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N C Poda pitha Poda pitha is the most authentic and festive dish. Poda meant burnt and pitha means cake. Poda pithas come in two varieties - salty and sweet. Salty goes well with non veg curries and sweets are serve without any side dishes. On covered kadhai hot charcoal was placed on top and fires lit underneath, while the slow cooking ensured that doesn't burnt and done perfectly. Ingredients : 3 cups Rice suji 1 cup Black gram dal 1 tsp salt 2 cup big sized sugar (powdered) 1 cup Fresh chenna 2 tsp curd (whisked) ½ tsp baking soda 1 cup thick coconut paste 1 cup coconut extract 1 tsp Desi ghee 1 tsp white pepper powder. 1 tsp dry ginger powder Preparations : Wash rice suji ,drain the all water keep aside. Wash black gram dal soak for 1 hour grind it with a fine paste remove in large vessel add soaked rice, salt and mix well ; it should be thick batter. Keep this over night for fermentation. Next day preparation..... Grate the chenna spread on

Beatroot potato cheese Croquettes Ingredients: Potatoes 4 boiled and mashed Cheese 250 gm grated Beatroot big 1 fine grated Salt Pepper ½tsp Oregano ½ tsp Dry chilli flacks 1 tsp Oil for deep frying Corn flour  2 tbsp Capsicum, Tomato and onions squares for garnishing Preparations : Make a solution of corn flour and water and keep a side. Add the all above grated ingredients and spices ,mix until well incorporated. Measure heaped tablespoonfuls of the mixture, roll it into balls and place onto a large plate. Refrigerate for a couple of hours to harden. Remove the balls from the fridge and quickly shape into perfect balls. One by one dunk into the solution and keep in a dry plate. Repeat with the remaining balls, then repeat the corn procedure. This gives it a better and thicker crispy crust. Fry the croquettes in the oil until dark in color, being careful as you turn them as they may split and burst open. Drain on paper towels as you fry the remaining croq

Macha chechada In combination, some foods not only taste great, but they help you absorb nutrients more effectively. Fish Chechada is an Unique Odia curry made of green leafy vegetables (saaga),fish head ,fish tails and mixed up vegetables. A Non veg version of mixed vegetables curry. Ingredients: Fish head 4 PC Fish tail 2 pc Pumpkin Potatoes Brinjal Colocasia All vegetables cut into cubes Amaranth leaves chopped 2 cups roughly chopped Tomato chopped Onions chopped Ginger-Garlic Paste Turmeric powder ½ tsp Curry masala ½ tsp Garaam masala 1 tsp Cumin seeds ¼ tsp Mustard seeds ¼ tsp Bay leaves 2 Dry red chilies 2 oil Salt to taste Preparations.... Add a tsp of salt and turmeric to the fish pieces. Keep it aside. Heat enough oil in a pan to saute the fish pieces. And remove in a plate on same oil add cumin ,mustard seeds, bay leaf and dry chilies to crackle. Add onions till light brown ,add ginger-garlic paste . Fry till oil st

Aloo chop Ingredients : Potatoes 6 nos Besan 3 cups Hing 1 pinch Jeera ¼ tsp Mustard ¼ tsp Saunf ¼tsp Onions 2 chopped Turmeric powder ½ tsp Red chili powder ½ tsp Garam masala ½ tsp GG roughly pastes Green chilies chopped Preparations : Boil the potatoes with salt and mash it properly. Heat kadai add oil along with hing ,add jeera,mustard and saunf when start crackling add chopped onions fry till brown ,add turmeric powder , red chili powder, garam masala, GG pastes and chopped green chilies fry till spices leaves oil from the sides of pan. Add mashed potatoes mix nicely. Remove from flame cool it and Make round balls of mashed aloo mixture. And keep this in refrigerator for little harder texture. Add water to besan and make a batter of medium consistency. Now add turmeric powder and salt to the batter. Dip each ball in the batter. Fry it till it turns light brown. Serve hot with or without any sauce or with fried green chilies.

