a melange of recipes, cuisines and food stories and my adventures in the culinary world

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Sunday style Chicken Curry…a taste of the Past!

Sunday style Chicken Curry…a taste of the Past!

Food and nostalgia go hand in hand together.Just the smell wafting from the kitchen is transporting me to those childhood Sundays when my Bappa ( father) would religiously leave the house early in the morning with a bag to the fresh produce market to grab the best,fleshy,tender chicken and to avoid

Homemade Apple Sauce

Homemade Apple Sauce

With an abundance of apples in the house and after innumerable batches of Apple Pies and Apple Crumbles finally decided to freeze the apples in the form of sauce so that it can be used later when apples are not in season.Apple Sauce in my household gets used in the form of cakes or in tarts ,a tasty

Guchhi Dum Biryani(healthy version)

Guchhi Dum Biryani(healthy version)

A healthy version of delicious Mushroom Biriyani ,bursting with flavours and rustled up within an hour.

Janhi Aloo Posto….Ridge gourd and potatoes cooked with Poppy seed paste

Janhi Aloo Posto….Ridge gourd and potatoes cooked with Poppy seed paste

A creamy Odia style curry of ridge gourd and potatoes made from poppy seeds paste.

Okras in tomato mustard gravy …. Bhendi besara khatta

Okras in tomato mustard gravy …. Bhendi besara khatta

I normally prepare oriya meals when there is plenty of time at hand and the meal can be savoured with leisure and nostalgic memories.Every bite transports me back in time ,the delicate flavours tingling my tastebuds and reminding me of home.There is already a list of sweets and savouries ready in my

Pear and Rum Souffle Omelette for WBB and AFAM

Pear and Rum Souffle Omelette for WBB and AFAM

Nowadays my lunch and dinner menus are mostly based on the blog events.I had been warned by people that blogging is addictive and time consuming but no complaints …I am enjoying every bit of it.Suddenly I discovered that there are so many facts about cooking that I am unaware of and wont forget to

Kidney Bean Pasta Soup

Kidney Bean Pasta Soup

Soups have the power to comfort. When the weather turns brisk there is nothing cozier than a big bowl of soup made with the season’s harvest.A piping hot bowl of soup filled with goodness satisfies my soul.In fact mostly dinner at our place is a filling low calorie soup with a salad.It satisfies bot

Healthy eating-Spinach and Sprouts Upma-WBB

Healthy eating-Spinach and Sprouts Upma-WBB

Breakfast is the most important and energy enhancing meal of the day. Eating breakfast everyday makes a big positive difference in your health. Presenting to you a power packed, nutritious breakfast which gives an amazing kickstart to your day.

Aloo Chop – a favourite oriya snack

Aloo Chop – a favourite oriya snack

A very popular evening snack in Odisha made of potatoes and gramflour.

Lemon coriander soup-No croutons required

Lemon coriander soup-No croutons required

I am not at all happy with my blog snaps :(…..this is the first time i am using the camera for food photography and I am just not aware of the different settings of the camera. I think I desperately need my hubby’s help!! I have been blog hopping the whole morning …..kudos to all you food blogge


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