Odisha Plates

Soya Nuggets fry I made varieties of soya nuggets Curry's and Fry's . But my daughter and hubby love this simple nuggets fry. Soya nuggets have so many names like soya chunks, Soya bean,Maans Vadi (Maans Vadi because of it's taste like cooked meats) meal maker and soya Vadi. This recipe I am sharing today is a simple and easy to cook. And accompanying with rice or roti.  Whenever I cook this I always add crushed GG Paste. And never peal the skin of garlic, because when crushed garlic add to oil the skin is crispy and leave the flavour. Ingredients: 2 Cup Soya nuggets 1 sliced onion (optional) 1 tsp Curry masala powder ½ tsp termeric powder 1 tbsp roughly crushed ginger and garlic 1 tbsp mustard oil Salt to taste Preparations : Wash and Soak the nuggets for ½ an hour. After half an hour squeeze 2-3 times all the soaked nuggets inside the water to remove the impurities if any. Wash and squeeze to remove water and keep in a dry plate. Now...

Pineapple Raisins Pudding A unique combination of pudding. This simple easy delicious pudding comes together with just handful of ingredients which is almost available in our home. Mixing of flavours tickling your toungs and the mild soury taste make you happy. Ingredients : For yellow pudding : 4 tbsp pineapple paste 2 cup milk 1cup sugar 2 tbsp corn starch For Chocolate pudding : 4 tbsp Raisins paste 2 tbsp Coco powder 2 tbsp corn starch 1 cup sugar 2 cup milk Preparations : Combine all ingredients in two separate bowls along with milk. Whisk seperate pudding ingredients to make a smooth paste and make sure no lumps will form. Boil in a seperate saucepans. Stir and keep boiling until thickened on low flame. Once it thickens remove from flame. Grease a bowl with butter pour the yellow liquid first and keep in refrigerator for defrosting for 2 minutes. Through this the upper layer is stable soon. Remove from fridge then pour the brown liqui...

Thalipeeth "Thalipeeth" the name itself indicates something hit on a thali to prepare the recipe. Yes this is just like our imagination. The small portion of dough hit slowly on a plate for several times to make perfect round shape like Chapaties. "Thalipeeth" is a traditional breakfast recipe of Maharashtra. It's a savoury multi-grain pancake. The dough is prepared from a flour called Bhajanee. Roasted multi-grain flour which is full of nutrition. I prepared this flour with a little amount for my breakfast only.  Ingredients: 3 Cup Bhajanee flour 1 tbsp grated jaggary ½ tsp Ajwain 1 Big Onion Chopped 1 tsp Coriander powder 1 tsp finely chopped Ginger 1 tbsp Chopped Green Chillies Hand full of Chopped coriander leaves 1 tsp Red Chilli powder 1 tsp Garam masala powder ½ tsp Turmeric powder Salt- to taste Oil for frying Preparations: Mix all the ingredients together to make a soft dough.  The dough will have a different ...

Leftover rice chilly chunks We oftenly take good efforts to have a healthy breakfast but more often than not look over the evening snacks. We take fully oily and deep fried snacks on evening but it's ok if we take less fat food on same night. But again it's not possible for always being perfect dinner. Evening snacks are not decided before,  it's totally depend upon our mood; what we want to eat and what's not. But definitely it's a something different and tastier than breakfast,lunch and dinner.  So , to avoid oil snacks I decide to cook on pan and do fast , colour full and tasty with the left over rice with adding few veggies. Something different than regular snacks or a new taste with little amount. And most importantly to satisfying my hungry snacky mood of both piggies.  Check out the recipe..... Ingredients : 1 Cup rice 1 tbsp Hung curd 2 green chillies finely chopped 2Green chillies crossed cut 4 Garlic cloves finely chopped ½...

Raw Mango curry Sweet, spicy and sour with the flavour of kalonji . Simple to make and easy to store. As I always suggest that slow cooking process gives a wonderful taste and texture. Here also use the same process. Hope you like it..... Ingredients : 5 Small and round sized  raw mango Cut into chunks 2 Onion Chopped 1 tbsp Onion Seeds 2 tbsp Sugar 1 tbsp Kashmiri red chilly powder 1 tbsp Red chilly powder 1 tbsp Curry masala powder 1 tsp Termeric powder 1 tsp Garam masala powder 1 tsp Curry leaves powder Coriander leaves 1 tsp Mustard,cumin, fenugreek and fennel seeds (mix) Salt to taste Mustatd Oil Preparations : Take a mixing bowl mix all ingredients one by one except spices seeds and oil. Cover and leave this for 1 hour. After one hour heat a kadhai along with 1 cup of oil add seeds mix when they start crackling add onion seeds stir then add onion ,when onion slightly shrink add all mango mix with its leftover water. Stir nicely ...

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