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 Podapitha is a very old Odiya cuisine cake which is also the most preferred sweet of Shree Jagannath as Prasaad. Poda pitha means  burnt cake. As the name suggests, this pitha is baked and the lower portion of cake is burnt. Ingredientsp 2 cup rice 1 cup white black gram 1 tbsp baking powder/baking soda( optional) 1 cup finely grated coconut 2tbs cup chopped coconut 2tbs chopped sweet potatoes 2tbs chopped dates 2tbs Cashew nut and raisins 3 cup jaggery 1 tsp chopped ginger 1tsp roughly powdered pepper 1 table spoon ghee 1 tsp salt  Preparations: Clean the rice and black gram in water and soak it overnight. Wash them thoroughly and grind the batter coarse and thick but not as fine as the of dosa paste. Add coconut,sweet potato,cashew,raisins, grated coconut, chopped ginger, salt, pepper jaggery and baking powder.  Mix all the ingredients well . Keep the batters for 4 hours for self-fermentation. Pr-heat the pressure cooker. Fo

Street food specialty mostly found in Darjeeling or Sikkim. The filling of these momos is very simple and light. Serve these momos with chili garlic sauce. chicken momos recipe is a north eastern recipe and very popular in tibet as well. Chicken mince flavored with soy sauce, chili, chili is stuffed in a dough ball and then steamed. Since this recipe is a steamed recipe, it is a healthy high protein recipe with tender chicken. I bet everyones going to get super excited when you set the table with these homemade momos that taste street style!! Ingredients.... For dough.... 1cup Maida 5tbsp  lukewarm Water Salt, to taste For fillings... 250g Chicken Kheema 1tbsp Garlic 1tbsp Ginger 1/2cup Onions 1/2cup Spring Onions 1tbsp light Soy sauce 1tbsp Sugar 1tbsp Cornflour Salt, to taste Pepper, to taste Preparations...... In a clean bowl, add the maida, salt and lukewarm water. Knead it until a tough dough ball is made. Oil the dough ball, cover it with a plate and keep it a

 Ingredients: Potato,Carrot,Green beans,Broad beans,Green peas,Raddish   all vegetables equally cut into small cubes  250 grams Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp Coconut paste 1cup  Cloves – 3,  Cardamom – 3, Black pepper –5/6  Bay leaf– 1  Asfoitida – 1 pinch Green chilies – 2  Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder – 1/2 tsp Coconut milk – 1/4 cup Salt – To taste Preparation: Heat oil in a wok at medium heat.  Splutter mustard seeds,Cumin seeds,whole spices  with a pinch of asfoitida and fry until fragrant. Now add vegetables and saute nicely. Stir the vegetables frequently until they're nicely browned  and cooked through. Give them a good shake or  stir every so often to keep them from  sticking and to help them cook evenly. Add turmeric powder,Saute for about a minutes or until their raw smell is gone.Add coconut paste and season with salt.  Cook covered for about 5 minutes at medium-low heat. After 5 minutes switch off the

 Ingredients: 1½ cups cooked rice 2 cups fresh curds 1 tbsp oil 1 tsp mustard seeds 1 tbsp black lentils 4 to 6 curry leaves 1 to 2 chopped green chilies, A pinch of asafoetida 1/2 tsp turmeric pd  Salt to taste Preparations: 1. Combine the rice and curds together in a bowl and keep aside. 2. Heat the oil in a broad non-stick pan and add the mustard seeds. 3. When the seeds crackle, add the black lentils, curry leaves and green chilies and sauté on a medium flame for 1 minute, while stirring continuously. 4. Add the asafoetida, turmeric pd , prepared curd-rice mixture, mix well and cook on a slow flame for 1 to 2 minutes, while stirring continuously. 5. Add the salt, mix well and cook on a slow flame for 1 minute. serve hot or cool.

Ingredients: 50 gm- butter 1 -can condensed milk 1 tbs coco pd few drops vanilla extract 5 scoop- milk pd 1 pinch salt chopped pistachio and cashew 4 ice cubes Preparations: Place butter, condensed milk,ice cubes and salt in a food processor. Pulse until smooth and thick. Once mixture is smooth, scrape into bowl. Using a hand mixer, beat until mixture starts to appear fluffy. Separate the mixer into two bowl and add coco pd in one bowl. Now butterscotch and chocolate ice cream is ready. Put mixture into plastic container and freeze for four hours. Take another bowl add milk pd ,vanilla extract  with little water mix it. Now to assemble the ice cream add a tbsp of prepared butterscotch ice cream vanilla milk liquid and then chocolate ice cream alternating it reaches the brim of the glasses. Add the chopped nuts in top.

