Aloo Palak ki Sabzi - Odisha recipe , Aloo Palanga Saaga Bhaja

Aloo Palanga Saaga Bhaja or Palanga Saaga Bhaja is authentic Odisha's  cuisine, called as Aloo Palak ki Sabzi in hindi. It is very simple to prepare just like we Andhra people prepare palak minapa vadiyala kura. But Odisha people use mustard oil and panch phoron. Panch phoron mean 5 spices - cumin, brown mustard, Fenugreek, Nigella and fennel (saunf) seeds for tempering. Using panch phoron and mustard oil gives aromatic flavour and taste to the curry. 

Check out urad dal badi youtube  video link :

https://youtu.be/9HJksq3Ms4w

I am not fan of mustard oil so I  used normal vegetable oil and mustard and cumin in tempering. This sabzi is very tasty and healthy, we can have it with rice or roti's. Odisha people use urad dal badi in many curries.

  Hubby worked many years in Odisha (Khurda Road), I too stayed few years there, I love Odisha temple food alot, it's taste, flavour is very divine, heavenly and unique. Everyone who visit Puri Jaganath temple must eat "Mahaprasada" inside temple as it is treated as "Anna Brahma" . They serve food in pots, which makes food divine. Puri Jaganath Rath Yatra is popular in Odisha where lakhs of people participate in it.  Check the link for more information about Rath Yatra. I learned cooking when I was in Odisha 😍,  Sooji Kakara Pitha is my all time favorite. Cheena poda, Kanika, Veg chop, Ghugni chaat, Dalma, Tomato dates chutney... are some of my favourite Odisha food which I like it. Taking this recipe to Shhhhh Secretly Cooking Challenge fb group.  This month we are preparing Odisha recipes, my partner for this month is Shobha Keshwani di, she blogs at shobhasfoodmazaa, visit her place for yummy, tasty veg and non-veg recipes.  Shobha di gave spinach/palak and onion as 2 secret ingredients and I gave tomato, ginger for her😍. 

             
              Palanga Saaga Bhaja

Preparation Time : 15 minutes
Cook Time : 15 minutes
Serves : 3 people 
Category : Currys / Regional 
Recipe Cuisine: Odisha
Main ingredient: Spinach/palak
Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients 

Spinach/palak - 1 bunch
Potatoes - 2 
Urad dal badi - 12 to 15
Onion - 2 
Oil/mustard oil - 3 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Red chilli - 1
Green chilli - 1
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Turmeric powder - 1 pinch
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp (adjust)
Garlic - 3 to 4 cloves(I did not added)
Salt as per taste

Instructions

1) Clean spinach under water, chop it finely. Remove potatoes skin, cut it into cubes and keep it in water. Also roughly chop onions and keep it aside. 

2) Heat a pan with normal oil or mustard oil fry Urad dal badi  till it changes color and keep it aside. 

3) In the same pan add mustard seeds once it splutters add cumin seeds fry it. Then add red and green chillies, curry leaves fry everything well. 

4) Now add roughly chopped onions and pinch of salt fry till it changes color. 

5) Now add potato cubes to the above, mix it once close the lid and cook till potatoes becomes smooth. 

 
6) Then add turmeric, red chilli powder adjust salt and mix everything well. 

7) Add chopped spinach to the above, mix it once. Close the lid and cook it on low to medium flames till spinach becomes smooth. 

8) crush fried urad dal badi with Ur fingers, add it to the above curry and mix everything once. 

That's it tasty, healthy nd crunchy Aloo Palanga Saaga Bhaja is ready to serve. I had it with hot steamed rice. 

Tips

** Use mustard oil if available to get good taste and aroma to the curry. 

** Adjust red chilli powder according to your taste. 

** Use panch phoron for tempering if available. 

** Add fried urad dal badi at last so that we can enjoy the crunchy taste of badi. 

** We can also use pumpkin instead(or along with) of potatoes. 

Also ckeck other peas related and other recipes , by clicking the link below the pic.. 

