AFVOA Newletters of Year 2004

Page 94 of 153 http://www.namasthenri.com/fairsandfestivals/onam.htm http://www.indiaheritage.com/culture/onam.htm; http://www.wordig.com/definition/Onam http://www.pitara.com/magazine/features/16.htm } For our Palate Dishes for Onam 100. OLAN Serves 10 Ingredients: Ash gourd - 100gm Pumpkin - 100gm Green chillies - 4nos (split the edge) Red gram dal - 1tbs (soaked in the water for about 6 hours) Grated coconut - ½quantity Salt - to taste (Squeeze out ¼ cup of the milk from the coconut without adding water. Take one more cup of milk from the coconut) Coconut oil - 1tbs Curry leaves - 1 sprig Method of Preparation: Remove the covering of the ash gourd and pumpkin and cut it into small pieces. Cook the vegetables and red gram dal in water. Add enough salt and the green chillies. When it is done, add 1cup coconut milk and boil. When it thickens well, add ¼cup coconut milk. Bring to a boil and remove from fire. Add 1tbs coconut oil and the curry leaves and mix well. (Source: http://www.webindia123.com/cookery/festival/ <Illegible>onasadya/olan.htm ) 101. PRATHAMAN There are various kinds of Prathamans such as Ada, pazham, parippu and palada prathamans. In ‘Ada prathaman’, rice flour mixed with molasses is formed into a paste, cut into small pieces and boiled in water. To these, coconut milk and molasses are added in proportion. It is then flavored with ghee. In ‘pazham prathaman’, plantain fruits of a special kind known as ‘Nentra Pazham’ are well boiled in water till the whole water is dried and the whole thing is reduced to a pulp by constant pressing. Then it is tempered with ghee. Coconut milk is added and the thing sweet in itself, is further sweetened with molasses. The kernel of a dried coconut, cut into small slices is boiled in ghee, and added to it. The main ingredient used in ‘parippu prathaman’ is pulse. Many more kinds of prathamans are made of other articles as with Bengal gram, pumpkins etc. 102. PALADA PRATHAMAN In palada prathaman pieces of flour paste (ada) are boiled in milk and sweetened with sugar. No ghee or spices are added except some cardamoms. Ingredients : Thick milk - 3litre Par boiled rice (dried red rice) - 250 gm Water to mix flour Coconut oil - 1tbs Sugar - 2tbs Plantain leaf pieces - as required