Ingredients: 200- gm Rohu fish eggs ( Indian Carp fish eggs ) 2- onions, chopped 3- green chilies,chopped 1-teaspoon turmeric powder 1-teaspoon curry masala powder 1-teaspoon coriander powder 2- tablespoons finely chopped coriander leaves 4-tablespoon gram flour Salt to taste oil Preparations: Clean the fish eggs by washing thoroughly under running water.  Take it in a large pan and add 3 cups of water and 1 tsp of salt. Boil the fish egg in water for 10 to 15 minutes in low flame  till it becomes hard and slightly pink in color. Check the water level in between as eggs soak water and increase in volume. Remove the eggs and drain off the water completely. Take it in a mixing bowl and crumble it into fine pieces. Add Gram flour,finely chopped onion, garlic, green chili, turmeric powder, red chili powder,Coriander powder, salt and chopped coriander leaves. Mix it well.Make small balls out of it and flatten them like kebab or tikki. Heat 2 tablespoon of oil in a pan and drop

Ingredients Cumin and Coriander pd.  2 1/2 tsp Minced chicken 500 gm Egg 1 Finely chopped onion 2 tbsp Chopped coriander leaves 2 tbsp Garlic and ginger paste 2 tbsp Chopped green chilly 1tbs    Garam masala 1/2 tsp Corn flour 1 tbsp Salt to taste Oil for frying Preparations: Take a frying pan place cumin and coriander pd. and fry until fragrant comes out. Remove and keep a side. Add all above ingredient along with minced chicken and knead it with your hands. Cover the bowl and keep aside for 1 hour. After 1 hour mix it again. Take about full 2 tbsp. of chicken mixture in your hand. Place it in center of palm and make a ball. Press the ball between your both palm and flatten it to form the kebab. (Give the shape just like thin burger patties) Now place the kebab on hot pan for shallow fry. Shallow fry the kebabs till golden. These kebabs should be a little bigger in size than usual round tikkis. After frying, remove from heat and place kebabs on absorbent paper or p

 Ingredients -     1 long snake gourd cut into round shape     1onion sliced     1/2 tsp mustard seeds     1/2 tsp  zeera     2 red chilly     1/3 tsp turmeric     2 tbsp oil     pinch of hing     salt to taste     3 to 4 tbsp thick curd(hung curd) Ingredients for the mustard paste -     2 tbsp mustard seeds     1 tsp cumin seeds     5-6 garlic cloves     1 red chilly   Preparation - Grind the above ingredients along with water into a fine paste. Heat up a kadhai. Add the hing,red chilly , zeera and mustard seeds. Follow with the sliced onion and stir fry for 2-3 minutes till brown. Add the mustard paste along with 1 cups water. Add salt and turmeric, and bring to a boil. Now add the snake gourd pieces and cover  a lid and cook in medium heat. Cook till it softens.Remove from flame stir well. Add curd again stir nicely.(optional) Curd will give richness and tangy taste to curry. Serve with roti or rice.

Ingredients: Groundnuts  1cup Sugar  2 cup Cardamom powder  1/2 tsp Water   1 cup Desi ghee 1 tsp Preparations: Fry groundnuts until golden brown on low heat and let it cool After cool rub groundnuts with the help of both hands and remove the skin. Rub harder to break each groundnut into 2 equal parts. Take a thick bottomed pan and add 1 cup water with 2 cup sugar and 1 tea spoon of milk. (Milk remove impurities of sugar) remove impurities with the help of spoon. Add cardamom powder. check the consitency of syrup if the syrup gets thicker now add roasted groundnuts stir nicely for a minute. take a square plate grease it with the desi ghee and then pour this mixture on plate spread quickly with the spoon and keep its thicknss 1/3 inch. take a knife and cut it into bars or any shape while the mixer is still hot. When the mixer cooled break it into pieces and store in jar.

Ingredients: Kani macha _ slices(king fish) 1/2 tbsp ginger/garlic paste 1/2 teaspoons chili powder 2 teaspoons coriander powder 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder 1/2 tbsp masala powder 1 pinch orange food coloring    1 tablespoon curd salt oil    Preparations: Mix together all the spices with the curd and salt. Coat the fish with the paste and keep aside for half and hour. In a frying pan, heat oil until smoking. Reduce heat and shallow fry fish turning once, until nicely browned. Serve with lemon and onion wedges.

