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Trophy guide

Venba

Our chapter-by-chapter cooking route, with complete recipes, every flavor-text stop and a separate replay for the deliberately failed puttu.

PlayStation 5

Trophies
16
Difficulty
2/10
Completion time
1–2 hours, longer with recipe replays
Playthroughs
1 plus a Chapter 2 replay

Before you play

Known trophy issues
None known
Missable trophies
None known
Chapter select
Available
Postgame cleanup
Unavailable

Chapter select recovers missed conversations and imperfect recipes. A mistake can require replaying the whole cooking chapter. This guide covers all 16 PS5 trophies.

Your route to completion

Start with Chapter 1 and work through all seven chapters in order. In Roadmap, the chapter headings follow the game's own chapters. Read each short section before playing it for the upcoming reading opportunities, then open its linked trophy solution for the full recipe. Trophies lets you look up an individual solution during play or cleanup.

Aim for a clean first attempt at every recipe. Check the ingredient order before cooking and keep a note of any chapter you need to retry. Read the cooking conversations before finishing each stage, using Flavor Text for the menu input and full checklist. The Chapter 5 and 6 sections also flag the phone histories to read before moving on.

Spoiler: Final dish and cleanupShow

In Chapter 7, leave green chillies out of the second dish for Annanukku oru Oothappammm!. After the ending, use chapter select to recover missed reading and retry any imperfect cooking chapters for Queen of the Six Tastes. Once that unlocks, replay Chapter 2 for the deliberately crumbling puttu in Vada Poche.

Chapter 1

Before cooking, open Flavor Text for the conversation input and read both idli branches. Follow Put Chutney for the recipe. A clean attempt also earns Like it was Yesterday.

Put Chutney

bronze · unmissable

Successfully make idlis.

In Chapter 1, assemble the idli steamer:

  1. Add water to the pot.
  2. Cover an idli plate with a towel, add batter and place it inside.
  3. Rotate that plate so its group of three steam holes faces the bottom of the screen.
  4. Prepare the second plate with towel and batter, place it inside and rotate its three holes to the bottom too.
  5. Add the final towel-lined, filled plate. The top plate needs no further rotation.
  6. Fit the lid and turn on the stove. Open the pot when cooking finishes.

Read both idli flavor-text branches before completing the cooking.

SourcesVenba Wiki: Idli and Coconut Chutney

Like it was Yesterday

silver · unmissable

Complete one recipe without messing up.

Finish one recipe without an incorrect step or ingredient. Follow the Chapter 1 idli recipe in Put Chutney for an early opportunity. If you make a mistake, you can earn this later, and Chapter 5's guided cooking also awards it naturally.

SourcesKardi, PSTHC: Venba PS5 guide

Chapter 2

Read one conversation while preparing flour and another during assembly. Follow Agni Prithvi Puttu for the successful recipe. Leave Vada Poche for the final replay.

Agni Prithvi Puttu

gold · unmissable

Successfully “Launch” puttu.

Chapter 2 has two stages.

Flour: blend the soaked rice, pour it into the sieve and shake over the towel. Return coarse pieces to the blender and repeat until no chunks remain. Move the towel's flour into the water.

Assembly: fill the puttu kettle with water, place it on the stove and attach the tall mould. Add seven spoonfuls in this exact order:

Coconut → puttu flour → puttu flour → coconut → puttu flour → puttu flour → coconut.

Add the lid and turn on the heat. This successful version is the one to use on our perfect-cooking run.

SourcesVenba Wiki: Puttu

Vada Poche

silver · optional

Launch a crumbling puttu.

Save this for a Chapter 2 replay after Queen of the Six Tastes.

Prepare the flour using the first stage of Agni Prithvi Puttu, then fill the kettle with water, place it on the stove and attach the mould. Deliberately reverse the successful layering:

Puttu flour → coconut → coconut → puttu flour → coconut → coconut → puttu flour.

Fit the lid, heat the kettle and let the launch play out. The puttu should crumble during the launch. Continue to the end of the chapter for the trophy. Do not use this attempt as your perfect Chapter 2 completion.

SourcesKani Game Log: Venba trophy walkthrough · Kardi, PSTHC: Venba PS5 guide

Chapter 3

Continue the park conversation. There are no recipes or flavor-text stops to collect here.

