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Ridge Gourd and raw banana in mustard curry paste INGREDIENTS: 1. Janhi (Ridge Gourd) 500 gram cubical 2. Potato 1 Cubical 3. Raw bana 1 cubical 4. Onion - 1 big sliced 5. Kokam 2 6. Green Chili 1 7. Mustard 3 tablespoon ( white and black ) 8. Cumin 1 tablespoon 9. Whole Garlic 5 10. Turmeric Powder 1 tablespoon 11. Tomato Paste 2 tablespoon 12. Red Chili 2 13. Salt to taste 1 tablespoon 14. Coriander Powde 1/2 tablespoon 15. Mustard Oil 3 tablespoon 16. Panchaphutan1 tablespoon Note: Panchphutana (1 table spoon) - Mix of cumin, mustard, methi, nigella seeds (1/2 Pinch of each items) Preparation: Grind the Mustard seeds, cumin seeds, green chili & garlic – This paste is known as Mustard paste (In Odisha known as Besara) Then cut the the potato into cubical shape. Fry the ridge gourd (janhi) banana till little brown. Add boiled Potato. Fry for more 2 min.. then add mustard paste,turmeric powder,coriander powder salt, green chilli, tomato chopped. ...

Kheer Sagar/ Cottage cheese dumplings in flavoured reduced sweet Milk/ Chanar payesh/ Chenna payas/ Angoor Rabdi/ Angoor kheer

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Kheer Sagar/Cottage cheese dumplings in flavoured reduced sweet Milk Kheer Sagar/Cottage cheese dumplings in sweet flavoured reduced Milk Marble sized Cottage cheese balls in thick, sweetened ,flavoured condensed milk...A delicious Odisha speciality . Course - dessert Cuisine - odia Servings - 20 piece, Preparation Time - 25 minutes Cook Time - 60 minutes Ingredients 1 litre milk 1/2 tsp citric acid Crystals or1 lemon Juiced 1 tsp water hot 4 Cups water 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 litre milk 5 - 6 tbsps sugar or to taste 1/2 tsp cardamom powder 1 tsp saffron strands Servings: piece Instructions: 1. For the Rasgullas or Cottage cheese dumplings, boil 1 litre milk and switch off the flame. 2. Mix the citric acid crystals with 1/4 Cup hot water and slowly add the water to the boiled milk little by little s...

Rasabali. An authentic odisha sweet

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Rasabali Ingredients 1 cup paneer 1 cup sugar 1 tbsp semolina 1 tsp wheatflour A dash of baking powder Ghee for frying Method Mix all the ingredients paneer , 3 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp semolina, 1 tsp wheatflour and baking powder, mash them all.. Use your lower palm, mash the dough for 7 - 8minutes.. Then make equal size balls from that.. then using both palm make a ball from one of the ball then add press it gently.. and make a flat ball.. Then heat ghee in a kadai.. with a lower medium flame fry them all.. Now another side you need to take 1 liter milk and make it half in the quantity, then add sugar and cardamom powder and let it cook in lower flame for another 5 minutes, then add all fried cheese to it, cook for another 2 minutes. And switch of the flame.. Our Rasabali is ready to eat.. and you can serve it warm, or let it cool completely serve to you guest and family.. Happy cooking..😊😊

Indian chicken tikka

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Chicken Tikka recipe is very famous Indian cuisine. It is very easy to prepare and is an ideal for low fat cooking. Marinate chicken with yogurt & some spices and grill in oven, microwave or by barbecue. Here I prepared this recipe in LG microwave. Depending on the model of microwave, the cooking time may vary. INGREDIENTS: 250 Grams Chicken thigh boneless Cubes 1 Tbsp ghee 1 tsp besan 1 Tsp Ginger-Garlic Paste 1/4 Tsp Turmeric Powder 1/2 Tsp Chili Powder Salt to Taste 1 Tsp Coriander Powder 1/2 Tsp Cumin Powder 1/2 Tsp Garam-Masala Powder 1 Cup Curd/Yoghurt (175Ml Cup) Pinch Red orange Food Colour FOR GARNISHING: 1 Tbsp Coriander leaves FOR SERVING: Cabbage and onion and tomatoes and lemon.. METHOD: Make paste of ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder, and chili powder, salt to taste. Add the chicken, and mix well and leave it for 15 Minutes. Heat ghee to a pan add besan till raw smell gone, cook it. Add to a curd bowl. Add garam-masala p...

Chitau pitha / Appam / পিঠা / chitoi pitha / ଚିତଉ ପିଠା

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Chitau pitha / Appam পিঠা / chitoi pitha / ଚିତଉ ପିଠା Ingredients: Arua Chaula( Rice) -500gm Nadia(Coconut) – 1 whole Luna( Salt)- as per taste Refine Tela (Refine Oil) – as required PREPARATION :  STEP WISE Soak the rice in water for 1 hr. grate the coconut. Make a fine paste of coconut and rice. Add salt and leave it for 1 hr. Add water to make a thin batter out of it. Heat oil in a kadai ( here I have taken a small pan ), but deep kadai is the best for this recipe with small lid, pour some batter into it, and cover it. After sometime remove from flame (the upper portion should be cooked, don’t turn it). Serve hot with boiled milk, dalma or any spicy curry.

Sheer khurma

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Ingredients 1 litre milk 40 gms/ roasted vermicelli/seviyan 3 tbsp ghee 1 tbsp condensed milk/milkmaid 8-9 vertically sliced almonds 8-9 vertically sliced cashewnuts 20 - 24 chironji 8-9 vertically sliced pistachios 5-6 deseeded chopped dates/khajoor 1/2 tsp cardamom powder 2 drops rose essence Instructions: How To Slice Dry Fruits For Sheer Khurma: Inorder to slice the almonds, soak them in water or boil them in water then peel off the skin and slice the almonds.Boil the cashewnuts and slice them .Similarly pista or pistachios can be boiled and sliced. And chironji as well soaked/ boiled and peeled. This way the dry fruits can be chopped easily. How To Make Sheer Khurma: Take a pan, add ghee, add sliced almonds and saute slightly and keep aside.Add sliced cashews into the same sauce pan, saute slightly and keep aside .Saute pistachios in ghee as well and keep aside.You can saute dates if you wish to.In same pan boil the milk.Into the milk, add carda...

Badia Dalma Recipe link

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Ingredients for dalma:- Arhar dal – 1 /2 cups Vegetables cut into medium pieces Raw banana- 3/4cup Broad beans - 7- 8  Yam - 7-8 cube  Radish - 1 cube cut Turmeric powder- 1tsp Ginger green chilly  paste- 2tsp Grated Coconut- ½ cup Dry Red Chillies- 4 Cumin – 1tbsp Salt- as per taste Ghee or Oil Method: Soak the dals for atleast 15 minutes before cooking. Take 3tsp cumin seeds and 2 red chilies and roast it in a dry pan with a bay leaf. Grind it into fine powder. In a large pan take about 2 cups of water and boil it. Add the dals to it. Let it boil and  Also add ginger green chilly paste, turmeric powder, and salt to taste. Cover the dal and boil until it is half cooked. Then add the pieces of yam let it cook for another 6 minutes and then add vegetables to the dal and cover the pan till the vegetables are tender. In another pan, take 2tsp ghee and add the cumin. After the seeds crackle, add the remaining 3 red chillies and add some gra...