Ingredients : 1 cup chopped Paalak Leaves 1 cup Paneer pieces 1 cups Rice       2-3 Green chillies chopped 4 cloves of Garlic chopped 1 Onion sliced 1 tsp garam masala Salt to taste 3-4 tbsp Oil preparations: Wash and cook the rice. Heat a pan and add oil. Add zeera, add onions and sauté till they turn brown. Add the paalak and fry for 2-3 minutes. Now add rice, salt mix nicely and then add garam masala Once the rice is cooked, mix  paneer pieces and again stir careful . Serve hot palak paneer pulao.

Ingredients: 1 cup - basmati rice 1/2 cup - red,yellow,green capsicum,carrot,beans cut into square pieces. 1/2 tsp soy sauce 1/2 tsp chilly sauce 1/2 tsp black pepper powder salt to taste Preparations: Cook basmati rice according to the package or, if you want to save some time, cook ordinary rice. Let your rice cool naturally. and then place it in the fridge for at least 1 hour. Cool rice because each grain can be fried quickly and easily. Take  a large, deep-sided nonstick kadhai.Heat the kadhai on high flame. Add  vegetables then start stir-frying. All this heating prevents sticking. cook until your veggies start to soften a bit (but not too much, you want them to have some bite still little crunchy) Remove veggies and set aside. On same kadhai add rice and seasoning black pepper and salt, and stir to combine. Add vegetables mix thoroughly. Cook and stir until entire mixture is hot, there is no liquid left in the kadhai, and the rice is just beginning to crisp. The rec

Ingredients: Smelts - 100 gm Corn Flour - 1 Tbsp ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp Chilli Powder - 1 Tsp Dhania Powder - 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp Vinegar - 1 tsp ( or lemon juice) Salt pinch red color Oil for deep frying You can also use Fish masala powders available ready made. Preparations: Clean fish nicely and marinate it with the above masalas and ingredients with salt and little water. Leave for 10 to 20 mins. Deep fry in oil till golden brown. Its a great snack by itself. Goes well as a starter too.

Ingredients: 2-Onion chopped 8-Garlic cloves chopped 1/2 tsp-Turmeric pd. 1 tsp - garam masala pd. 1 tsp chilly pdr 1 tsp-Fennel Seeds fried and roughly ground 1 tbsp - Aamchoor 1-boiled and mashed plantain 1 pinch hing Salt to taste Oil for frying Preparations: Wash and dry the Bitter gourds. Cut the edges off from both the sides. Make a slit and scoop out the seed portion. In a pan heat water add bitter gourd slits with 1 teaspoon salt. cook for 5 mins on high flame and cook till the bitter gourd skin becomes soft. Remove the bitter gourd drain and set aside. Take out the excess water using kitchen towel. Apply salt on inside and outside of the Bitter Gourd don't use too much salt.           Now take a pan add 1 tbsp of oil heat and then add hing , chopped onion,chopped garlic fry it for some time.  Add plantain fry 2 mins and then add masala,turmeric, chilly pd.,salt and aamchoor pd mix nicely and fry for 2 to 3 mins. Remove from flame add fried and roughly grou

Ingredients: potatoes-4 boiled and skinned Tamarind -1 1/2 dissolved in 1 cup warm water Onion_1 sliced Oil-2 tablespoons Asafotida - pinch Sugar-1 tablespoon mustard-1/2 tsp zeera-1/2 tsp red chilly-2 fennel-1/2 tsp fenugreek-1/2tsp curry leaves-few Ginger-garlic paste-1 tablespoon curry masala powder_1 tbsp red chilly powder_1/2tspn Turmeric powder_1/2tsp salt to taste water - 1/2 cup    Preparations: Using knife,pierce each potato in 4 piece. Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add potatoes and saute till golden and crisp. Remove from heat and set aside. Add Asafotida,mustard,zeera,red chilly,fennel,fenugreek and curry leaves saute till fragarance. Add onion fry 1 min,add red chilly powder,turmeric powder, masala powder,ginger-garlic paste with little water Cook for about 1 minute, then add the sugar,tamarind dissolved water ,potatoes and salt Cover and Simmer until the sauce has thickened about 10 minutes.  Garnish with curry leaves and serve hot.

