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Dal palak One of Odisha's favourite home made Recipe. We almost use all types of green leaves for this curry. But I love the combination with drumstick leaves. This is known saago ghanto. Moong Dal or toor Dal choices is totally dependent on mood. Today I combine palak with toor Dal. Take a look..... Ingredients: 1 cup Toor Dal 2 cup water 1 tsp Termeric powder 1 Bunch Spinach 15 Garlic cloves 1 tsp cumin seeds ½ tsp Mustard seeds 2 Dry red chillies Salt Oil Presentations : Wash and rinse thoroughly under water. Transfer to pressure cooker, add the measured water, termeric powder and cook on low flame till one whistle. Allow the pressure to release naturally . Once it cool down remove the Dal in a plate and keep aside.Do not stir the Dal. Heat the oil in a kadhai over medium heat until foaming. Add the garlic fry till light brown, add red chillies,cumin , mustard seeds stirring occasionally until they leave fragrance. Now add Chopped spin

Cheesy potato crackers This appetizer is very popular among my school friends. Whenever my Mom prepare these for my Tiffin ,I am very happy to share with my friends. Sharing tiffin in the school was something we can never forget. Those were the magical moments when we enjoy the togetherness, friendshipness and lovely interactions with each other On Sunday one of my close friend ask me about this and she very much loved this. My Mom never add cheese but for a twist I add cheese. Thank you Mom. Ingredients: 4 Boiled potatos 2 Finely chopped onions 4 tbsp grated cheese 1 tsp chopped green chillies 1 tsp chopped coriander leaves 1tsp fried dry chillies flackes Salt to taste Fried vermicelli to coating Preparations: In a dry plate spread vermicelli and keep aside for next use. Take a large bowl add all above ingredients one by one and mash and mix properly. Take a ball size mixed potatos in your hand give a shape like cutlets and then coat vermicelli all ove

Khuska My version Khuska Khuska or Plain Biryani is very popular in South Indian restaurants.  But this is my version to cook healthy khuska for my family. As I always recommend to give a time for marinate and soak for as long as possible before any cooking. Actually these are processes where the ingredient may half cooked and keep soft. If marination and soaking will do in perfect timing then we must avoid the sticky fats from our dishes. So here "soaking spices " is the real hero of this Khuska with aromatic essence. Using of soaked basmati rice water is help to increase the aroma of khuska. Ingredients : 2 Cup Basmati Rice  4 Cup water ½ of lemon juice 1 tsp Sahi Cumin 4 Green Cardamom ½ of black Cardamom seeds (crushed) 8 Cloves 2 Star anise 2(1" )Cinnamon Sticks 2 Bay leaf into half 1 tsp Curry masala powder 1 tsp Garam masala powder 1 tsp Coriander powder 1 tsp Termeric powder 2 Red Tomatos Chopped 1 Big Onion sliced 4 Gree

Spinach Fritters Delicious fritters made with whole spinach leaf and gram flour batter. Easy and simple appetizer for evening snacks. I never use any spices to it because I don't want to lose the original taste of spinach. Sometimes  Ingredients: 20 no. of Whole small Spinach leaves 4 tbsp Gram flour Salt to taste Oil for deep frying Preparations: Wash ,rinse, drain and pat dry the spinach leaves.  In a bowl add gram flour and salt mix then add water to thick batter. Keep aside. Heat kadhai along with oil on midium flame dip each spinach leaf in the batter and drop 4 leaves at a time into the hot oil. Do not rush in pan or else it stick with each other. Flip and fry. Fry until done. Do not serve like me Just fry and start eating without wasting of time.😜 Spinach Fritters 1

Fishegg Base Tikka You have heard pizza base, burger base, sandwich base but have you heard about non-veg base ?  Yes a non veg base which is new and unique Recipe of mine. The most family loving, tasty and amazing preparations that I made.  Whenever I bring rohu fish ;I make sure fish eggs inside the fish tummy. I never leave it while cutting for fisherman or anyone else . I bring it and cook in varieties. I remember my Mom used to cook  them like fritter with loads of onions and Chillys to avoid the fishy smell which is quite simple but we all enjoyed the fritters. For a change sometimes I prepare fish eggs like chilly, do piyaja, pepper Fry's,Kassa,butter masala , simple with tomato onion curry and  so on ....... Today I am sharing the base of fisheggs which you can cut and cook in various ways. As per my suggestion Rohu fishegg is the best compare to others. Have a look... Ingredients: 500 g Rohu fishegg 4 tbsp Gram flour 1 tbsp Ginger/Garlic paste 1 tbs

