The famous 9-day festival “Jagannath Rath Yatra” starts today. The festival holds great significance in Hindu mythology and is celebrated with great zeal and enthusiasm all over the world. The three deities – Lord Jagannath, his brother Lord Balabhadra and his sister Subhadra are collected from Jagannath Puri temple, Odisha in large chariots and taken to Gundicha temple. The Rath Yatra is a cultural extravaganza which is celebrated with traditional music and various flavors of Odisha. The deities are served with Chhappan Bhog in the daily rituals which contain a total of 56 dishes to seek blessings from the Almighty. Here is a list of mouth-watering traditional dishes worth trying during this cultural celebration.
- Podhapitha
Ingredients required
- 300 grams of rice flour
- 150 grams black gram powder (without outer skin)
- 1 cup coconut, grated
- 10-15 slices of coconut
- 200 grams of jaggery powder
- 50 grams of cashews, chopped
- 1 tablespoon of ghee
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
Method
- Take a bowl and mix the rice flour, black gram flour, salt and baking powder. Add water to the mixture and stir well until smooth.
- Now add shredded coconut, jaggery powder and cashews to it. Keep the dough aside for 2 hours for proper fermentation.
- Take a pressure cooker and preheat it. Add the oil and formulate a thin layer all around. Now pour the batter into the slow cooker, cover the lid and cook for about 1 hour without whistling.
- Cut into slices and serve.
- Rasabali
Ingredients required
For the chenna dumplings
- 250 grams Chenna
- 2 teaspoons powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon of Sooji
- 1 teaspoon of Maida
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- Ghee/oil for frying
For the milk solution
- 1 liter of milk
- Sugar as needed
- 1 teaspoon cardamom powder
- ½ cup dried fruit, sliced
- Saffron
Method
- Take a bowl, add some chenna, sooji, maida, sugar and baking soda and knead it into a soft dough
- Now make small round balls from this dough and flatten them into a round shaped disk. Make a small hole in the middle.
- Take a deep container and heat some oil in it. Add these balls to the oil and fry until crispy.
- Now take another container, add milk to it and boil until it is reduced by half.
- Add the sugar, cardamom, saffron and dried fruit.
- Once done, turn off the heat and set it aside for a while to settle.
- Add the fried meatballs to the mixture and serve.
- Chenna Poda
Ingredients required
- 1 liter of milk
- 250 grams paneer, crushed
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- ¼ cup) sugar
- 2 tablespoons of Rava suji
- 3 tablespoons of water
- 1 teaspoon of ghee
- 5 badams, chopped
- 5 cashews, chopped
- 5 raisins
- ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder
Method
- Take a bowl and add some crumbled paneer to it and add ¼ cup sugar and 2 tbsp rava. Mix everything well.
- Now add water, mix well and prepare a smooth paste. Once done, add 1 ghee, badam, cashews, raisins and cardamom powder and mix well.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes.
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