Lulu Onam Sadya 2026: Price, Menu and How to Order in the UAE

The Lulu Onam Sadya costs Dh38.90 per box in 2026. Each box feeds one person and holds 24 items, packed with a folded banana leaf inside. The price is the same at every participating Lulu store across all seven emirates, so a store in Fujairah charges what a store in Karama charges. That works out at roughly Dh1.62 per dish, the lowest of any sadhya sold in the UAE this year.

Lulu lists the sadhya as a pre-order product on the Lulu UAE website rather than a normal same-day item. You open the Onam Sadhya pre-order page, check the delivery date shown on the listing, set one box per person, then confirm your emirate and slot at checkout. The 2026 pre-order carried a single delivery window on 26 August between 10am and 2pm. Once that window closes, the listing shows as out of stock.

Yes. The Kitchen by LuLu sells the sadhya over the counter from 26 to 30 August 2026 at participating Lulu stores across the UAE. Store buying is the route to take once the online pre-order window has shut. Go before noon at the weekend, because the counters cook a fixed batch each day and sell out. Buying in store also lets you see the box before you pay for it.

The box holds 24 vegetarian items. The named dishes are Palakkadan matta rice, sambar, rasam, avial, olan, kaalan, thoran, kichadi, pachadi and payasam. The rest of the count is made up of pickles, crisps and small side portions that sit along the top edge of the leaf. A folded banana leaf comes inside the box so you can lay the meal out properly at home.

The menu is built by Pazhayidom Mohanan Namboothiri, a Kerala chef known for traditional temple-style vegetarian cooking. The sadhya is cooked and packed by The Kitchen by LuLu, the prepared-food counter inside Lulu stores. Lulu Group flies the ingredients in from Kerala for the season, including the fresh banana leaves that go into every box, so the spread stays close to what a Kerala household would serve.

Yes, completely. A traditional sadhya carries no meat, fish or egg anywhere on the leaf. The Lulu box follows that rule across all 24 items, from the rice and lentil dishes through to the coconut-based curries and the payasam at the end. This makes it straightforward for mixed groups and for anyone keeping a vegetarian diet during the Onam season.

Order one box per adult. Each box is portioned for a single person and is not designed to be split, because a sadhya works by giving each person their own leaf. For a family of four, that is four boxes at Dh155.60 in total. Younger children often share, so many families order one fewer box than their headcount and add extra rice from home.

Participating Lulu stores across all seven emirates sell it, covering Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah. Not every branch runs a Kitchen by LuLu counter, so call your nearest store before travelling to it. Larger hypermarket branches are the safest bet. The price stays at Dh38.90 wherever you buy it.