A non veg odia thali is never complete without the Rohi Macha as a main dish at home.There will be always rice which will be accompanied by a serving of daal (arhar, moong, kandula),vegetable side dish and saga bhaja to fulfill our daily protein need.Though we have access to a variety of fish being our…
Tea Time Strawberry Cake
This Strawberry Cake is the perfect way to celebrate the abundance availability of strawberry this season. It’s eggless, moist and toped with juicy strawberries . I had been to the departmental store to pick up these strawberries because I had to do a product styling for Pushpita’s-homemade food. I ate most of it and…
Victoria Sponge Cake
Victoria Sponge Cake was the favorite sponge cake of Queen Victoria, and has since become a tried-and-true recipe for tea-time sponge cakes. The Victoria Sponge Cake is generally filled with jam with a dusting of sugar over the top. In England, you will find this well-risen, sugar-dusted layer cake in every coffee shop, café and…
Baingan Bharta- How to make delicious smokey eggplant stir fry
Baingan Bharta is the classic cuisine from North India where fire roasted eggplant mash is cooked with aromatic spices. Baingan means Eggplant and Bharta(mash) refers to the dishes in which the ingredients are roughly mashed either before or after the dish is prepared. Before starting to cook the recipe,remember to roast the eggplant on direct gas flame to…
Cashew Macaroons – Celebrating Christmas
Cashew Macaroon / Thoothukudi macaroon / Tuticorin macaroon is a special type of macaroon which was first made in the port town of Thoothukudi formerly know as Tuticorin in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. While macaroons are traditionally made from ground almonds, these macaroons are made with cashew nuts as their major ingredient. These macaroons also owe their…