Spiny potato fry  Ingredients: 250 g Spiny Gourd 1 Potato 1 tsp Chili powder ½ tsp Turmeric powder 1 tsp Curry powder 1 tbsp Rice powder 1 tsp ginger garlic paste Salt to taste Oil  Preparations : Wash and clean spiny gourds well. Wash potatoes properly with skin. Cut both Vegetables into length wise. Keep in a large mixing bowl add all above spices toss and keep this for 5 more minutes. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a kadhai when enough heat add all marinated vegeies and give it a nice stir on high flame. Sprinkle water, mix it well , spread the veggies evenly in kadhai so each may fry equally and cover the lid cook on low flame. Do not stir again and again. Otherwise all veggies may mess and not fries well and crispy. Give 5 minutes to fry. After 5 minutes, open the lid. Sprinkle water on top of veggies swrill the kadhai and stir well again and cook it for another 2 to 3 minutes without lid on each side may fry well. Slowly cooking gives nice and crispy fries wi

Kani Macha Ambila 1 King fish is very favourable salty fish for Odia's because of its taste, with a single bone and good match mix for any curry and specially we cook ambila. We use small king fish for this curry but now a days it's not possible to get perfect small or Midium in size, Because high demands and highly expensive .  It is expensive but very much satisfaction to your palates,to your tummy,to your food. Today I am going to share this recipe. The combine tastes and smell of sweet, sour and spicyness of this curry force  to eat before time. The smell of this curry is knoked the mind and palates of your neighbours.   I m damn sure they ask about this special curry only because of the powerful smell which spread all over the kitchen. Ingredients: 8 piece's of King fish 4 tbsp jaggary 1 Onion sliced 3 tbsp tamarind paste  ½ tsp cumin seeds ½ tsp mustard seeds ½ tsp fenugreek seeds 1 tsp funnel seeds 2 red chilly few curry leaves ½ ts

Jackfruit potato curry Ingredients:  2 Cups Raw Jackfruit cubes  1 Cup Potatoes cubes 2 Chopped Tomatos 2 Sliced Onions    1 Star anise 1 Bay Leaf 1 Green Cardamom  ½" Cinnamon Stick  2 Clove 1 tsp Curry Powder 1 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder  ½ tsp Turmeric Powder 1 tsp Coriander powder ½ Cup Hung curd 1 tsp Ginger-Garlic paste 1 tsp Garam masala powder Salt to taste Mustard oil Preparations : Add all jackfruit in pressure cooker along  with salt and turmeric. Cook till 2 whistles remove drain and Keep aside. Heat oil in a kadhai and fry potatoes till slightly different in colour remove in a dry plate. Fry boiled jackfruits on high flame till little harder. Remove on a plate. On same kadhai add some  more oil for tempering the whole spices. Fry till the aroma comes add the onions along with a pinch of salt  fry till brown. Add tomatoes fry little bit, add ginger garlic paste and fry for a few minutes add all spice powder fry till o

Skipping Dal on meals is not likable for all But always consuming Dal is also felt boring.  So here is another dish, mostly we prepare in summer ,because of its spicy ,tangy, soury, and mild sweetness of this gravy gollapes the rice balls into our mouth. Once we taste it we will forget about the Dal. You can also keep this in refrigerator for next day because it will not stale  and the taste is much better than the previous day. Ingredients: 1 Cup Dried broad beans 2 Onions sliced 2 Tomato chopped 1 tbsp Ginger-garlic paste ½ Cup coconut paste 1 Cup Coconut milk  1 Pinch Hing ½ tsp Coriander powder 1 tsp Red chili powder  1 tbsp Kashmiri chili powder 1 tsp Turmeric Powder 1 tsp Garam masala 1 tsp Methi seeds 1 tsp Fennel seeds  ½ tsp Mustard seeds ½ tsp Cumin seeds 4 tbsp tamarind paste 1 tbsp grated jaggery 2 Dried red chili Few Curry leaves Cooking oil Salt to taste Presentation : Wash,drain and soak beans in warm water for over night. Next d

Dalma "DALMA"  A healthy recipe from my Odisha's kitchen. We Odia's always proud to announce that the "Dalma" is the only one recipe which has no substitute with any other recipes. The Dalma recipe has the perfect combination of taste and health, that is packed with proteins from dal and minerals ,vitamins and all nutritional value from vegetables. This dish is one of the Chappan Bhog in Jagannath temple. Now you would get to know that "Dalma" is an Ancient and an authentic recipe from 1161 AD from Jagganath Puri temple. We enjoy the Dalma oftenly hope you all will enjoy it also. Ingredients For Dal....... 1 cup Green gram dal 1 tsp turmeric powder 1 tsp grated ginger 2 tbsp chopped green chillies 1 tsp hing For 1 bowl Vegetables.... Pumpkin Plaintain Potato Brinjal Potato Jackfruit Drumsticks Taro Raw papaya For seasonings...... Oil 1 tsp panch phoran 1 pinch hing 1 bay leaf 1 tsp