Hair off the Head

gold · unmissable

Complete the park level.

Play through Chapter 3's park conversation until the next chapter begins. There is no cooking puzzle here and no required dialogue answer.

SourcesMelika Jeddi, Screen Hype: Venba recipe guide

Chapter 4

Use Family Beef for the complete two-stage recipe. Read the cooking conversation during both gravy preparation and layering.

Family Beef

gold · unmissable

Successfully make the biriyani.

Complete both cooking stages in Chapter 4. Interact with the memory prompts before trying to add ingredients.

Gravy: add cardamom, bay leaves, fennel and cloves. Next add onion, chillies, ginger-garlic paste, then tomatoes. Add biriyani masala, turmeric, chilli powder and salt, followed by the marinated beef, then water.

Layers: use the empty bowl to reserve some gravy. Add rice to the pot, pour the reserved gravy back, then add the remaining rice. Top with cashews, ghee, cilantro, fried onions, saffron milk and mint. Fit the lid to finish.

There is a flavor-text opportunity at the start of each stage.

SourcesVenba Wiki: Layered Biriyani

Chapter 5

Follow the highlights through the dinner spread in Arambikalama?.

Spoiler: Optional readingShow

Afterwards, read the full phone history before leaving it for Silicon Heartbreak.

Arambikalama?

gold · unmissable

Make the dinner spread.

Complete Chapter 5's six short cooking activities. Follow the white highlights:

  1. Murukku: rotate the left stick clockwise to form the spirals. Remove them from the oil when highlighted.
  2. Paniyaram: oil each well, then add batter. Select each highlighted piece to flip it, then select it again when highlighted to remove it.
  3. Fish: make three cuts on each side, season both sides and flip it in the pan when prompted.
  4. Rasam: add the oil and the ingredients as they appear.
  5. Mutton: remove the cooker weight, then its lid. Add the highlighted ingredients.
  6. Chicken: select the highlighted drumsticks to turn them over.

Finish the chapter's conversation afterwards.

SourcesMelika Jeddi, Screen Hype: Venba recipe guide
Spoiler: reveal trophy

Silicon Heartbreak

silver · optional

Read all the texts in Venba's phone.

After the Chapter 5 dinner sequence, finish the current phone conversation. When the back arrow becomes available, stay on the phone and scroll all the way to the oldest messages at the top. Read the full history before backing out and continuing. Replay Chapter 5 if you left too soon.

SourcesTater Thot: Venba achievement guide

Chapter 6

Spoiler: Opening interactionShow

Read the phone history at the start for Doomscroll.

Follow Taking Stock for the four cooking stages. Read the conversations during tamarind preparation and the rasam base.

Spoiler: reveal trophy

Doomscroll

silver · optional

Real all the texts in Kavin's phone.

At the start of Chapter 6, finish Kavin's current text exchange. Before using the highlighted back arrow, scroll the phone history up to the very first messages. Read through it, then leave the phone and continue. Chapter 6 can be replayed if you missed this.

SourcesTater Thot: Venba achievement guide

Taking Stock

gold · unmissable

Successfully finish cooking the Chicken Rasam.

Chapter 6 has four preparation stages.

  1. Tamarind water: mix tamarind and warm water in one bowl. Put the sieve over the other bowl and strain the mixture into it. Return the trapped pulp to the first bowl, add fresh water and repeat until the game advances.
  2. Rasam base: add cumin and mustard seeds, then red chillies and curry leaves. Add shallots, garlic and ginger, followed by tomatoes, then the tamarind water. Finish with salt and rasam powder.
  3. Stock: put water, salt, turmeric and bone-in chicken in the pressure cooker. Fit the lid, add its weight and turn on the heat. After cooking, remove the weight and lid.
  4. Combine: pour the stock into the rasam pan and add coriander.

Read the flavor text during the tamarind stage and again before finishing the rasam base.

SourcesRahul Shirke, Into Indie Games: Venba recipes

Chapter 7 and final replay

Follow Fermented Feelings for the three dishes. Read each dish's cooking conversation before serving it, then complete the ending.

Spoiler: Final recipe and cleanupShow

Skip green chillies on the second dish. Check Queen of the Six Tastes before returning to Chapter 2 for the deliberately crumbling puttu. If perfect cooking is still missing, repair any uncertain chapters first.

