Emirates Spreads Onam Cheer with ‘Onashamsakal’ Greetings”

Emirates Adds a Touch of Onam Magic with ‘Onashamsakal’ Greetings

Emirates is celebrating the Kerala harvest season by offering a variety of delicious treats and a selection of entertaining Malayalam movies on board. From now until September 16, 2024, authentic Onam dishes will be served in all cabin classes on flights to and from Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram to Dubai.

On the 14-times-weekly Emirates flight to Kochi and the 7-times-weekly Emirates flight to Thiruvananthapuram, travellers can enjoy specially curated menus featuring the distinct flavours of Onam, offering them a taste of home.

Emirates customers can enjoy traditional appetizers such as sharkara upperi (bananas roasted in sweet jaggery), kaya varuthathu (crisp banana chips), and kondattam mulaku (fried sun-dried chilies steeped in yogurt). Customers can also indulge in a selection of tasty dips essential for Onam, including kaalan (made of coconut, fresh yoghurt, and yam), cucumber pachadi (a garnished salad), and puli inji (a sweet and tangy ginger-based chutney). First, and Business Class customers will also be served Kerala-style pappadam and piquant mango pickles.

A delectable choice of main courses, including Alleppey kozhi curry, spiced chicken in coconut sauce served with avial, chemba rice, and cabbage carrot thoran, will follow. Vegetarian sadhya also includes sambar and kootu, with matta rice and carrot pea thoran. You can also choose spiced chicken sukha, which is pan-fried chicken with coconut and spices, served with steamed rice, carrot pea thoran, and vegetable kootu, or mutton sukha with chemba rice, erissery, and bean thoran. First Class customers can also choose the tasty option of mutton pepper fry.

Desserts will include Onam favourites like palada pradhaman, a creamy rice pudding served with roasted pistachios, raisins, and cashew nuts, as well as parippu payasam, the popular sweet lentil pudding topped with roasted coconut flakes. To maintain the festive spirit, all meals will be served on banana leaf dish liners, providing an authentic touch to the sadhya for Keralites.

To make the journey memorable, those celebrating Onam can enjoy more than 6,500 entertainment channels on Emirates’ award-winning ice. Over 45 Academy Award-winning films, 2,000 movies, 650 TV shows, and 4,000 hours of music, podcasts, and audiobooks are available across 40 languages. You can find 17 Malayalam movies, including award-winning titles like “2018” and “Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey,” as well as blockbusters like “RDX: Robert Dony Xavier” and “Kannur Squad,” among others.