Are you planning a Vishu Sadya at home? Wondering what to cook? This elaborate collection of Vishu Sadya Recipes would help you plan for the auspicious occasion.
Vishu is the Hindu New Year celebrated in Kerala, India. In Tamil Nadu, it is celebrated as Tamil Puthandu or Tamil New Year. It signifies the sun’s transition to the Meda Rasi.
Along with South India, this day is celebrated as New Year in many states of India like Assam, West Bengal, North East states like Manipur and Tripura, Bihar, Odisha, Punjab, UP, UK, Himachal, Haryana and Rajasthan.
Vishu Sadya means a hearty lunch served on a banana leaf with number of items both sweet and savory. A soul satisfying meal which we look forward to every single year.
I have compiled a few Vishu Sadya recipes that you can try at home or will help you plan your menu for this auspicious day.
But first, let us take a look at how exactly Vishu is celebrated and what are the items required for the pooja at home. I have included some of the photos of the festival celebrated at our home.
Key Items required for Vishu
- Coconut, flowers and fruits.
- Banana
- Pulses or Dals and Rice. (to be placed in a plate)
- Madras Cucumber or Vellirikai is one of the key ingredients to be kept on display.
- Vegetables like Lemons, Karela or Bitter Gourd, Cucumbers, Raw Bananas, Padval or Snake Gourd, Yellow Pumpkin, Ash Gourd, Jackfruit (both ripe and raw), Mango (ripe and raw) etc.
- Everything is a mix of sweet, salty, sour and bitter and the prime colours are yellow, orange and green.
All these items are placed the previous night (13th) by the eldest member of the house and then the rest of the family members are able to seek darshan the next morning. (Muhurtham time). After seeking the Lord’s blessings members await the lavish spread (Vishu Sadya) that is being cooked by the ladies in the kitchen.
Men help by scraping the coconut for the gravies and thorans or by chopping the veggies. My father, who was an excellent cook himself, helped my mother by cutting the Jackruit which is the most trickiest and messiest one of all the vegetables and fruits.
Even if it is just the two of us home, I leave no stone unturned to prepare a full fledged meal. The Sadya spread is a mix of both cuisine, Palakkad + Thanjavur specials (MIL) so I will keep a Parappu Usili along with a Thoran, a Kootu along with Avial and so on.
It is important to respect and remember the elders of the family, who are, unfortunately no more with us. It is their blessings which keep us going.
List of Vishu Sadya Recipes
I have tried to list the vishu sadya recipes course wise so that it is easy for you to choose and plan accordingly.
Click on the links for the detailed recipe. Please do share the post with your family and friends and help them celebrate this day too.
Sambar / Rasam / Kuzhambu
Drumstick Sambar (Murungakkai Sambar) - Moringa pods
Dry Vegetables - Thorans and Poriyals
Potato Podimas - Mashed Potatoes
Idichakka Thoran (Tender Jackfruit)
Achinga Payar Thoran (Long beans)
Gravy or Kootu Recipes
Mambazha Pulissery - Ripe Mango Curry
Mathanga Erissery - Pumpkin and Red Cow Peas Curry
Pudalangai Kootu - Snake Gourd Lentil Curry
Pachadi (Both Tamarind and Curd Based)
Zucchini Cucumber Thayir Pachadi
Pickles and Condiments
Instant Amla Pickle - Nellikai Oorugai
Narthangai Pickle (Citron Pickle)
Desserts
Kerala Pazham Pradhaman (Nendran Banana Payasam)
Some other side dishes served for the Vishu Sadya are Banana Chips (3 cut chips, sweet and salty), Jackfruit Chips and Papadam.
End the meal with Curd Rice and / or Buttermilk.
Also, don't forget to taken an hour long nap after this hearty meal and keep your dinner light with some fruits or steamed vegetables.
I had created this post in the year April 2018, a year after I started blogging. I have revised the post with fresh links to new recipes that I have cooked and shared over the years on the blog.
Wishing all my readers a very Happy New Year. May this year bring you good health, peace and prosperity. Eat well, stay healthy.
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Vidya Narayan
Why doesn't WP have a "love"button like FB? Like does not do justice to this post. You have a comprehensive roundup of posts here and people can cook as large or small a meal as they want.
Fabulous collection, Vidya! Thank you for including my recipes.
I strongly suggest the love button - Would have done that to the Kada Prashad post of yours for sure. Certainly made my day that post. Thank you for contributing my friend, was more than happy to include your lovely posts.
Awesome collections vidya ???
You did an amazing work, happy Vishu to your family ?
In odisha we celebrate this as Pana Sankranti, pana means woodapple ka sarbat.
Same day but different type of celebration ??
Oh how lovely to know that Sasmita .. Glad you could share this info. Happy new year to you as well dear and glad you loved the post.
fabulous work Vidya..nice dishes to choose from , this time iam missing as iam on a vacation that day. all the best
How can i miss having you as part of my collectives. Never Ever! It was my pleasure entirely. Best wishes and hugs! Happy Vacations.
Excellent collection ! Just cant wait till April 14th to relish payasam, I still remember your paal payasam recipe using pressure cooker, I would love to try this tomorrow itself.
Glad to know you still remember the post details. Do try and let me know how it turned out. I follow it every month for Sashti prasadam at home. Happy vishu to you and family.
Thanks so much, dear Vidya. Happy & prosperous new year to you & your family !!
Hope you had great celebrations at home dear. Thanks again.
Happy Vishu to you and your family too Vidya. I could feel the zeal of the festivities in the post. Enjoy the food. Punjabis celebrate Vaisakhi at the same time to mark the New Year!
Thanks and glad you liked the post. Happy Baisakhi to you and family.
Happy Vishu to you and family in advance Vidya! great to see so many varieties of Vishu recipes here .It's one of my favorite festivals as well 🙂
Wishing you the same as well. Thanks so much.
Nice
thanks so much
Enjoyed reading this whole post and never had a chance to celebrate or participate in Vishu celebration but after going through your post, i feel like making some vishu friendly dishes at home. Thank u so much for adding my Mango pulissery. And good compilation of delectable dishes Vidhya.
It was my pleasure to have your Pulissery just in time dear.. You literally saved me as my blog doesnt have the recipe yet. Thank you so much and wishing you and family a very happy new year.
Wow!! Such a beautiful post ! Wish you a very Happy Vishu in advance 🙂
Thanks so much and wish you the same as well
Very informative post. Thanks for sharing it and letting us know about new festival of india.
My pleasure entirely. A big thank you for going thru the post dear.
Tasteful and beautiful post
Thanks and glad you liked it.
Beautiful post, and very informative as well. I've never heard of this festival before..Glad to know the significance..Happy Vishu to you and your family.
Thank you so much for the kind words and wishing you and your family good health and prosperity.
Lovely post Vidya and such an awesome array of delicious dishes. Wish you and your family a very Happy Vishu !!
Thanks so much for the wishes dear
Such a delicious spread. Wonderful post !!
thanks a lot!
Thanks for including my recipe dear!Though very late but am totally thankful from the bottom of my heart!
My pleasure entirely. Never late to receive comments from friends.