Our
Kerala full meals known as SADHYA means banquet
in Malayalam.
It is a typical feast of the people of Kerala
It is far and wide famous all over the world.
Sadhya is traditionally a vegetarian meal served on a banana leaf.
People are seated cross-legged on the floor on a mat. All the dishes are served
on the leaf and eaten with the hands without using any cutlery. The fingers are
cupped to form a ladle.
A Sadhya can have about several dishes served as a single
course.
The serving has its own Do's and Don’ts.
Serving should start from the bottom left of the leaf with a
pinch of salt, sugar and banana, a series of side dishes follow this pattern.
Nevertheless
the dishes show a discrepancy in different parts of Kerala, it has more or less
same taste.
From left to the right of the plantain leaf the items that comes are
1. Pappadam:.........Pappad or
Pappadum is to be served on the extreme left.
2. Banana:..............On top of the
big pappadum banana is served.
3. Sarkara Varatti:..Right of pappad
- salt, banana wafers, sarkaravaratti fries are served.
4. Pickle:..................After
this, mango pickles is served.
5. Inchicurry:.........Then inchicurry (ginger
lime) is served.
6. Thoran:...............On the right, thoran
curryis served
7. Olan:...................
8. Avial:..................
9. Pachadi:.........
10. Kichadi……..
11. Stew……..
12. kalan:.................
13. Koottucurry:......
14. Water:................
Apart from these side dishes, the other dishes to follow are
1. The rice, served at the bottom
center of the leaf.
2. Then, Parippu curry along with Ghee is served.
3. Then, rice with Sambhar is
served.
4. Next we have Rasam and
Moru.
5. After this delightful meal, we
have the Sweet And Tasty 'Paayasam' along with some Pappadams.
6. Traditionally it is advised to
have some rice along with Moru afterPaayasam for
helping digestion.
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