Badia Piyaji (Onion fritters odisha style)

Odisha famous "Baadia piyaji"...In Odia 'baadiya' means to press. Piyaji means onion fritters...badia piyaji means we need to fry the onion fritters once, take it out before its fully cooked, press it with the palms & again deep fry one more time..dats why the name is "Baadia piyaji". I m fond of fried stuffs & the fun will be doubled in monsoon. Though u can have it with Ghuguni (yellow peas curry) or with daal chawaal or simply with some kala namak , green chilli & onion but I  always prepfer to have it with crispy puffed rice & hot hot tea....very tasty & easy to make recipe..

Ingredients:

Onions – 3-4, medium sized, thinly sliced
crushed ginger & garlic- 1tblsp
2-3 Green chillies – finely chopped
besan/ Gram flour – 1 cup or as required
Salt – to taste
Baking soda – a pinch
Water – as required
Oil – for deep frying

Method:

Take a big bowl. Mix all the ingredients. Add water slowly & make a thick batter.
Heat oil in a kadhai. Make round shape pakodas & throw them in to hot oil. 
Fry them till they turn to light brown colour. 
Bring them out from oil. Press them with the help of your palm & make thin patties and again slip it into the hot oil. 
Fry on both side till they turn golden brown.
Remove from oil and place on absorbent papers to absorb excess oil. Serve hot with guguni (yellow mutter curry) or tomato sauce, or with puffed rice & tea ....

NIMIKI (Nimki)

I always Love to have Nimkis with a steaming hot cup of tea ...A delicious & easy to make snacks. U can easily make it at home , store them upto 1 month & U can Njoy them with hot hot tea when ever u want....

Ingredients:

Maida - 1 cup
Nigella  seeds - 1/2 tsp
Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp
Water  to knead the dough
Salt - 1/2 tsp
2tblsp melted hot ghee/ butter
Oil for deep frying

Method:
Make a tight dough with Maida,nigella seeds, salt, baking powder, and 2 tbsp melted ghee . Cover it in a white damp cloth for about half an hour.
Make 10 small balls. Using a rolling pin, Roll the balls to thin Puri shapes.


Make little slits all over the puri. Sprinkle a little flour and half fold, again sprinkle a little flour and fold it into a triangle.




Heat oil in kadai. Add the nimkis to hot oil and fry on low flame till golden brown & crisp. 

Mango Lassi

MMMmmm mango Lassi..This drink has a secret way to my man's heart. his all time fav ...I think having mango lassi is almost everyone's favorite thing to have when it is mango season. chilled lassi in hot summer...:) Hav this after coming home from outside to enjoy  as it is best to beat the heat.

Ingredients:
1 large ripe mango, peled and cut into small pieces
1 cup plain yoghurt
3-4 tbsp sugar (depending on how sweet you want)
1 tblsp grated coconut fot garnishing
chopped pistachoes
½ cup chilled milk

Method:

Put all the ingredients in food processor and blend together. Adjust the consistency according to the verity of mango used. Pour in to a tall serving glass.Throw in some ice cubes. Garnish with grated coconut & chopped pistachoes. njooyyyy!!!!

Namak Para/ crispy small nimki

Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour
2 tbsp desi ghee/ butter
1 tsp nigella seeds/ carrom seeds (whatever u want to put)
salt to taste
water to knead the dough
enough oil for frying

Method

Take a big bowl. Mix ghee & Flour, nigella/ carom seeds.  Start mixing with your hands until it looks crumbled.
Add water as needed & a firm but smooth dough. Cover it with a damp cloth.
Let it rest for 10-15 minutes.

Make small lemon sized balls. Roll them in to 9” circles. Now cut into 1/2" strips lengthwise & then into 2" length across with the help of a pizza cutter or knife.

Heat oil to medium heat. Add the strips & fry them both sides on medium flame until golden in color.


 Don’t fry on high heat otherwise they will become soft. Cool & Store them in air-tight containers.

Enjoy with hot hot tea/ coffee.

Suji Kakara Pitha (Odisha Special)

Ingredients:

Suji (rawa ) -2 cups 
Water 4 cups
Sugar -1 ½  cup ( u can adjust sugar according to your taste)
cardamom- 5 pcs ( make powder)
Shredded fresh coconut- half a coconut
Freshly Grounded Black pepper- 1tsp
Refined Oil- for frying
Salt - a pinch


Method:

• In a bowl, mix properly the shredded coconut, half of Sugar, black pepper pwd.  and cardamom powder and mix well .Keep them aside.
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• Boil about  4 cups of water (double the amount of rawa))& add sugar, a pinch of salt to it. When  sugar dissolves, Add Rawa to it. Mix  them  fast to avoid any  lumps. Stir it Keep it on the flame for 2 min. Remove from flame and keep aside.
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• Let the dough cools down to room temperature. Then apply ltl oil in your palms. Kneed the dough till it becomes soft.
• Make small small balls from the dough & flatten them using your palms , 
• Make  a deep depression in between ( make it like a cup) using your fingers  & put  the coconut stuffing. 
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• Then Close it form all sides .Make the above balls into flat shape  with the help of  your palms.
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• Heat oil in a frying pan . When hot, drop these stuffed balls one by one & fry in a lower flame till they  turns golden brown from each side.
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•  Kakara pitha is ready and serve it hot or cool anyway u like it.

Delicious mango milk shake

Ingredients:

1 large mango, peeled, pitted and chopped
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup milk
whipped cream/ vanilla ice cream - 1cup
cardamon powder- 1/4 tsp


Directions:

Place all ingredients in a blender. 
Blend until smooth. Pour into 2 tall glasses.Serve it with a dollop of vanilla ice cream.

Pineapple Upside-down Cake

As I m a food blogger I love to bake & cook for all the occasions when they come..This time I really wanted to bake something new for my hubby’s bday. So thought why not Pineapple upside down loaf cake..always i was wondering to make this cake...never had this cake outside so was bit confused to make on my hubby’s bday..So 1st  tried with a LOAF cake adapted from Martha Stewart’s recipes & believe me the aroma of pineapples & freshly made caramel while baking is really awesome...yaahh.. my hubby also loved it..So after an Online search I came across this recipe...

INGREDIENTS:

Topping

3tblsp butter
½  cup brown sugar
1 small can Pineapple slices with juice
Batter:
1 ½ cup All purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 stick of unsalted butter (room tempr.)
Maraschino cherries (optional)
1 cup white sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup pineapple juice/ butter milk ( u can add whatever u want..I have added the pineapple juice.)
Some chunk of  pineapples

INSTRUCTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare a 9*5  loaf pan with butter & flour/ baking spray.
Take a bowl. Melt butter in the oven. Add  brown sugar over melted butter. Put in the microwave for another 30 sec. Stir until all melted well. 


Spread the brown sugar & butter mix to the coated pan. Arrange pineapple slices over brown sugar. Place cherry in centre of each pineapple slice. Reserve remaining pineapple slices and cherries for another use. 

Take a large bowl. Place softened 1 stick of butter and the white sugar. Using an electric beater beat together until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla and mix in.
Add together all the rest of the dry ingredients and whisk. Add the dry dry ingredients to the prepared batter, mix well and add the pineapple juice. Mix just until combined. Using a spatula fold in the pineapple chunks in to batter.


When mixed, using a spatula to push the batter into the loaf pan over the pineapple. Place in a 350° oven for 35- 40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out dry.

Let the cake cool in the pan. Remove from pan & transfer the cake to the wire rack to cool completely.