 Potato Spring Onion Fry

                      Matar Fry

              Malai Matar paneer

         Paneer Lababdar/ Jeera Rice

     Hyderabadi Mirchi ka salan

               Punjabi Dum aloo

                              Kaju curry

               paneer butter masala

                          Kadai Paneer

                      khova paneer 

          Stuffed paneer capsicum            

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Cucumber discs and pipes, How to prepare super cooling cucumber discs and pipes at home

Today's recipe is cucumber disc's and pipe's sounds crazy right 😂. Yes I agree, I really did not understood how to name this recipe. This Monday theme in Foodies Monday Blog Hop group is "Get in Shape", so we have to submit any geometric shape recipes. I was in trip last week, came morning, only cucumber, carrot and pomegranate are their in fridge. I really d't want to miss this week theme so I decided to prepare this. Last month I suggested this recipe for" No cook" competition to one of my friend. So thought to prepare this for theme. This is very easy to prepare, we can serve it as starters or snacks. You will just love to have, it makes your stomach cool. This is must try recipe in this summer. Kids will love to have it because of its shape which we presented. 

 Salad which we prepare is spicy,  tasty, tangy and nutty. I used finely chopped cucumber pieces, grated carrot to make it healthy. Though adding fresh grated coconut is optional, it gives very taste to sald in every bite. Instead of amchur powder we can also add grated raw mango. Adding pomegranate seeds gives nutty taste to the salad. The full on combination gives good cooling effect to your body in this super hot summer.

          Cucumber disc's & pipe's

Preparation Time : 15 minutes
Cook Time : 0 minutes
Serves : 12 pieces
Recipe Category: Salad / Starters
Recipe Cuisine: Indian 
Main ingredient : Cucumber
Author:Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients

Cucumber - 3
Carrot - 1
Pomegranate arils(seeds) - 4 tsp
Fresh coconut grated - 3 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Pepper powder - 1 pinch
Chaat powder- 1 pinch
Aamchur powder - 1 pinch
Lemon juice - 2 to 3 tsp
Curd - 2 tsp
Salt as per taste

Instructions

1) Peel cucumber, carrot skin and keep it aside. Remove pomegranate seeds and keep it ready. 

2) Finely chop 1 cucumber into pieces, finely grate cucumber and  fresh coconut. Take all these and pomegranate seeds into bowl. 

3) Add salt, red chilli powder, chaat powder, amchur  nd pepper powders to the above. 

4)  Squeeze lemon juice to the above and mix the above well. 

5) Now cut cucumber into thick circles(discs) as shown below. 

6) Cut cucumber into pipes (1 inch) shape, also remove its seeds as shown below. 

7) Now add curd into cucumber, carrot salad mix everything well. 

8) Add the above salad into pipes with spoon, press salad inside with spoons handle and garnish with pomegranate seeds. 

9) Repeat the same process to the remaining. If you do not want to prepare pipes , you can spread salad on cucumber discs too. Cut cucumber into discs (round shape). 

10) Now spread cucumber carrot salad on the above discs and garnish with pomegranate seeds.

11) You can have it at once as golgappa(pani puri) or you can have it in bites 😂, I tried both 😍. 

Tips

** Add spices according to your taste and quantity. 


** Instead of amchur powder we can add grated raw mango. 

** As per your time you can prepare either discs or pipes. 

** Use hung (thick) and sweet curd. 

** Add curd to the salad while serving. 

Taking this recipe to  #FoodieMondayBlogHop #197th theme, where the theme for the week is #GetInShape. This theme is suggested by Kalyani who blogs at Sizzlingtastebuds. Do check her site for more intresting recipes. As per theme we had to post recipes that represents in geometrical shapes like circle, triangle, rectangle etc.  Very interesting theme is n't it 😊. 

Also check some salads, raita's and starters by clicking the link below pic.. 

                 Pomegranate Raita

Kosambari

                            Paneer Tikka

        Star Gooseberry masala

                   Paneer pinwheels

               

                     Bhakarwadi

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