Celebrate Onam Sadhya at The Tanjore Tiffin Room

This Onam, The Tanjore Tiffin Room  is laying out its table the traditional way, a banana leaf, 30 dishes, and a meal meant to be eaten together by courses

Running across 26th, 27th and 28th August, the Sadhya brings the festival’s full ceremony to the table: rice at the centre, curries arranged around it, each dish added in its own order and eaten in its own way. The spread draws from Onam’s oldest customs, with Sambar, Rasam, Avial, Olan and Kaalan forming the heart of the meal, alongside thorans and pachadis like Beetroot Thayir Pachadi and Beans Thoran for texture and bite. The leaf closes, as it always does, with Payasam served two ways, the milky Pal Payasam and the jaggery-rich Sharkara Adapradhaman.

Rounding out the leaf are the smaller, no-less-important details of a Sadhya: crisp upperi and fried accompaniments such as Sharkara Upperi and Pazhampori, and the sharp, tangy notes of Puli Inji, raw mango pickle, papadam and curd, the accompaniments that give the meal its balance.

Come evening, the restaurant returns to its regular à la carte menu across the same three days.

The celebration extends well beyond Pune. The Tanjore Tiffin Room’s other outlets,  Nesco, Bandra and Versova, will also be serving the Onam Sadhya for lunch through the same dates, carrying the festival across the brand’s presence in Mumbai. In Goa, the Sadhya makes a shorter appearance, served on 26th August in the Red Room.

Where: The Tanjore Tiffin Room – Pune , Nesco , Bandra , Versova and Goa

Timings: 12:00 PM – 4:00PM