Here’s where to conduct if we wish to penchant country transport from Odisha

Chicken Batibasa
Chicken Batibasa

The common cuisine of Odisha is mostly overlooked, interjection to a state being sandwiched between culinary powerhouses West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh. This weekend, home prepare Ananya Banerjee will put a spotlight on transport from a eastern state during a pop-up.

Ananya Banerjee with guests
Ananya Banerjee with guests

“I spent a few years of my childhood in Odisha, so we grew adult tasting a cuisine. It’s unhappy that no one serves Odia food in restaurants,” says Banerjee. She shares that food baked in a northern tools of a state shares similarities with Bengali cuisine, creation use of mustard oil and seafood, while a southern tools use mixture like tamarind and curry leaves, staples in south Indian cooking. “Then, there is a segment around Puri and Cuttack, where a food is shabby by a Jagannath Temple’s kitchen.”

Pokhal Bhat
Pokhal Bhat

Banerjee’s menu will embody a brew of dishes from across. “The initial march will have Bori Chuda [fried lentil dumplings] and Santula [mixed veggies slow-cooked in their possess juices],” she says, adding that another engaging object is Pokhal Bhat, fermented rice served with accompaniments like fish and prawn chutneys, sautéed greens, and spiced potato mash.

Chana Poda
Chana Poda

Non-vegetarians can demeanour brazen to a Machha Soriso Tarkari (mustard-based fish curry) prepared differently from a Bengali counterpart, and Chicken Batibasa, that facilities ornithology slow-cooked in an gritty pot.

“While finalising a desserts, we realised we didn’t wish to get into a rosogolla debate,” Banerjee laughs. “Instead, we will be portion Khaja [sugar-coated crispy boiled dough] and Chana Poda, that tastes like a baked cheesecake done with paneer,” she adds.

On: Aug 26, 1 pm
At: Sewri (exact residence supposing on booking)
Call: 9819497968
Cost: ‘1,100 (vegetarian); ‘1,325 (non-vegetarian)

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