My first time experience with "No oil recipe on Biryani" and the result was a great success . Before I cooked Fried rice, fish curry, Pulao and more recipes with less oil or without oil........ We all hesitate about Biryani because of the bad experiences we had........... it's heavy on the stomach , feeling bloated,  add fatigue , cholesterol problems , digestive problems , sleeping problems and many more . Stop thinking about all these problems.  Try my unique biryani preparation. Trying of biryani is little worried because of more hectic work . Now I made it easy with few tips and tricks.  I must say after this process you all forget to add oil or ghee on your biryani. I always suggest " Day Before preparations" are made easy to get best results. So here also I use the few ingredients for pre - preparation. Take a look..... Ingredients : 2 bowl Jackfruits  2 bowl of Long grain Basmati rice 1 bowl of chopped mint 4 large Onions

Lollipops are lip smacking starters and appetizers for Indians. The spicyness, flavour and the crispyness of lollipops is a favourite treat for us. I have try to make jackfruit lollipops with simple ingredients what always available  in our kitchen. Without using of any sauces ,ajinomoto ,and all purpose flour. These lollipops are pan fried not deep fried. So it's quite possible to make with less oil. I choose the lengthy raw jackfruit because it's less fiber and perfect for 65, pakoda, fries and lollipops. The round shaped jackfruits have more seeds , more fiber and little sweet in taste. This is perfect for curry. Ingredients : 1 bowl raw jackfruit ½ tsp Termeric powder Salt For Marination : 4 tbsp corn flour 4 tbsp Hung curd 2 tbsp Gram flour 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic paste 1 tbsp Chopped Green Chillys 1 tbsp Chopped Garlic 1 tbsp Chopped Ginger 1 tbsp Chopped Coriander leaves 1 tbsp Chopped curry leaves 1 tsp Kasuri methi powder 1

"Jalebi " a popular Indian sweet dish. The deep fried sweet which is garnished with strands of saffron has a rich and imposing history of jalebi. Do you remember the Phrase "Like as straight as jalebi”.  This phrase referring to that person who is very cleverly proof he is right but we know him and  say, “Well, we know that you are just like as straight as jalebi",. We can see, jalebi is not straight it's a difficult to prepare, looks so many round shapes. Ingredients : Sugar Syrup  1 bowl Sugar  1 bowl Water 1 tsp milk to remove the dust from sugar syrup Jalebi paste 2 Cup maida flour 1 Cup butter milk Few saffron 1 pinch salt Desi ghee Preparations: Take broad kadhai along with sugar and water for syrup cook on medium heat Cook and Stirring occasionally until the sugar dissolves. Cook till you get a perfect sticky consistency and form a one string consistency. Check with your two fingers. Keep aside for next use. Now take a

Crispy Paper Dosa "Dosa or Masala Dosa" has a wonderful and  incredible childhood memories of mine when I visit any appetizer hotels with my family and enjoying a variety of appetizers.In those days going to a restaurant was a very excitement treat. Each one oder different types of appetizers and we start sharing and tasting each one's dish and then 2Nd oder will be the best one. And I always prefer the masala Dosa because I love the taste of stuffed boiled spicy potatoes. First finished whole Dosa leave masala for last taste and slowly slowly by enjoying I take little little bite of it. Ufffffff Pease of mind so so relaxed. But today instead of potatoes I use dry green peas chat for stuffings. A different taste to masala Dosa. This is actually for my Hubby who always avoid to eat potatos. Take a look ..... Ingredients: 3 Cup rice 2 Cup Black gram Dal 1 tbsp Butter Water Salt Dosa Batter : Clean , wash the rice and urad Dal properly. If you wash p

Ingredients 1 cantaloupe 4 Cup sugar 1 cup water 1 tsp saunth (dry ginger powder) Preparations: Using of 4:1 sugar : water to make a long lasting thicker syrup for this drink Cut the mellon into half. Remove all the seeds, using a spoon scrap all mellon flesh to a  grinding jar. Make fine pure of it and set aside. Heat a shallow pan , combine sugar, water cook and stir occasionally until the sugar is dissolved and the syrup will thicken. Remove from heat to a room temperature ,add the cantaloupe pure and saunth to syrup stir nicely to mix all ingredients very well . You may also use few shredded cantaloupe to get better taste. Cool completely pour in a dry bottle and store in refrigerator for long use. * Use this drink with lots of ice and with club soda. * Adding few drops of lemonade it give a nice and different taste. * Simply add with milk make , shake and drink. * adding a pinch of pepper mint and menthol give a cool cool taste. Try all these and

