Valaikappu and seemantham celebrate the mother-to-be, and food is central to the ritual. Here’s a traditional menu list you can adapt to your family’s customs.
Variety Rice for the Ceremony
Many families prepare an assortment of variety rice for the mother-to-be. The number of varieties differs by family tradition — five, seven and nine are common. Popular choices include:
- Sweet pongal (sakkarai pongal)
- Tamarind rice (puliyodharai)
- Lemon rice
- Coconut rice
- Curd rice
- Tomato rice
- Sesame rice (ellu sadam)
- Mango rice (in season)
- Bisi bele bath
Sweets and Snacks
- Laddu, mysore pak or kesari
- Payasam
- Vadai and sundal
Lunch for Guests
After the ceremony, guests are usually served a full banana leaf lunch — payasam, a sweet, vadai, rice with sambar, rasam and kuzhambu, poriyal, kootu, curd and appalam. See our meals menus from ₹220 per plate.
Planning Tips
- Confirm the number of variety rice items with the elders in your family.
- Keep the menu pure vegetarian.
- Ask your caterer to avoid any ingredients the family prefers the mother-to-be to skip.
More on our seemantham & valaikappu catering page.
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Written by the Sri Venkateswara Catering Team
Our kitchen in Edapalayam, Redhills cooks weddings, receptions, housewarmings, seemantham and corporate events across North and West Chennai. These guides draw on the menus, per-plate prices and questions we handle with families every week.
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