Types Of Sweet delicious Made in Raja Festival.

Raja is an agriculture festival, which mostly observed in the coastal districts of Odisha for three days. This festival is celebrated for Three days they are, Pahiliraja, Raja sankaranti, and third Raja is Basi Raja , the Last day is called as Vasumati Snan.
In this four day every odia Girls and womens wear new saree and Alatha in feet and eat delicious sweets like,
1. Podapitha
2. Chakuli Pitha
3. Suji Manda
4. Arisha Pitha
5. Bada
6. Piaji
7. Chenna Pitha
8. Kheeri

Special Pitha for Raja.

Raja festival is a grand festival in Odisha.

Classic Odia Recipe, Dalma

100gm arhar dal (harada dali)

50gm potato (alu)

1 Big size Brinjal

2 tomato small size

1 big onion (piaja)

3-5 dry chili (sukhila lanka)

½ teaspoon mustard (sorisha)

1 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)

2 bay leaves (teja patra)

½ teaspoon turmeric powder (haladi gunda)

3-teaspoon of any refined cooking oil (refain tela)

½ teaspoon cumin seeds powder (jeera gunda)

½ tea spoon chili powder (lanka gunda)

salt to taste (luna)

Odia Dalma

Method:

Wash the vegetables and Arahar dal thoroughly. Cut them into small pieces.

Put the vegetables, arhar dal, salt, ½ teaspoon turmeric powder , tomato and add 3 to 4 cups of water in a Pressure Cooker and boil on medium flame.

After two whistle comes switch off the gas. A little later as the pressure of the cooker is released, open the lid.

Now heat 3 teaspoon of oil in a frying pan. Add jeera, mustard, bay leaves, chopped onions and 3-4 dry chilies.

Fry till they turn golden brown. 

Now add all this to the boiled dal and vegetables of the pressure cooker and stir well.

Add jeera powder and chili powder. Close the lid and heat further for 2 minutes. Your dalma is ready.

If you want for more tasty then add Chopped Corriander leaves and some fresh Grated coconut.

Try to serve with Garam roti, Paratha and Stemed rice and Kichdi.

Aloo Matar curry with Phulka poori

Poori and Aloo Matar curry is one of the typical Indian breakfast which is eaten in all parts of India. It can be found from top end hotels to road side hotels of India.

Ingredients:

Potato – 3 medium

Green Peas – 1/2 cup (Fresh)

Tomato – 2

Oil – 2 tbsp

Jeera – 1 tsp

Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp

Asafoetida – a Little pinch

Chilli powder – 1 tsp

Salt – as needed

Garam Masala – 1/2 tsp

Fresh Coriander  – to garnish

Method:

First Chop potato and tomato and keep it ready. Heat a pressure pan with refined oil and put jeera and asafoetida. Add chopped tomatoes,required salt and chilli powder , turmeric powder and cook until oil comes out. Add garam masala and mix it well.

Add the chopped cubed potatoes and peas. Mix well so that all the masala mix it well. Add required water and pressure cook for 1-2 whistles.

Once the pressure comes out, mix well. Finally garnish with fresh coriander leaves.

Yummy Aloo Matar Gravy is ready.

Serve hot with roti or poori.

Upma – South Indian Soul Food

1/2 cup roasted semolina(sooji/rava).

1 medium chopped onion.

1 chopped green chilli.

1 tsp chana dal.

1 tsp urad dal.

2 cups water.

½ tsp cumin seeds.

1 tsp mustard seeds.

7 to 9 of kadi patta leaves.

10 to 12 cashew nuts(kaju).

1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves.

1 tbsp refined oil or desi ghee.

Required salt as per your taste.

Suji upma.

