“Yaa Kundendu tushaara haara-dhavalaa, Yaa shubhra-vastra’avritaa Yaa veena-vara-danda-manditakara, Yaa shweta padma’asana Yaa brahma’achyuta shankara prabhritibhir, Devai-sadaa vandita Saa Maam Paatu Saraswati Bhagavatee Nihshesha jaadya’apahaa”
MAKAR SANKRANTI – A MAJOR HARVEST FESTIVAL OF INDIA
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…
FRIED CHICKEN WONTONS
A wonton is a type of dumpling commonly found in a number of Chinese Cuisine. Wontons are made by spreading a square wrapper, dough made of flour, egg water, and salt, placing a small amount of filling in the center, and sealing the wonton into the desired shape by compressing the wrapper’s edges together with the fingers. Adhesion may be made by moistening the wrapper’s inner edges, typically by dipping a fingertip into water and running it across the dry dough to dissolve the extra flour. As part of the sealing process, air is pressed out of the interior to…
BALI YATRA – Remembering Odisha’s Glorious Maritime Glory
“AA KA MA BOI, PANA GUA THOI PANA GUA TORA, MASAKA DHARAMA MORA” Known to be the holiest month according to Hindu calendar, Kartik Purnima is celebrated across the world irrespective of religious inclinations. During this month all the pious Hindus refrain themselves from eating fish, meat and egg. All of them take pre-dawn bath and visit temples as a matter of routine habit.
DALMA- AN ODIA DELICACY
Compared to other region ,Odia cuisine used relatively less oil and is less spicy but of great taste. Odia cooks, particular from the Puri region, were much sought after due to their ability to cook food in accordance to the Hindu scriptures. During the 19th century, many Odia cooks were employed in Bengal and they took several dishes with them. Dalma is one of the most common recipe in every Odia household, particularly the coastal Odisha. Being from the coastal district of Odisha, Dalma is my all time favorite dish. It is a vegetarian dish in which dal and lots…