Janhi Alu posta Ingredients: 2 long Ridge Gourd into cubes 2 Boiled Potatoes into cubes 2 Onion sliced 2 tbsp Poppy Seed ¼ tsp termeric powder (optional) ¼ tsp red chilli powder ( optional) 1 Bay leaf 2 Red Whole Chilli 4 Green Chilli's 1 tbsp GG paste 1 pinch of sugar Salt Mustard Oil Preparations : Soak the poppy seeds in luke warm water for 10 minutes.  Grind soaked poppy seeds adding a whole rgreen chillis with water into a thick paste. Heat oil. Add pinch of sugar ,Add onion ,red chillis Bay leaf and fry them till they turn brown. Add GG paste , posta paste, termeric powder,chilli powder and salt fry until it begin to leave oil on sides. Add  potato and fry for a second Add ridge gourd. Mix properly cover and cook on low flame. Ridge gourd releases moisture. The curry will be cooked in the same juice, you need not to add any water. Cover and cook till the ridge gourd is almost done. Open the lid stir well if liquid is there cook u

Marchawahang Marchwangan Korma Marchwa hang korma An extremely spicy hot mutton preparation of Kashmir region.  Kashmiri Pandits do not eat onions and garlic they prefer lamb as their primary meat source (beef of course is strictly prohibited). They also use dry ginger and asafetida as a substitute for adding that extra layer of flavor to their non-vegetarian dishes . Kashmiris have used high-calorie foods to get the extra energy needed to boost the bone chilling cold of the winter months. Ingredients Mutton cut into bite size pc 1kg Tamarind paste 1 tsp Asafoetida ½ tsp Desi Ghee 5 tbsp Green cardamoms 2 nos Black cardamoms 1 nos Cinnamon powder ½tsp Cinnamon stick one 1" Cloves 4 Kashmiri chili paste ½ cup Whole Kashmiri chilli's 4  Dry chilli powder 1 full tsp Turmeric powder ½ tsp Garam masala ½ tsp Saunth ½ tsp Fried fennel powder 1½ tsp Preparations: Before preparation...... In a bowl mix the Kashmiri chili paste in 3

Janhi posta Ingredients: 2 long Ridge Gourd into cubes 2 Boiled Potato into cubes 2 Onion sliced 2 tbsp Poppy Seed ¼ tsp termeric powder (optional) Red Chilli Powder – (Optional) 1 Bay leaf 2 Red Whole Chilli 4 Green Chilli's 1 tbsp GG paste 1 pinch of sugar Salt Mustard Oil Preparations : Soak the poppy seeds in luke warm water for 10 minutes. Grind soaked poppy seeds adding a whole red chilli with water into a thick paste. Heat oil. Add pinch of sugar ,Add onion , Bay leaf and fry them till they turn brown. Add GG paste , posta paste, termeric powder,chilli powder and salt fry until it begin to leave oil on sides. Add  potato and fry for a second Add ridge gourd. Mix properly cover and cook on low flame. Ridge gourd releases moisture. The curry will be cooked in the same juice, you need not to add any water. Cover and cook till the ridge gourd is almost done. Open the lid stir well if liquid is there cook until the gravy is thick enou

Thupka Thukpa is actually a Tibetan soup that consists of boiled noodles and vegetables. You can also add boiled chicken to it. It's a healthy alternative of our regular soup. Very healthy and tasty dish with lots of veggies Ingredients: 1.Boiled noodles 2. 1/2 cup Chopped lengthwise vegetables (peas, capsicum, spring onion, cabbage, carrots) 3. Sliced button mushrooms 1 cup 4. Salt per taste 5. Black pepper powder 1/2 tsp 6. Chopped coriander leaves. 7. Oil 1 tsp ( you can add 1 or 2 tbsp as per your requirement) Make wet paste: Tomato 1/2 cup Onion 1/2 cup Chopped Ginger 1 tsp Chopped garlic 1 tsp Chopped coriander leaves Green chillies 2 no. Preparations : 1. Heat oil in a wok, add wet paste and fry till raw smell goes. It will take around 4-5 mins. 2. Now add chopped vegetables and fry for about 3 mins. Then add chopped mushrooms, salt, pepper powder and fry for another 5 mins. 3. Now add water and let it boil for about 6-7 mins in s

