white rice.
13. Sambhar
An essential dish of the sadhya,
Sambhar is cooked with every vegetable there is from beans to potatoes to yam.
Everything goes in to making this wonderful dish!
14. Morru Kachiyatha
Yogurt boiled to perfection with black
sesame seeds, shallots, ginger and garlic. If you're a Malayali, then you know
it's one of those healthy, comfort food you so love.
15. Pappadam
Good old pappads made with rice flour.
You'll need many of these to wholly enjoy your meal.
16. Avial
Mixed vegetables with
grated coconut and made in coconut oil and milk.
17. Kichadi
Spicy yogurt with your choice of
vegetable. It can be okra, cucumber or even bitter gourd. Add it to your rice
and parippu, and see how you lick your fingers in the end.
18. Rasam
Spicy tamarind soup, sprinkled with a
generous amount of curry leaves, mustard and tomatoes. Drink it up in the end
for digestion or just add it with your sambhar and rice.
19. Kootu Curry
Raw bananas and black chana with
grated coconut made into a dry curry. You'll never even know it's raw banana,
that's how well it is cooked.
20.
Neyy
Popularly known as ghee in Hindi, it serves a very
important purpose. A spoonful of it on top of the rice and parippu, and you'll be licking your
fingers.
21. Inji Thayir
Loads of thinly-sliced ginger, mixed
with yogurt, black sesame seeds and spices. This one is absolutely
lip-smacking!
22. Thoran
Thoran can be made from any vegetable. Usually, it's cabbage
and carrots or just beans with grated coconut. Minimal cooking time and the
perfect healthy dish to go with your Morru Kachiyatha.
23.
Poovan Pazham
The smaller version of a banana, it
adds taste to your payasam when
mashed with hands and mixed well together. Don't forget to add a pappadam or two for that extra
crunch.
24. Palada Pradhaman
The last dish that is served- a sweet
dish made with milk, dry fruits and rice ada. The sweetness is just perfect to
balance all the spices.
25. Pazham Pradhaman
Rice ada, cashew nuts, thinly sliced
coconut pieces and jaggery. If you want to eat it the right way, refer to Poovan Pazham. You'll enjoy this
delicacy much better.
