7. The Kerala Vata Week — Adapted for Annapurna Kitchen

The source plan is an authentic, nutrient-complete Kerala Ayurvedic menu. We kept its structure and almost all of its dishes; the changes below make it fully vegetarian and sattvic for Haridwar, and softer for older guests. Its dishes reappear across the year (December oats, June idiyappam & stew, September kanji, olan and payasam, December carrot–ginger soup).

Day	Source breakfast / item	Annapurna adaptation	Source lunch	Annapurna adaptation
Mon	Njavara/basmati kanji with ghee, cumin, ginger · soaked almonds	Unchanged — kept as is	Basmati rice, moong parippu, sweet potato with coconut, warm beet salad	Warm beet salad served as beet thoran (cooked, warm)
Tue	Rava upma with ghee, mustard, curry leaves, carrots	Unchanged	Mor keerai (spinach in curd–coconut) + soft-boiled eggs or paneer	Eggs → paneer cubes sautéed in ghee (vegetarian, Haridwar)
Wed	Steel-cut oats, almond milk, cardamom, cinnamon, ghee, dates	Unchanged (see December breakfast)	Red matta rice, erissery, ghee	Unchanged — matta double-cooked very soft
Wed dinner	Chicken bone broth (mamsa rasa) or pumpkin–lentil soup	Chicken broth → Moong yusha / pumpkin–lentil soup	—	Classical vegetarian restorative replaces meat broth
Thu	Njavara kanji with hing + 2 soft-boiled eggs	Eggs → 2 tbsp cooked payar (whole moong) or 100 ml warm milk	Basmati rice, olan, snake-gourd thoran	Unchanged
Fri	Idiyappam with cardamom coconut milk	Unchanged (see June dinner)	Kalan (yam/plantain in curd–coconut) + cherupayar	Kalan served at lunch only (curd)
Sat	Puttu with kadala curry	Kadala soaked 8 h and pressure-cooked very soft; small portion	Fish curry or paneer curry, beans–carrots	Fish → paneer or raw-banana curry in the same coconut–turmeric base
Sun	Njavara kanji with milk, cardamom, dates, ghee	Unchanged	Sadhya plate: rice, parippu, aviyal, beet pachadi	Unchanged — see September (Onam)

Why these substitutions work Moong yusha (classical pulse soup) is the traditional vegetarian restorative in place of mamsa rasa (meat broth). Paneer and well-cooked whole moong replace eggs as protein; milk adds B12, which strict vegetarians often lack. Raw-banana or paneer in the same coconut–turmeric gravy keeps the Kerala fish-curry flavour profile.

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