23/07/2025
🌿 Where Kerala Flavour Begins 🥥🔥
At SADYA, every dish starts with a foundation of ingredients that are simple — but powerful. These are the real heroes behind the deep, soulful flavours in our kitchen:
🧅 Red & Yellow Onions:
Traditionally, Kerala dishes use shallots (small red onions), but since they’re hard to find in Cape Town, we use the next best thing:
🔴 Red onions – slightly sharp and sweet, perfect for slow roasting to bring out that rich curry base.
🟡 Yellow onions – mellow and golden, ideal for sambars, dhals/parripu and stews.
The trick? Caramelise them just right in coconut oil and you’ve got the start of something magical.
🫚 Ginger:
Fresh, spicy and earthy — it adds warmth and a signature kick to both veg and non-veg dishes. Always crushed or grated, never skipped.
🧄 Garlic:
Used generously, garlic deepens the flavour base and gives that unmistakable Kerala aroma when fried with mustard seeds and curry leaves.
🌶️ Green Chilies:
Not just for heat — they add a fresh, sharp brightness that balances the creaminess of coconut milk.
🥥 Coconut Milk, Cream & Flesh:
This is Kerala’s love language.
🥛 Coconut milk cools the heat and adds silky depth.
🥥 Coconut cream makes festive dishes luxurious.
🧉 Grated coconut flesh brings texture and sweetness to stir-fries and chutneys.
🌿 Curry Leaves:
Fresh, fragrant and fried in coconut oil — they’re the heartbeat of Kerala cooking. You’ll smell them before you taste them. And once you do, you’ll never forget.
🌱 Coriander Leaves (Dhania):
Always fresh, always added last. It’s our finishing touch — bright, green, and full of life.
🍛 This + spices is the base of most SADYA meal — made from scratch, frozen, and ready for you to heat, eat, and enjoy.
📦 Order now at www.sadya.co.za
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