With Vishu round the corner , here are few sadhya recipies you could try.
Vishu Kanji
| Green Moong Dal | 100 gm |
| Broken Matta Rice | 50 gm |
| Coconut Grated | 1/2 |
| Coconut Milk | 100 ml |
| Cumin Seeds | 1 gm |
| Cardamom | 1 gm |
| Water | 1 l |
| Salt | To taste |
| Jaggery | 20 gm |
Method
- Cook green moong dal, broken matta rice and add salt and 1.5 litres of water.
- Cook in a pressure cooker and allow 3 whistles.
- In a pounding stone crush the grated coconut and cumin seeds.
- Crush the cardamom.
- Add the crushed coconut mixture and cardamom in boiled rice and dal mixture.
- Add the jaggery but make sure the mixture does not turn sweet.
- Bring to boil.
- Once boiled, add coconut milk and salt to taste.
- Remove from fire and serve in a glass.
Kaalan
| Yam | 100 gm |
| Raw Kerala Banana | 100 gm |
| Green Chilli | 20 gm |
| Curd | 500 ml |
| Curry Leaves | A few |
| Red Chilli (Whole) | 3 gm |
| Coconut (Paste) | 1 cup |
| Mustard Seeds | 2 gm |
| Coconut Oil | 30 ml |
| Pepper Powder | 15 gm |
| Cumin Seeds | 2 gm |
| Turmeric Powder | 5 gm |
| Chilli Powder | 2 gm |
| Asafoetida | 3 gm |
Method
- Cut yam and banana into dices. Cook along with green chilli, curry leaves, turmeric powder, chilli powder, pepper powder and a small amount of water.
- Beat curd and coconut paste together. Add this to the yam and banana mixture and cook on low flame till the mixture becomes very thick.
- Heat coconut oil and crackle cumin, mustard seeds and whole red chilli along with curry leaves.
- Add this to the thick yam mixture. Serve hot with rice.
Avial
| Yam | 350 gm |
| Raw Kerala Banana | 250 gm |
| Drumstick | 100 gm |
| Snake Gourd | 100 gm |
| Carrot | 100 gm |
| Long Beans | 50 gm |
| Coconut (Grated) | 150 gm |
| Turmeric Powder | 5 gm |
| Cumin Seeds | 3 gm |
| Green Chilli (Sliced) | 30 gm |
| Salt | To taste |
| Curry Leaves | 2 bunch |
| Raw Mango | 50 gm |
| Coconut Oil | 30ml |
Method
- Cut all the vegetables into baton shape.
- Cook the vegetables on slow fire; add salt and a pinch of turmeric powder and 100 ml of water.
- Once vegetables are cooked, add the ground mixture of grated coconut, turmeric powder and cumin seeds.
- Add the curry leaves and salt.
- Mix all the ingredients on slow fire.
- Check for the sourness. Sourness can be adjusted by adding a few table spoons of curd.
- Remove from fire and add coconut oil just before serving.
Pachadi
| Pineapple | 500 gm |
| Chilli Powder | 5 gm |
| Turmeric Powder | 2 gm |
| Water | 500 ml |
| Salt | To taste |
| Sugar | 70 gm |
| Coconut (Grated) | 2 gm |
| Mustard Seeds | 5 gm |
| Curd | 250 ml |
| Cumin Seeds | 2 gm |
| Red Chilli (Whole) | 3 |
| Curry Leaves | 1 bunch |
| Coconut Oil | 15 ml |
Method
- Cut pineapple into small pieces.
- Boil the pineapple pieces with chilli powder, turmeric powder, green chilli, salt and curry leaves in water. Cook till the water evaporates.
- Make a paste of coconut and half the mustard seeds. Add this to the cooked pineapple mixture. Add curd and sugar.
- In a pan, add coconut oil and crackle the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, whole red chilli and curry leaves. Add this tempered mixture to curd and stir in the pineapple mixture.
Vishu Ada
| Rice Powder | 100 gm |
| Maida | 200 gm |
| Coconut | 1 |
| Jaggery | 150 gm |
| Jack Fruit | 300 gm |
| Jeera Seeds | 1 gm |
| Ghee | 25 ml |
| Banana Leaf | 5 |
| Water | 500 ml |
Method
- Mix rice powder and maida with water.
- Mince jack fruit in a saucepan; melt ghee and add the minced jack fruit.
- Add jaggery and powdered cumin seeds.
- Cook till it turns to a thick paste. Keep it aside.
- Make small dumplings of the rice and maida mixture.
- Cut banana leaf into small circles.
- Make the banana leaf pliable by just passing it on top of open flame.
- On the banana leaf flatten the rice maida mixture, place a teaspoon of the sweet jackfruit mixture and fold the flattened rice mixture along with the banana leaf so that the jackfruit mixture is encased inside.
- While flattening, make sure the banana leaf ada looks in the shape of a half moon.
- In a steamer boil water and steam the folded banana leaf mixture till it is cooked. Serve hot.