Corn curry Ingredients : One Corn Two Tomato cubed cut Two Onion into slices GGpaste ½ tsp Curry masala ½ tsp Garam masala ½ tsp Mutton masala ½ tsp Termeric powder ½ tsp Handful of Chopped Coriander leaves Salt as per taste Mustard oil 1 tbsp Presentations : Properly boil the corn along with salt water , remove strain salt water and cut into eight slices. Keep aside. In pressure cooker heat oil saute onions for two minutes, add GGpaste, and all above spices fry add spoon of water to avoid burning then add tomatoes fry for a while ,add corn slices and half of coriander leaves, stir well ,add 1 Cup of water stir it again close the lid and cook for two whistles on midium high flame. After Cool down the pressure ,remove the lid and add leftover coriander leaves stir well and serve with rice as a side dish. Corn curry

King fish kofta In Chennai king fish is always available in market. My hubby and daughter love to eat fish but without bones. Being Odia Rohu is first choice but then again the problem is to remove the bones from the fish.  If we ask the fishmonger to remove bones from rohu fish ,they directly say No because of the long queue. It's better to buy one bone fish.  And that's what I did.  King Fish Kofta Curry For kofta.... 500gm Fish minced 1 boiled potato 1 big size onion chopped 2 green chillies ½ tsp crushed ginger and garlic Salt For gravy...... 1 Cup mixed vegetables cut into small cubes (Carrot,beans, capsicum,onion Spring Onion leaves, cabbage and corn) 2 tbsp fried garlic 1 Cup Tomato pure 1 Onion chopped 1 Tomato chopped 1 tsp GG paste 1 tsp Garam masala powder ½ tsp Termeric powder ½ tsp Kashmiri chilly powder ½ tsp Chilly powder ½ tsp Curry power Salt  Oil Preparations.... Take mixing bowl Mash  potato add onion, green chilli

We missing these healthy grains which has been consumed for a very long time, chosen by our ancestors. Laee cook as plain liquidity where as adding fermented rice is Jaoo. My mom used to make huge amount of Jaoo or laee for breakfast and she handover us a full bowl of Jaoo with few side dishes. Due to the cooling properties, this food is highly recommended in the summer months. But today I cook for my hubby. He wants to eat laee. Ingredients : 2 Cup Ragi powder Curd Water Salt Presentations: Take empty bowl along with ragi powder add water mix ragi flour in the water.  Make sure their are no lumps in the mixture. Keep liquid Consistency. Keep aside. Heat 4 Cup water in a wok along with half teaspoon of salt .Once the water comes to a full boiling point, slowly add the ragi mixture in the boiling water stir continuously to avoid lumps.  Cook until it thick and become a sauce like consistency. Remove from stove and let this mixture cool completely. Once it

Paneer tikka Ingredients : 20 pc 2" Fresh Paneer 250 ml Hung curd 2 tbsp Corn flour 2 tbsp Green masala ½ tsp Termeric powder Salt to taste Green masala ingredients : 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves 10 curry leaves 10 mint leaves 4 Garlic pods 1" Ginger 2 Green chilly 2 pinch Salt Preparations : In pestle add all green masala ingredients accept salt . Start crushing ,when half done add salt and again start crushing. Salt helps to crush fast. Stop when all ingredients in equal texture. Do not make paste. Need slightly rough masala.  Take hung curd in a big bowl and beat it until smooth. Add Green masala paste, Termeric powder, corn flour and here to adjust salt. Mix well and prepare a marinade.  Add paneer with marinade mix gently, cover and keep aside for half an hour. After half an hour gently mix it again then arrange all paneer pieces in skewers with little gap. Keep this on roti flipper and give direct flame on the gas top to get the

