There are not many breakfast foods that are native to Odisha. Many of the options available today to eat in the morning are actually imported from other states. So, this makes Chakuli Pitha one of those breakfast items that are very important to Odia culture. Many people would compare it […]
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With lockdown projected to extend beyond the 3rd of May, I have been looking around for inspiration for breakfast food. It was in this search that I found this recipe. It is pretty straighforward in that it only needs two eggs, a pinch of salt and two slices of bread. […]
This lockdown has severely limited my breakfast options. As I live outside the town I can no longer get any butter or other ingredients. Alongwith that I now have to stretch my money through the whole month with nothing to do but sit t home. So I looked for an […]
As a dish sewain (vermicelli) cooked in milk holds a special place in my heart. It;s a dessert I have eaten since childhood and whenever I eat it, I still reminisce of those carefree days in the past when I would come back from the playground in the evening and […]
Today, I made pasta by hand for breakfast and lunch. It was a bit of an experiment to see if I could make it. and I could indeed. The pasta was easy to make. Where I failed actually was in completing the dish itself. As I said, handmade pasta is […]
Odia cuisine has many original dishes that are not found elsewhere. Besara is one of them. Not to say that it is completely unique as Bengali cuisine also has some dishes which are quite similar to besara. What separates besara from regular ghanta curry is the use of mustard paste […]
Yesterday I was at the local supermarket shopping for groceries when I saw packs of Himalayan pink salt on the shelves. I have heard of the many health benefits that the proponents of this salt claim, so I picked up a pack and looked at the price. It cost 5 […]
Quarantine season has come for us all. That means no frequent grocery runs. That means less fresh vegetables and greens. It can easily lead to deficiencies in the diet for the common person. However, there are ways to mitigate all this without resorting to multivitamins. There is a whole world […]
Odia cuisine has many sweet dishes. Sarapulli is one of the many that are a part of Lord Jagannath’s Chappan Bhog (56 offerings). It is a sweet pancake made entirely from dairy, or more specifically cream. It is quite delicate dish to prepare and needs a bit of care and […]
Rasabali is one of the chappan bhog (56 offerings) offered to Lord Jagannath at Puri daily. This sweet dish actually originated in Kendrapara district as an offering to the Baladevjew Temple of Icchapur. It consists of fried discs of chhena (cottage cheese) dipped in sweetened condensed milk. It can be […]
The time is here again. Harvest was bad and hoarding is back in fashion, so onions have increased in price drastically. The last time it happened was back in 2014 and here we are, in the tail end of 2019 with the same problem. The question now is what to […]
Winter has arrived in India and with it has come celebrations. The winter season is considered ideal by many for a number of festivities, mostly weddings. This means food, specially good food and dessert. Now no mention of dessert can be complete without chhenapoda. It is a dessert considered native […]
We are a little late to the party as Dutiya Osha has come and gone (Oct 2) and we did not feature Ghanta Tarkari at the time. So we decided to go a little beyond the usual and try to find a little in depth knowledge of the dish in […]
There are many food in Odisha that are considered to unique to the state. Odisha rasagola is a really famous example and now the Government of India has acknowledged it. This sweet has now been given a Geographical Indication tag to designate it a unique culinary creation of Odisha The […]
Equinoxes are important days in any calendar. These are the days where the sun remains directly overhead at noon. Every year has two equinoxes, the Spring Equinox and the Autumn Equinox. The Odia New Year starts at the Spring Equinox, 14th of April and the first day of Baisakh month […]
Odisha is a subtropical state. That means summers can get quite hot and uncomfortable. As mercury rises up, people seem to turn to air coolers and ACs to find relief from the heat. To alleviate dehydration on the other hand, people in Odisha have taken to traditional drinks that cool […]
