Onam celebration

This year we celebrated with traditional fervour - ethnic-but-contemporary* Kerala attire and a sadya (feast) served on banana leaves on the floor! It has been years since I had a meal squatting on the floor. Our lunch menu had rice with parippu (lentils) curry and a splash of ghee and pappads broken into it to give that special taste, sambar, french beans thoren, avial, ginger curry, banana chips and as dessert, parippu payasam. We skipped making other traditional dishes like olan, kaalan, theeyal for want of time.
The kids were intrigued, but loved it. Though initially they were running through the leaves laid on the floor!
p.s. *contemporary because a churidar-kurta in cream and gold fabric is an innovation that came not more than 10 years back. Until then, the traditional attire meant a Kerala sari in cream and gold border.

The atha poo arrangement is at V's office. They are always looking for an occasion to celebrate and in festival-centric India that is not a difficult proposition.