Kumar Purnima Kumar Purnima is the festival celebrated on the full moon day during Ashwina month in Odisha. This is the combo of festivals in one day. 1. Birthday of God Kartikeswar .           Popularity in girls 2. Gaja Laxmi Pooja          In homes and pandals 3. Janhi Usua ( Ridge Gourd Fast)              Popular among young girls and young ladies . Food is taken once in a day for 30 days between the two Purnima's.  During this time they don't eat ridge gourd and even they never touch any part of ridge gourd.   4. Kalua Jatra Goddess kali invited by her mother to live and enjoy the auspicious Asvin month.  That's why the whole month is celebrated by people because Godess kali the married woman comes and live amongst them. For pampering Godess kali we people also staying happy and celebrate the day's.  Girls dressed up well and enjoy the festival whole day. They shop the newest styles of festival clothing, dresses and accessories for best

Phala Kanji Kanji is famous Southern Odisha dish specially of villager's , they skip one time rice lunch and enjoy the Kanji to fulfill their nutritional lunch. Actually this is ONE-POT-MEAL of farmers ,where the sour rice and Vegetable's combine with Torani (fermented water). Farmers used to take "Pakhala bhat pot" to the fields for lunch. They eat with any raw roots or veggies like raw onions, radish, cucumber,green chillies or fried Vadi. For a better and nutritious meal they collect varieties of Vegetable's and cook a delicious Kanji for lunch. So friends I tried to make an authentic style of Kanji. I prepared fermented rice before 3 days for a perfect Kanji. Ingredients : Vegetables for Kanji ,cut into long to match the size of a ladyfinger(cut into half). 4 pc Pumpkin 4 pc Knolkhol 4 pc Lady fingers 4 pc Colocasia 4 pc Radish 4 pc Raw Papaya For kanji 1 litres Fermented rice water 1 cup it's rice, mashed ½ tsp Termeric

Nimki Nimki  is a crispy, tasty and savory fried snack which are quite popular in Odisha.  Ingredients : Maida Wheat flour Nigella seeds Baking powder Salt Oil Preparations : In a large mixing bowl ;Add the Maida, Atta,salt, baking soda and nigella seeds and mix well . Add the water slowly and knead into a tight dough, cover and keep aside for half an hour.  After half an hour, remove the cover knead the dough again and then make thin small size of Chapaties ,fold into four ,press the middle portion in your two fingers to close the layers. Heat oil in a kadhai deep fry till light brown and nice crispy. Make another large round shaped roti cut into cross knifes style ,and then deep fry till crisp. Nimki2

Fried cauliflower curry Ingredients: 1 Bowl Cauliflower Florets      ( Large size florets) 2 onion sliced 2 Tomato chopped 1 tsp GG Paste 1 tsp Curry masala powder 1 tsp Garam masala powder ½ tsp Termeric powder ½ tsp Red Chilly powder 1 tbsp Cashew Paste Preparations: Take a mixing bowl along with cauliflower florets add ½ tsp Termeric powder and ½ tsp salt toss to combine all ingredients very nicely. Keep this for 10 minutes in a colander to remove excess water but do not waste these water .we use this in curry preparation. Now after 10 minutes deep fry all cauliflower florets till light brown. Remove in a dry plate and keep aside. Heat kadhai along with oil, add onions fry till brown add tomatoes fry for a while ,add GG paste,and all dry spices fry till the fragrance out ,add little water with cashew paste stir and cook till oils seperate . Now chop large cauliflower florets into small chunks add all chunks to the curry stir well and remove from fire cov

