Pakhala Bhata
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PAKHALA BHATA- GOING BACK TO OUR ROOTS……

March 20, 2015

Pakhala is an odia term for an Indian food consisting of cooked rice washed or little fermented in water. The liquid part is known as Torani. It is popular in Odisha, Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. Eating pakhala has been recommended to prevent heat stroke in hot weather. A traditional Odia dish, it is also prepared with rice, curd, cucumber, Cumin seeds, fried onions and mint leaves. Generally boiled potato and other fried vegetables or fried fish is served with pakhaḷa. The term Pakhaḷa is derived from the Pali word pakhaḷiba as well asSanskrit word Prakshāḷaṇa which means washed/to wash…

Paneer Jalfrezi
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PANEER JALFREZI

March 4, 2015

Paneer Jalfrezi is a colorful, healthy Indian Vegetarian dish and a classic among paneer recipes. A low calorie paneer dish that has contrasting textures with melt in the mouth paneer and the bell peppers provide a flavorful crunch. It makes a wonderful side dish with rotis. There are a few variations to Paneer Jalfrezi recipe but this one I prefer to make often. I love food which are colorful, vibrant and beautiful natural colors rendered in a dish by colorful vegetables is none other than Paneer Jhalfrezi. It is a delicious mixture of paneer and colorful peppers or capsicum. Paneer…

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VALENTINE’S DAY & BLACK FOREST CAKE

February 16, 2015

Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own…….Its Valentine’s Day Readers…..Valentine’s Day normally serves as a day for passion and romance we feel for our partners, love for children, comradeship for friends and most importantly respect for our parents who loved us before anyone else did. So make sure to return the love at least once a year, and Valentine’s Day seems the perfect time to spread the affection. All of U must be surprised why I am posting so late…but the intention was planned..It happened like that…I was working on the recipes which I…

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MAKAR SANKRANTI – A MAJOR HARVEST FESTIVAL OF INDIA

January 14, 2015

Millions of people in Odisha took the ritualistic dips in ponds and rivers and visit temples across the state as they celebrate the harvest festival of Makar Sankranti. While Pongal and Boghi are the harvest festivals of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, Magh Bihu is the harvest festivals of Assam, Uttarayan, in north India as Makar Sakranti is a Harvest Festivalcelebrated in almost all parts of our country with much fanfare. The withdrawing of winter entails a change in food habits and intake of nourishing and rich food. Therefore this festival holds traditional cultural significance. It is astronomically important for…