Spoiler: reveal trophy

Annanukku oru Oothappammm!

gold · optional

Make an oothappam without chillies.

During Chapter 7's second dish, cool the pan with water and set the heat to its lowest setting. Pour the batter and rotate the left stick clockwise to spread it, then add ghee, carrots, onions and idli powder. Do not add green chillies. Set the heat to its highest setting, flip when the edges turn orange-brown and use the flipper again to serve. Omitting chillies is a valid recipe variation, so it is compatible with perfect cooking.

If you added chillies or already finished this dish, use chapter select to replay Chapter 7. Make the first dosa again to reach the second dish, then follow the recipe above without chillies and finish the chapter.

SourcesTrueAchievements: Venba walkthrough · Kani Game Log: Venba trophy walkthrough · Kardi, PSTHC: Venba PS5 guide · Rahul Shirke, Into Indie Games: Venba recipes

Fermented Feelings

gold · unmissable

Successfully finish cooking the Dosas.

Make all three Chapter 7 dishes.

For each one, splash water on the pan, set the heat to its lowest setting, add batter and rotate the left stick clockwise to spread it. Add the ingredients below, set the heat to its highest setting, then use the flipper when the edges turn orange-brown. Use it again to plate the cooked dish.

  • Plain dosa: add oil after spreading the batter.
  • Oothappam: add ghee, carrots, onions and idli powder. Leave out the green chillies to earn Annanukku oru Oothappammm! too.
  • Kari dosa: add ghee, beaten egg, kari and coriander, in that order.

Open the flavor-text conversation before finishing each dish. Continue through the chapter's ending after the last dosa.

SourcesTrueAchievements: Venba walkthrough · Kardi, PSTHC: Venba PS5 guide · Rahul Shirke, Into Indie Games: Venba recipes
Spoiler: reveal trophy

Flavor Text

silver · optional

Read the flavor text in every level.

Read all 11 flavor-text branches. During cooking, press Triangle button to open the question-mark menu and choose the conversation option between the hint and exit options. Read every branch offered.

Use this checklist before finishing the relevant stage:

  • Chapter 1: both idli branches, about preparation and serving. Total: 2.
  • Chapter 2: flour storage before mixing flour into water, then garnishes during mould assembly. Total: 4.
  • Chapter 4: finding ingredients during gravy preparation, then biriyani varieties during layering. Total: 6.
  • Chapter 6: the recipe book during tamarind preparation, then soups during the rasam-base stage. Total: 8.
  • Chapter 7: the conversation for the plain dosa, the healthier variation and the meaning of kari. Total: 11.

Chapters 3 and 5 have none. Continue after the final dish for the unlock. For cleanup, replay the chapter containing a missed conversation and finish its cooking.

SourcesKani Game Log: Venba trophy walkthrough · Flair: Venba achievement guide
Spoiler: reveal trophy

Paavalan Would Be Proud

gold · optional

Get Silicon Heartbreak, Doomscroll, Flavor text achievements.

This unlocks after Silicon Heartbreak, Doomscroll and Flavor Text. Those require the complete phone histories in Chapters 5 and 6 plus all 11 cooking conversations. There is no extra action after earning the three prerequisite trophies.

SourcesTater Thot: Venba achievement guide

Queen of the Six Tastes

gold · optional

Complete every recipe without messing up once.

Record a clean completion of every recipe across Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7. Chapter 3 has no cooking. Use these recipe links as your cleanup checklist:

If you make a mistake, restart the affected chapter and follow the complete recipe again. Undo does not restore a clean attempt, so do not rely on it. Previously completed clean recipes carry over through chapter select.

The game does not identify which recipes you completed perfectly. Keep your own checklist as you go. If this remains locked, replay the uncertain cooking chapters cleanly. Leave the deliberate Chapter 2 failure until after this trophy.

SourcesFlair: Venba achievement guide · Kardi, PSTHC: Venba PS5 guide

Cleanup

Subam

platinum

Obtain all of the Trophies.

Earn the other 15 trophies. Our route leaves the deliberate puttu failure until after the perfect-cooking trophy, so Vada Poche should be the last task.

Sources

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