Rohu fish biryani Ingredients: Fish fry 1 Rohu fish Curry Cut Marinated with ½ tsp Termeric 1 tsp Curry masala powder 1 tsp Coriander powder 1 tsp Red chilly powder 1 tsp GG Pastes And salt Marinade and keep in refrigerator for 1 hour.  Remove and fry till crispy. For Fish Curry.... 1 onion Sliced 1 Tomato paste 1 tsp GG paste 1 tsp Curry powder 1 tsp Red chilly powder ½ tsp Termeric powder 1 tbsp chopped Mint Fried Fish 1 Cup hot water Salt Oil Heat kadhai along with oil add onions saute ,add tomato paste fry till half in quantity ,add GG paste, curry powder,red chilly powder, termeric powder fry till loosen the oil and leaves fragrance. Add 1 Cup hot water bring to nice  boil,add fish cook for just few minutes. Remove from flame sprinkle chopped Mint over it and cover the lid. For Rice ...... Use your regular rice cooking pot wash and soak with 4 Cup water ½ of lemon juice 2 Cup long grain basmati 2 Cardamom crushed 4 Seed of Black Ca

Besara Pani Pariba Besara pani Ingredients : Cut vegetables into length wise Potato into 4 piece Brinjal 4 piece Cauliflower 4 piece Drumstick 4 piece Tomato 4 piece Dry mango 4 soaked in water For  Pastes : 2 tbsp mustard seeds 1 tbsp Cumin seeds 1 tbsp fennel seeds 2 Red Chilly 10 to 15 Garlic pods Half of tender coconut For seasonings: 1 tsp of Panch phoran ½ tsp of hing 2 Red Chilly 1 Onion sliced Few curry leaves 2 tbsp mustard oil Salt Preparations : Make a fine paste of above Pastes ingredients and keep aside. Heat kadhai, add oil,hing stir well,add Panch phoran , curry leaves,sliced onions fry till light brown. Add mustard paste fry for a while add 2 cups of water stir ,bring it to nice boil. Now add vegetables ,salt ,stir well again and cook in medium flame. When vegetables half cooked add dry mango with its water , stir well cover and cook till done . Enjoy the hot besara Pani with steamed rice. Besara pani

Drumstick leaves Kanji1 "KANJI" the most famous and an authentic well-known odia cuisine. This recipe has been serving by Odia people since ages. Mostly villagers were store Pakhala (Fermented rice) for at least one week by exchanging it's water again and again to  preparing kanji, jaau, chala or drinking clear Torani with adding few green masalas. My grandma always used to cook kanji in earthen pot . It tastes like heavenly food. I truly enjoyed  to cook kanji for my family because we all love to eat twice a day. I cook with drumstick leaves which is known as various names like Munika Saaga,Sajana saaga,Sehajan ki patiyan. So the recipe is here......... Kanji Ingredients : 2 Bowl Drumstick leaves 1 Bowl Pakhala Rice (mashed) 2 Bowl Clear Torani ( If you don't have Torani then use half cup of vinegar  or 1 tbsp of citric acid (lemon salt for better sourness ). For seasonings : 2 tbsp of Crushed Garlic ½ tsp of Mustard seeds ½ tsp Cumin s

Saaga Ambila1 Khati Methi Saag Authentic Odia Recipe Ingredients : 1 Bunch Green leaves chopped 1 Large Sized Tomato chopped 1 tbsp Grated Jaggary (Optional) 1 tbsp Curry Leaves Chopped 1 pinch of Hing ½ tsp Mustard seeds ½ tsp Cumin seeds ½ tsp Fenugreek seeds 1 tsp Fennel seeds 1 Cup Tamarind Water 2 Red chillies broken into half 2 Green Chillies Chopped 1 tsp Red Chilly powder 2 tbsp Coconut paste(Optional) 1 tbsp Coconut chunks (Optional) Salt Oil Preparations: In a pressure cooker add chopped green leaves, chopped green chillies, chopped tomatoes, coconut paste, coconut chunks and chopped curry leaves cover the lid and give a nice steam till two whistle. Remove from flame, cool down the heat on room temperature ,now open and stir and keep aside. Heat kadhai along with oil ,add hing, mustard,Cumin, fenugreek, fennel seeds and red chillies fry till leaves nice fragrance. Now add tamarind water jaggary and red chilly powder give a nice boil and t