A PINCH OF HING

Ingredients: 1 cup boondi 1 cup hung curd 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves 1 tsp chopped green chilli salt to taste a pinch of azwain chat masala(optional) Preprations: Whisk the hung curd in a bowl. Add salt,a pinch of azwain powder,choppedcoriander leaves,chopped green chillies and boondi to it and mix well. Sprinkle some chat masala on top. Do not add water or any extra liqued ingredients to it. Dahi Boondi can be served cold or at room temperature.  It goes well with veg or non-veg biryani ,pulao, jeera rice,tomato rice or serve as a side dish.

Ingredients: 200 gm Bengal Gram flour 2 tbsp Roasted cashews few fried Curry leaves Red chilly Powder Salt to taste Oil for deep frying Boondi ladle (ladle with holes) Preparations : Take a bowl sieve gram flour,add salt, red chilly powder, mix well. Add water mix and make a smooth flowing batter and keep aside. Heat oil in a kadai and keep it ready to deep fry the boondis. When oil is hot enough, Use the regular ladle to spoon some batter onto the boondi ladle. Use the regular ladle to make circular motions on the Boondi ladle so that the batter drops as balls into the oil. Fry the boondis till they turn golden brown. Remove on kitchen towel for soak extra oil. Now collect all boondi's in a bowl add roasted cashews, roasted curry leaves, red chilli powder and salt to taste and toss all ingredients very well. store in a container. Spicy boondi ready for snacks.

This is typical authentic Odisha saag curry known as phula kobi saaga ghanta ; which prepared almost in all Odia's home serve as a side dish with Pakala or with plain rice. Cauliflower leaves are often sold along with the entire cauliflower. So we use this as fry's, curry's,fritters and so on... Ingredients: Toor Daal  1 cup Cauliflower leaves 2 cups Green chili 2 split Turmeric 1/2 For Seasoning Hing 1 pinch Onion 1 Sliced Garlic pods 6 Mustard + Cumin  1 tsp Red Chili 2 Oil 2tbsp Salt to taste Preparations: Wash properly and Discard the thick stems from all leaves. Chop the cauliflower leaves by cutting them in thin pieces although the greens doesn't need to be exactly cutting. Cut in small sizes is good for cooking time. Keep​ aside. Wash and boil toor daal adding pinch of turmeric. When the daal is cooked thoroughly and is soft remove in a bowl do not stir. In same pressure cooker add the chopped cauliflower greens with little water cook