Pookalam (Flower Rangloli / Pattern), the art of designing floral carpets on the day of  Onam festival in Kerala welcome their beloved king Mahabali.  This floral art can be made on any occasion to add color and cheer to the house.  Many types of flowers can be used to make Pookalam.  First zero in on a design [...]

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Flower arrangement of Indian origin is Pookalam. “Poo” means flower and “kalam” design in Malayalam. The flowers are laid out in beautiful patterns on the floor. Traditionally laying out Pookalam is a ritual practiced in every household during the fifteen-day-long Onam celebrations to welcome their beloved king Mahabali.

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This dish is prepared using Rice, Banana and Jaggery in the state of Kerala. This is prepared in containers designed to fry the Unniappam or Guntpongalu / Phad.  Unniappam is very similar to the Karnataka dish Yeriappa except for the addition of Banana.  Yeriappa is deep fried whereas Unniappam is either deep fried or shallow [...]

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Onam is celebrated in Kerala with a lot of enthusiasm. It is their biggest harvest festival and it falls in the Malayali (Malayalam is the language spoken in Kerala and hence the people of Kerala are fondly called as Malayali) month of Chingam. This is around August – September according to Gregorian calendar.  This year [...]

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