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Spiced Pumpkin and sweet potato soup with toasted Almonds.

Spiced Pumpkin and sweet potato soup with toasted Almonds.

Its just raining Pumpkins everywhere in blogosphere.And the pumpkin bug has bit me too…though we Indians don’t celebrate the American Thanksgiving .But here it’s become kind of cool to celebrate Halloween,better known as the day of Dead.Every hotel and restaurant is throwing a Halloween themed par

Fried Eggplant roundels/Baigana Bhajaa

Fried Eggplant roundels/Baigana Bhajaa

With the festival season in full swing all Indian kitchens are busy churning out new delicacies every day.Odiya delicacies dominate my kitchen on festivals and holidays.With sweets and delectable desserts in abundance everywhere the craving for simple, comfort food rises.

Nolen Gur er Paayesh…Rice pudding with date palm jaggery

Nolen Gur er Paayesh…Rice pudding with date palm jaggery

A delicious, finger licking dessert typical to eastern India specially West Bengal.

Apple Cinnamon Chimichangas

Apple Cinnamon Chimichangas

Mexican burritos with a sweet and saucy apple pie filling, fried and dusted with cinnamon sugar.

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

A peanut butter chocolate mousse pie and a comeback post!

A peanut butter chocolate mousse pie and a comeback post!

 A four layered decadent, creamy, peanut butter chocolate pie.

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.

Iced Cajun Coffee

Iced Cajun Coffee

With the summer in, the temperatures soaring and the mercury rising with every passing day the only respite are the summer chillers .Nothing says summer like a desi lassi, healthy fruit laden shakes and smoothies,cool old fashioned lemonade,colourful juices or ice cold ,creamy coffee shakes.Today my

Chocolate Sesame Cookies

Chocolate Sesame Cookies

Eggless,chewy,chocolate cookies sprinkled with sesame seeds.

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.



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