It's a Pure Kashmiri style kadhai Murg masala. Now it's popular as kadhai chicken. As we know Kasmiris fond of Gosht(Mutton) so they bought loads of Mutton from market on any suspicious occasion and when it not finished then marinade all meat and store for next day use. On next day they cook kadhai gosht it's a easy and quick to cook and one pot dish. This dish noted for it's spicyness and flavour of capsicum. Instead of Mutton , choosing chicken is the only reason for easy cooking process. Now a day's so many changes are there in this dish but I try to make North Indian style Kadhai Murg Masala. Have a look..... Ingredients: ChickenMarination: 1 kg chicken ½ Cup curd 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste ½ tsp Termeric power 1 tbsp oil Salt, to taste Sauted Vegetables: ½ of Capsicum square cut 1 Onion square cut 1 Tomato square Cut (without seeds) Make a paste: 2  Tomatoes 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste 1 tsp chilli powder 1 black carda

There is no better and wonderful day where you eat your favourite fish curry and take a nap for long time on Summer Afternoon. The strongest flavour of mustard, soury and tangy taste of Ambula makes the dish terrific and different from regular curries. Besara Odisha's staple food which prepared  with fishes, vegetables ,few selective lentils, mushrooms and Vadi. This is based on mustard paste gravy with use of Ambula ( salted sun dried raw mangoes) for enhanced the taste of sourness, tangyness to the curry.  But sometimes we combine both fish and vegetables for a unique taste and for a better changes to regular foods. Very popular is with Rohu fish and Katla fish Besara. Today I am making this recipe with King fish however, you may choose varieties of fish even you may also use shrimps, anchovies,kerandi (little bitter in taste). Need little careful for delicate small fish. Ingredients: 1 kg king fish 10 lady's finger 4 Ambula(Salted dried mangoes) 1

Ingredients: 2 cups Idli rice  1 cup Black gram dal 2 cup fine grated coconut 2 cup coconut milk Salt Preparations: Wash the rice and dal  Soak for 6 hrs.  Drain all water and grind with coconut milk to as regular idli batter.  Add grated coconut and salt stir well. Cover the lid and keep for fermentation for about 6 hours or overnight. Next day stir again and  use the batter to make idlis the usual way. I use to pour onto a steel bowl and place it in pressure cooker without its weights. With 1 cup of water. Steam for 15 minutes check through skewers if done , remove and place another one . Serve with any of the usual accompaniments.

Sambar is one of staple dish in Tamil homes. Like Gujarati’s fond of dhokla ,Bengoli’s  fond of fish,Punjabi’s fond of sarso ka saag, Mumbai people are fond of pao bhaji,and we Odia's fond of dahi bara and sweets. Tamil's are fond of Sambar. The food never complete without Sambar. They cook Varieties of Sambar with using of single - single vegetables like lady's finger Sambar, drumstick Sambar,raw mango Sambar, keerai Sambar,radish Sambar,mix veg sambar, young coconut Sambar, bitter gourd Sambar which I like mostly with plain rice.  I usually prepare sambar twice a week with idli and each time I try to cook different flavour of Sambar. My family enjoyed these variations of Sambar. Ingredients : 2 Cups Boiled toor dal 2 chopped Tomato  2 chopped Green chillies 10 Vendakkai / Lady's finger into half ½ cup Tamarind water 1 tbsp coconut powder 1 pinch hing 2 tbsp Sambar powder 2 Dry red chilli 1 tsp Mustard and Cumin seeds 1 tsp fennel seeds

Ingredients: 6 Big sized Potato pinch of hing ¼ tsp Curry masala ¼ tsp Garam masala ½ tsp Aam Chur powder ½ tsp black pepper powder ½ tsp red chili Powder ½ tsp Tamarind pulp Hand full of Coriander leaves Few Curry leaves 4 cross long cut Green chillies 2 tbsp Mustard Oil Presentation: Wash and Cut potatoes into four with skin. Boil the potatoes by adding the required amount of salt. Remove the skin and keep a side. Take a bowl add all dry spices in a bowl mix well along with tamarind pulp and ½ cup of water keep aside. Heat kadai add oil with a pinch of hing,  add soaked wet spices to oil fry till raw smell go out add boiled potatoes , green chilly ,curry leaves and coriander leaves stir on high flames. Add salt stir and roast potato well do not burn the spices. Switch off the flame remove from kadhai to serving bowl. Serve with naan , Chapattis, roti or with rice as side dish.