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Instant Pot Chicken Curry

Instant Pot Chicken Curry

Instant Pot Chicken Curry is an easy weeknight Chicken wholesome curry, which can be cooked with less hassle and serves a whole hearty meal. You can enjoy it with Hot steamed rice or fluffy rotis or Parathas.

Spring Egg Salad

Spring Egg Salad

Spring Egg Salad is a delectable combination of boiled eggs and the bounty of Spring. This salad has a perfect balance of sourness from the dressing and sweetness from the berries. It's ideal for weekday lunches.

Smashed Potato Chaat

Smashed Potato Chaat

Smashed potato Chaat is an Indo – American fusion recipe. It's a perfect platter or starter for any celebration times. This is loaded with sweet, savory flavors with multiple textures with a potato base. This chat an inspiration drawn from Aloo Tikki Chaat.

Gajar Ka Halwa

Gajar Ka Halwa

Gajar ka Halwa or Carrot halwa is a sweet pudding made of carrots, clarified butter, and sugar. It's seasoned with cardamom and topped with cashew nuts and almonds.

Egg Biryani

Egg Biryani

Egg biryani is a wholesome one-pot meal cooked with a wide range of spices. This biryani recipe is a wholesome, enriched, flavorful, and a great source of protein. This main course is generally served with coolants like cucumber raita or boondi raita.

Watermelon Granita

Watermelon Granita

Watermelon Granita is a semi-frozen dessert from the land of Sicily. It's an Italian Dessert relished during summer, made with basics of sugar, water, and fruit juice of your choice.

Biri Poda Pitha

Biri Poda Pitha

Biri Poda Pitha is a traditional Odia cake, made up of lentils and Rice, it's slow-cooked with dry fruits and nuts. It's traditionally made during this four-day-long celebration of Raja.

Hummus

Hummus

Hummus is a traditional Mediterranean dip or spread. It can be used for snacking with raw veggies and used as a spread in multiple wraps.

Broccoli Pasta

Broccoli Pasta

Broccoli Pasta is a light flavorful pasta simply flavored with salt and pepper and perfect for kids' meals and summertime meals.

Honey Coconut Almond Granola

Honey Coconut Almond Granola

Almond granola is a crunchy healthy treat made up of basically rolled oats sweetened with likes of honey or maple syrup and topped with various dry fruits to add the crunch and flavor.

Puran Poli

Puran Poli

Puran Poli is the traditional Maharashtrian flat bread. It's whole wheat flat bread stuffed with jaggery and lentil filling. This is cherished during Indian festivals.

Apple Crisp Small Batch

Apple Crisp Small Batch

Apple Crisp is a perfect Fall Dessert with juicy apple flavored with spices stuffed underneath buttery crisp crust of oats and flour to give that extra crunch, best when enjoyed with ice cream.

Chicken Jhola or Light Chicken Curry

Chicken Jhola or Light Chicken Curry

This light chicken curry is like a stew cooked in a gravy made up basic Indian kitchen ingredients like onion, ginger garlic and tomatoes, flavored with cumin, coriander and garam masala. Best when served with ghee smeared chapati or hot steamed rice or jeera rice.

Multigrain Adai

Multigrain Adai

Multigrain Adai is an Indian crepe , made up of variety of grains and lentils flavored with curry leaves, asofoetida and ginger and spiced with dried red chilies, served crisp or soft based on the choice with varieties of chutney. It can be a great choice for protein packed breakfast.

Pineapple Salsa

Pineapple Salsa

Pineapple salsa – mix of chunky fresh Pineapples with the choice of veggies & herbs & some hot peppers, seasoned with Mexican spices like cumin & paprika.

Methi Pakoda Kadhi

Methi Pakoda Kadhi

Methi Pakoda Kadhi is a spiced yogurt based gravy where the fenugreek or methi leaves fritters a.k.a pakodas and dumped and enjoyed with a bowl of rice.

Pakhala

Pakhala

Pakhala is a traditional rice dish of Odisha. This is prepared in a very simple manner, where the cooked rice is soaked in water. This can be either eaten fresh (Saja Pakhala) or left overnight for fermentation to enhance the taste (Basi Pakhala). Here are some non-veg and veg Pakhala variations.

Simba Rai

Simba Rai

Simba Rai is a thick, dry gravy dish made with Mustard paste traditionally known as Besara in Odia. It's a perfect accompaniment to hot steamed rice.

Mitha Khechudi or Sweet Khichdi

Mitha Khechudi or Sweet Khichdi

Mitha Khechudi is a quintessential Odia Khichdi. This dish is cooked almost in every household during the festivities and is paired with Dalma and served hot. It's gently sweet and perfect for all kinds of celebration platter.

