Daana's Vishu Sadhya

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Only the special Vishu Sadhya is available on Sat 14 April.
Vishu is the astronomical new year Hindu festival celebrated in the Southern Indian state of Kerala, nearby regions and their diaspora communities. Vishu connotes the completion of spring equinox (Northern hemisphere).
The festival is notable for its solemnity and the general lack of pomp. The festival is marked by family time, preparing colorful auspicious items and viewing these as the first thing on the Vishu day. In particular, seeking to view the golden blossoms of the Indian laburnum (Kani Konna), money or silver items (Vishukkaineetam), and rice in the Vishu Kani .  The day also attracts firework play by children,wearing new clothes and the eating a special meal called Sadhya. 
The Sadhya (feast) consists of a mix of sweet, salty, sour, bitter and astringent flavors for the new year Vishu meal. These traditional festive recipes, that combine different flavors, are a symbolic reminder that one must expect all flavors of experiences in the coming new year, that no event or episode is wholly sweet or bitter, experiences are transitory and ephemeral, and to make the most from them. The feast incorporates anywhere from 20 to about 50 different food items served on a banana leaf in a communal/ family banquet.