There is no festival in Kerala that should pass by without having a good go at the Kerala sadhya. The elaborate banana leaf meal with 10-12 dishes (sometime 24) is all vegetarian affair. The locally grown vegetables with coconut-based masala cook up the vegetable sides. Fruit and rice-based, long-simmered desserts are added to the meal at the end. This delicious meal served on the fragrance of the fresh banana leaf is the best part of Vishu and Onam. Working mum and sadhya. Sadhya is a time-...| Mildly Indian
A simple lemon pickle where the lemon is in perfect harmony with salt and a few birds eye chillies have always been the house favorite of all pickles throughout my life. While having the lemon pickle with 'kanji ' (Congee) and 'payar thoran,' very often I have heard my dad talk about the pickle with 'odichukutthi naranga' made by my grandmother. I couldn't much relate to it coz I hardly ever figured out till recently it was citron. Citron or wild lemon Citrus medica, odichukkutyhi naran...| Mildly Indian