Onam is the time to enjoy and have fun. It is the proper time to feast. There are various authentic recipes, which will make your celebration all the more exciting. Some of the delicious recipes you can try at home to make your celebration all the more exciting are as follows:

Avial Recipe

This is a semi dry preparation, which is a mixture of all sorts of vegetables.

Ingredients:

1cup - Yam sliced thinly into 11/2" length pieces
1cup - Cucumber sliced lengthy into 11/2" thick pieces
1cup - Snake gourd sliced into 11/2" length pieces
1/4cup - Carrot sliced into into 11/2" length pieces
1/2cup - Long runner-beans sliced into 11/2" length pieces
2nos - Drumstick cut into 2" length pieces
1no - Raw bananas sliced into 11/2" length pieces
For sour mango pieces
1/2tsp - Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
1/2quantity Grated coconut
5nos Green chillies
1/2tsp - Cumin seeds
2sprigs - Curry leaves
3tbs - Coconut oil

Method:

Coarsely grind the coconut, green chillies and cumin seeds. Keep it aside.
Clean the vegetables.
Heat 2tbs coconut oil in a thick bottom vessel.
Add the vegetables and cook in a low flame.
Do not add water.
When it is done, add turmeric powder, salt and mix it well.
Remove the vegetables from the middle and put sliced bananas and mango pieces and cover it with the other vegetables.
When steam comes out, add the coconut paste and stir well.
Remove from fire. Mix the remaining coconut oil and curry leaves in the avial.

Dry Fruit Kesari

Ingredients:

1/2 cup - Dry fruits (chopped dates, raisins, cranberries and other nuts)
1/2 cup - Rava
3 tbsp - Sugar
2 tsp - Ghee
1 pinch - Cardamom powder
6 no - Almonds
1 cup - Water
3-4 drops - Food color optional (yellow, orange or red)

Method:

Stir-fry rava with 1 tsp ghee on low flame till the smell of raw grain goes.
Set it aside for later use.
Saute dry fruits for 5-10 seconds in a pan with 1 tbsp ghee on low flame.
Add water, sugar, cardamom powder and food color to them and increase heat to high flame.
Add roasted rava to boiling water slowly and smoothen out any lumps and mix well
Reduce heat and keep stirring continuously till the mixture is cooked.
One can know that the mixture is cooked when it starts coming off the pan easily.
Grease a plate and pour 'kesari' into it. Let it cool and get set.
Cut it into smaller pieces and garnish it with an almond.
Your kesari is ready to serve.

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