Palak Paneer

Palak Paneer

Palak Paneer or Cottage Cheese in Spinach Gravy is a creamy, smooth, spiced green gravy curry which is best enjoyed with Indian Flat bread.

Almond - Chocolate Brownie Cookie

Almond - Chocolate Brownie Cookie

Almond Chocolate Brownie cookie is a perfect cookie, which tastes like brownie having crispy edges. The dough is considerably thinner than general cookie. This can be enjoyed with a glass of milk or a cup of cappuccino.

Mushroom Pepper Fry

Mushroom Pepper Fry

Mushroom pepper fry is a subtle mushroom recipe cooked with onions and bell peppers, spiced with crushed black pepper. Perfect side dish to an Indian plate.

Kanika.... the Sweet Rice From the State of Odisha

Kanika.... the Sweet Rice From the State of Odisha

Kanika is a mildly sweet fragrant rice flavored with some spices and ghee (the clarified butter) loaded with cashew nuts and raisins and is colored with the turmeric. The basic feature of the rice is the separated well puffed grains embellished with a perfect shine from the Ghee.

Odia Mutton Jhola

Odia Mutton Jhola

Mutton Jhola is a spicy thick gravy mutton curry which goes very well with rice, rotis or naans. The dish is made up of minimal spice.

Sandesh | Shondesh

Sandesh | Shondesh

Sandesh is a Bengali sweet delicacy made up of curdled milk and sugar and flavored with any fruits or rose water or cardamom powder. Let's learn how to make Sandesh.

Mutter Paratha

Mutter Paratha

Mutter Paratha is an Indian Flat Bread that is made out of stuffed spicy Mutter . The Paratha can be eaten with chutney or curd and can be served as an Indian Main course or part of Indian Thali.

Mutter Paneer (no Onion no Garlic)

Mutter Paneer (no Onion no Garlic)

No onion no Garlic version of Mutter Paneer is a creamy, tangy gravy dish of Paneer (Cottage Cheese), which goes perfectly with any form of Indian bread and is a favorite among Indian vegetarians.

Machha Jhola

Machha Jhola

Machha Jhola is the fish cooked in a rich spicy gravy. It's assorted with garam masala to bring unique flavors and does justice to your taste buds. Generally served with Plain Rice.

Phirni

Phirni

Phirni is a North Indian Sweet Dish or Dessert. It is usually served chilled. The beauty of the dish is the saffron flavor and creamy texture of ground rice.

Veg Roll

Veg Roll

Veg Roll is an Indian vegetarian wrap. It's a famous street food enjoyed by all people. The crispy flour covering and spicy vegetable is perfect couple.

Chatu Besara

Chatu Besara

Chatu Besara or Mushroom cooked in tangy mustand gravy is a traditional Odiya food. The Sourness of dry mangoes and pungency of the Mustard Flavoring is like a crown to Mushroom. Try it must!

Aloo Baingan Bharta

Aloo Baingan Bharta

Aloo Baingan Bharta is lightly spiced comfort food which is made out of limited spices and healthy Eggplant. It's a great accomplishment to Chapatis.

Kankada Chips

Kankada Chips

Kankada Chips is a fritter made out of thin slices of Spiny Gourd deep fried with chickpea flour. It's crispy , spicy and a delight to the taste.

Sattu Paratha

Sattu Paratha

Sattu Paratha is an Indian Pan fried Flat Bread stuffed with tangy spicy mix of roasted bengal gram powder. The dish goes great with Baingan ka bharta .

Aloo Gobi Paratha

Aloo Gobi Paratha

Aloo Gobi Paratha is a north Indian delicacy. It's a form of Indian bread stuffed with spiced cauliflower and Potatoes. The crispy bread is amazing to eat.

Mango Almond Shake

Mango Almond Shake

Mango Shake is a refreshing drink for the summer. It's seasonal and the creamy pulpy texture is like a light bite and fills your stomach and loads you with nutrients.

Crunchy Apple Smoothie

Crunchy Apple Smoothie

The Crunchy apple smoothie is a refresher and a relief drink during summers. The creamy blend of apple, milk and cashew nuts feels like heaven.

Badi Chura

Badi Chura

Badi Chura is a side dish relished with the Odiya meal. Its a crispy side dish served with famous Pakhala or a must for all lunch meals.

Dahi Bara Aloo Dum

Dahi Bara Aloo Dum

Dahi Bara Aloo Dum is one of the famous chats served in Odisha. For a hot climate, the curd in the bara gives comfort. The tangy flavor tickles the tongue.

Bara Ghuguni

Bara Ghuguni

Bara Ghuguni is an authentic Odiya snack, that is close to almost every person. The munchy snack is loved by all age groups.