  Ingredients: Fresh green leaves  4 cups coarsely chopped gram flour      1/2 cup Onion           1/2 cup chopped green chilly    1 tsp chopped garlic          1tsp chopped Ajinomoto       1/2 tsp mutton masala   1 tsp chilly powder   1/2 tsp Salt to taste oil for frying Preparations: (Before start cooking Soak skewers in water for 30 minutes.) Take the chopped green leaves in a bowl, add all the above ingredients. kneed well. No need to add water.Kneed like dough. Lightly wet your hands. One portion mixture at a time, pack layer on the length of the skewer. Set aside. Now heat oil in a frying pan Line up skewers on the hot pan. Turn the skewer occasionally. Remove when nicely done, it will turn bit black when fried but make sure you don’t burn the kabas to make it black Drain thoroughly, and place on absorbent paper. Serve hot. Enjoy this tempting Green leafy seekh kebab with any sauce of your choice as starter or snack.

Ingredients: 4 cups cooked rice 1 tsp garam masala 1/2 tsp seasoning 1 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese 3 eggs 1 tbsp milk pd. salt to taste Preparation: In a bowl mix all ingredients using only half of the cheese. Spread into a greased  pan or similar casserole type dish and spread remaining cheese on top. Bake at for 20 minutes or until heat through and cheese is nice and melted. Serve hot.

 Ingredients: Boiled chick peas -1/2 cup Cabbage chopped - 1 cup Cauliflower florets - 1 cup Green Peas -1/2 cup Onions finely chopped - 2 Tomato finely chopped - 2 Chopped capsicum -2 Potato -1 lemon juice - 1 tbsp Pav bhaji Pav bhaji masala -2 tbsp garam masala - 1tsp turmeric pd - 1 tsp Method: In a food processor, pulse the chickpeas a few times until blended but the mixture still has chunks for texture. Chopped the vegetables in equally and Cook all the vegetables in a pressure cooker . Mash them coarsely with boiled chick peas. Heat the butter in a pan and add garlic and ginger. Fry until garlic turns slightly brown. Add the onions and fry and until transparent. Add the tomatoes and fry for 2 minutes. Add all the boil vegetables. Add Pav Bhaji Masala and Salt and some water (add more water if u like the bhaji thin). Bring to Boil. Remove from flame. Add Coriander,lemon juice,Butter and mix well. Slit pavs horizontally leav

  Ingredients About 2 cups freshly grated coconut 1 cup of medium grained rice, soaked in some water for at least 20 min and cooked such that grains are separated.  Left overs work great too. 2 tsp split black gram (urad dal) 2 tsp Bengal gram (channa dal), soaked in some warm water for 10 minutes 3-4 dried red chillies (or as per taste) 1 tsp mustard seeds 1/4 tsp asafoetida powder few sprigs of curry leaves few cashews (anywhere from 5-10) salt to taste Preparation In a 1 tsp oil (or ghee for added flavor), temper the seeds. Once they start popping, add the black gram, drained Bengal gram, red chillies, cashews , curry leaves and asafoetida. You don't have to add curry leaves now - can add it later. But I prefer this way. Once the lentils have browned and cashews roasted, add the grated coconut and stir for 5-10 min or until the coconut gets toasted and turns slightly reddish brown. Now add the rice Mix well until combined Serve hot.

Ingredients:   For Vegetable Balls:  Shredded Carrot – 1/2 cup Shredded Cabbage – 1/2 cup Shredded Cauliflower – 1/2 cup Shredded Beans – 1/2 cup Shredded Bell Pepper – 1/2 cup Green Chilly – 2 (adjust to taste) Chopped Ginger – 1 tbsp Chopped Spring Onion –  2 tbsp Corn Flour – 4 tbsp Pepper Powder – 1/2 tbsp Soy Sauce –  1 tsp Red Chilly Paste – 1 tsp Ajinamoto –  a pinch Boiled Rice                                                                            Salt to taste Oil – 2 to  cups   For Sauce: Chopped Onions – 3/4 cup Chopped Ginger – 1 tbsp Chopped Garlic – 2 tbsp Green Chilly – 2 Spring onions – 3 tbsp Soy Sauce – 1 tbsp Red Chilly Paste – 1 tbsp Sweet and Sour Sauce – 1 tbsp Pepper Powder – 1/4 tsp Sesame oil – 2 tbsp Ajinamoto – 1/4 tsp Salt to taste Preparation: first the tricky step of making the veg balls  take all the ingredients for the veg balls in a plate or a bowl. mix them well and keep aside for 15-20 minutes. during this time the veggies will rel