kerala's grand vegetarian feast · served on a banana leaf · eaten with the right hand
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how to eat · the leaf is placed with the narrow end to your left. you eat with your right hand. you mix rice with small amounts of each accompaniment in turn — sambar first, then rasam, then moru. the payasams come at the end, served over fresh rice.
the day · onam celebrates king Mahabali's yearly visit to his former kingdom. thiruvonam (the main day) falls in the malayalam month of chingam (aug/sep). the sadya isn't a menu — it's a choreography.