1. First heat oil in a nonstick based pan on medium flame.

2. Now add the mustard seeds. After crackled add cumin seeds, chana dal and urad dal.

3. After crackled add chopped onion and fry in low flame to get little brown

4. Now add chopped green chilli, cashew and curry leaves. saute for a minute.

5. Now add water. Heat the water on high flame.

6. When water starts boil then add the roasted rava and salt as per your taste .

7. Mix well continuously for 4-5 minutes.

8. When it cooked and it smelled very delicious then off the flame. Cover it and Keep aside for 2 minutes.

9. Now add chopped coriander leaves. Mix it well.

10. Now serve South Indian Upma with coconut chutney or odia recepie dalma.

Home Made Paneer Bhurji

Paneer Bhurji(Indian Dish) is one of a delicious dish, which can be eaten at any time. If you have no other vegetables at home, you can quickly prepared paneer bhurji and serve it with parathas within 20 minutes.

Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients: 

Mashhed Paneer- 2 cups

Chopped onion- 1 Big Size

Chopped tomato- 2 Small size

Chopped green chillies (optional)

Chopped coriander leaves(As you Need)

Capsicum- 1 small size

Vegetable oil 1 tbsp

Cumin seeds 1/2tsp

Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp

Red chili powdee(As per Your Taste)

Salt 1 tsp

Method:

1. Mash the panner a little. It should still stay a little granular and lumpy .

2. Chop onions, tomato, chilli , capsicum and coriander leaves finely. Onions should be finely chopped. Keep aside.

3.Heat Oil in a Large nonstick Pan and add cumin seeds. Wait till they Puff up

4. Add onion and saute for 2 minutes in low flame.Then add the capsicum and mix it well.

5. Add Turmeric powder, chilli powder and mix it well

6. Add all th eremaining items and mix well.

7. Cook for 5 to 7 minutes in low flame and turn off the heat

8. Garnish with corriander leaves and serve hot.

9. Serve it with Roti, Paratha and Steamed Rice.

'World Pakhala Divas' celebrated on March 20

On 20th March 2017, odisha people celebrate the special "Pakhala Divas" all over the world. To promote odia delicious food , the people of odisha decided to celebrate this day as pakhala Divash.

Pakhala Divash
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Pakhala is an odia term , where the cooked rice washed or little fermented in water. The liquid portion called as torani. Every odisha people love to eat the pakhala , and this pakhala can be prepare in various types like jeera pakhala, Basi Pakhala, saja pakhala, Dahi Pakhala and Chaiin  Pakhala. This special recepie made in Lord Jagannath temple of puri.

Try to taste the odias Favourite food Pakhala with badichura, Saga, Baigana and tomato poda, alu bharta, ama chatani and various types of curry and fry you can take.Now a days for summer season Five Star Hotels of Bhubaneswar included it in their menu for typical desi food and attract the guests.

Types of Food which odias people cannot live.

Odisha the Land of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Maa Shubhadra, has a very rich religious, tradition and culture  which is reflected in the food as well.
Here we have listed some top food of odisha.

1. Pakhala
Pakhala or water rice is such an dish which people eat every day and specially on summer day if you eat with saga bhaja and badi chura the entire meals turns wow.

Image source: Odisha sun Times

2. Dalma
Dalma specially made of toor dal with the addition of various vegetables and grated coconut. Eating with plain rice, kichdi , roti or puri.

Dalma

3. Dahibara Aludam
In odisha people eat the snacks like bada Ghuguni or dahibada Aludam which gives a luscious taste.

Dahibada Aloodum

4. Aloo Bharta
It is too much easy to prepare and very good taste to eat. Specially kids love to eat.

Alu Bharta

5. Kakharu phula fry
It is a seasonal dish.

Kakharu Phula

6. Chakuli Pitha
Chakuli pitha is a traditional dish which is common dish for all odia families.

Chakuli Pitha

7.Chenna poda
If you wants to have a sweeth tooth , then chena poda is the best example. It made of fresh cheese, baked and roasted with cashew and raisin. Love it too much

Chenna Poda

8. Paga(Lemon, Mirchi, and salt, Garlic)
Eevry odias take the combo of Nimbu, mirch, salt and garlic to their meals, It is spicy and tasty.

Lembu Lanka and Garlic

Odias favorite dish.