Nadia Pachedi

This recipe is used as chutney while taking lunch in odia house holds
its a very simple and delicious recipe i can ever have...
very simple ingredients are used and with less time it can be made...
ingredients required
2 cups yoghurt 
1 tbl spoon sugar
salt to taste
1 cup grated coconut
few curry leaves
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 teaspoon grated ginger
1 green chilly
1 teaspoon refined oil
method
first mix yoghurt,grated coconut,sugar and salt together....
heat a wok with 1 teaspoon oil
add mustard seeds and when it starts to splutter 
add chopped green chilly ,curry leaves and grated ginger...
and immediately switch off the gas...
and leave it for cooling otherwise if you will immediately add into curd then curd can be curdled
so after it becomes cool add it into curd..
if you wish to serve it in chill pill then you can refrigerate for 1 hr and serve otherwise
you can serve it directly with either rice or chappati or paratha or anything ....
if you want to add some chopped fruits like apple pine apple or pomegranate seeds you can add into it without any hesitation......
it is yummy for sure with fruits and without fruits...... 

"DALMA"

Dalma is a recipe which we all odias crave for. All odias most fav and when they go for a tour and come back and you ask for what to eat the easy and simple ans  will come "Bhaata and Dalma"the most easiest delicious and healthy recipe ever.......
 Ingredients required ----

50 gms of red pumpkin

4\5 pointed gourd

4\5 teasel gourd

50 gms yam

4\5 col cassias

3 eggplants

2 cups arhar dal

2 tbl spoon of ghee

2 tbl spoon whole cumin

5 red chillies

1\2 cup grated coconut

1\2 inch of ginger

salt to taste

1\4 th teaspoon turmeric powder

Next how to make this delicious recipe

Actually it was prepared in a deep silver pot  or mud clay earlier but now a days people are very much familiar with pressure cooker which is much easier and takes less time....

first wash dal........ cut all the vegetables in cubes....... keep aside

put a wok on gas stove..... add a and 1\2 tbl spoon whole cumin and 2 red chilly.....roast them

and grind them and make a powder of good texture.,.....

take your cooker add washed arhar dal vegetables ,2 glass of water ,salt to taste,haldi and crushed ginger..... cover the lid.......  when you will notice the whistle of the cooker is about to blow you immediately switch off the gas(because the dal should not be over cooked).... and release the whistle after 3 mns........

if it needs to be cooked little more you can cook for another 5 mns it will be perfectly done ( because we always prefer dal in dalma shouldnt be overcooked)

heat a kadhai with ghee mentioned above...

add remaining whole cumin and red chilly

when it starts to splutter add this into boiled dal and veggies and immediately cover it as the aroma of ghee chonk will remin inside and you can take its majja while eating......

finally add roasted cumin red chilly powder and grated coconut....

serve hot with either steamed rice\paratha\puri\luchhis anything goes best with this yummy Dalma.....

"ATTAKALI" (Blackgram dumplings into rice khir)

Attakali is an odia desert which is offered to maa as prasadam during the month of Chaitra
it is a healthy easy desert one can enjoy having it :)
ingredients required to make  

2tbl spoon rice powder(if rice powder is not available instantly you can soak 2 tbl spoon rice in water and can make a paste).......

1\2 litre milk

1\2 cup jaggery

1teaspoon green cardamom powder for flavour(in our authentic process it is completely avoided)

1\2 cup grated coconut

1 cup black grams

one handfull rice

let us proceed in making of this== 

soak blackgram and handfull of rice together in water for 1 hr

simultaneously make a rice paste of soaked rice in water

boil milk with adding of 1 glass of water

when milk gets boiled add grated coconut rice paste or rice powder and jaggery 

stir for few mns as no lumps will get formed...........

make a thick paste out of already soaked blackgram and rice

in a bowl heat water with pinch of salt

put small small blackgram dumplings into that hot water....

when it will start floating just strain out those dumplings from water

add those dumplings into already boiled milk....

and again cook those boiled milk dumplings together in low flame for maximum of 8 mns...

add green cardamom powder for flavour and serve with chilled or hot ....

but it is yummy a lot :) 

SAGAW MUGAW(AMARANTH LEAVES WITH MOONG DAL AND SOME VEGGIES)

SAGAW MUGAW(AMARANTH WITH MOONG DAL AND VEGETABLES)

ingredients required 
red leafy vegetable 2 bunch
1 teaspoon panch phoran
salt to taste
1 tbl spoon pure ghee
1\2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 eggplant
1 or 2 col cassia
 50 gms red pumpkin
1\2 cup roasted moong dal
2 red chilly

How to make
 first wash moong dal
cut vegetables into cubes
and boil moong dal with water salt and haldi powder and vegetables together
when it is almost half boiled
add chopped saag
and allow it to be cooked perfectly
heat a kadhai with 1 tbl spoon of ghee
add red chilly and panch phoran
when it starts to splutter add this boiled dal and vegetables and cover it as the aroma will remain inside............
finally garnish with sprinkled coconut (it is optional)
serve  plain with rtoti or chawal....
this is our very authentic recipe which is offered to maa maha laxmi every thursday at the time of margasir gurubar(every thursday of month of December)