The Onam Sadhya at Home :: 2022

Onam has come around, and of course we would want to have a festive Sadhya. When the man finally got his appetite back and was ready to eat, spices were definitely in order. Ordered the sets to-go from Spice Junction for lunch.

The pick up was easy. We took a 10.30am to 11am slot. Got there at 10.45am. The bag of food was ready. I zipped in and out within eight minutes. For the past few years, we've had Onam meals at home. Tbh, it's much more comfortable eating at home, although that meant we couldn't have refills. Hahahaha. Ah well, we can't eat that much anyway.

The only thing about the Sadhya from Spice Junction — most of the items are done with coconut milk, so we can't quite portion out some to keep for dinner. As much as I love the olan and the thoran, we would have to finish them all at lunch. So I did. I didn't quite fancy the pickles though. I never do. They're just a tad odd for me. The pappadam today was crisp! Went well dipped in the curries.

This was the biggest lunch the man have had all week. He didn't have that much appetite prior. It slowly returned. By the last weekend of Onam, he felt more human again. He was sufficiently hungry, and at this lunch, he managed to eat double the amount of rice he has had in two weeks. LOL The bananas given with the meal had to go into the fridge too, for the man to snack on the next day or whatever. No more stomach space. 

I'm relieved to see the man eating the Onam Sadhya with relish. What a traumatic experience. Yes, it could have been worse, so I'm thankful that there was timely medication intervention, and his post-op recover is turning out well, and his body is healing as expected. 

We ate up everything, well, all the savory dishes. There were two types of payasam, which were predictably super sweet. The man only took two token sips from each payasam, and we had to chuck the rest. They gave a giant box of rice. It was A LOT of rice. Gosh! We couldn't even finish half. Froze the rest. It was the lovely Kerala matta rice. Low GI and plenty of antioxidants. No way I'm throwing out this rice.