Dahi Pakhala, Saga Bhaja, Badi Chura - famous food in Odiya people

Dahi Pakhala | Pakhala Bhata
Ingredients

• Cooked Rice – 1 bowl
• Water – 2 bowls
• Curd – 1 cup
• Mustard – 1 tbsp
• Curry leaves – 10
• Salt – As per test
• Dry chili – 1
• Ginger – 1 inch (smashed)
• Oil – 1 tbsp
•  Basi Pakhala, add 1 bowl of cooked rice with 2 bowls of water and allow it to cool. Keep for 6-8 hours.
• For Saja Pakhala, add 1 bowl of cooked rice with 2 bowls of water and allow it to cool.
• Put a pan on medium flame. Once hot add, add 1 tbsp oil. Add mustard seeds, curry leaves and dry chili and wait till it crackles. Now simmer the flame add ½ cup water. Allow it to cool. Add this along with curd, smashed ginger and salt to the bowl containing rice and water. Mix well.

Kosala Saga bhaja | Green leafy math fry

Ingredients

• Kosala saga or Green leafy math leaves – 1 large bowl (washed and cut finely)
• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
• Garlic – 8 cloves (peel and crushed)
• Dry red chili – 1 medium
• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Salt – 1/2 tsp
• Potato – 1/4 bowl (washed and cut into small pieces

Put a kadai on medium flame with oil and once hot add mustard seeds, dry red chili. After the mustard seeds crackle, add the crushed garlic. Saute for a min. Add potato and saute for 3 mins.

Now add green leafy math leaves and again saute for 2 mins.Cover it for 3 mins (if leaves and potato are not cooked properly then again cover for 3 mins). Add salt and mix properly.

Badi Chura | Mangauri Choora

Ingredients

• Badi/(urad daal ki mangauri) – 1 bowl
• Coriander leaves – 1/2 bowl (washed and cut finely)
• Mixture – 1/2 bowl
• Fried Peanut – 2 tbsp
• Onion – 1 big (peels and cut medium)
• Green chili – 1
• Dry red chili powder – 1/2 tsp
• Mustard Oil – 2 tsp
• Salt – 1/2 tsp
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Place a kadai in medium flame and add badi. Sauté for 3 mins and add the mustard oil. Again sauté for 2 min (up to badi changes its color to light brown). Put all the fried badi, mixture, green chili, coriander leaves, onion, peanut in the grinder and grind it for 20 sec (don’t make it a paste). Add salt, red chili powder and mix it well.

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