Location:

If you are passing by NH-16 through Panikoili, this is the place for you! Just next to Panikoili Tollgate, beside NH-16. The location and the architecture of this place attract many Odia people.

The inside view of this restaurant gives you a basic idea about the art of Odisha. This place feels like home. As per Debabrata Das, an Odia who works with the West Bengal Govt.'s Tourism department and also a traveler by passion, "I can explain this Odianee Hotel as an attractive place filled with beautiful arts describing Odia culture, beautiful garden, and delicious food's hub."

Foods they Provide:

The Odianee Restaurant is better known for its delicious homely food and as per Dr. Biswaranjan Kar sir, you can get one of the best Madia Jau (Odia: ମାଣ୍ଡିଆ ଜାଉ) from this restaurant.

This place serves veg items to non-veg items. And we have placed some yummy and delicious food photographs clicked by Manas Muduli.

Why to visit?

Along with good food, the service is equally excellent. The way the restaurant owner and the staff personally look after you, it feels like home. The owner too was having his lunch at the same time.

When the owner eats the same food, you know the quality of it. It's highly recommended by Manas Muduli Sir, a famous Odia personality who is better known for his food reviews!!

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Odisha is known for its Pakhala Platter. And the platter consists of a variety of items. One amongst them is "BADI CHINGUDI CHHECHA".

This is basically coarsely ground cooked prawns, garlic, onion, green chillies and Badi. Badi is a type of sun-dried dumpling made of urad dal.

Alsoooooo, if you guys add any variation to this recipe, please let me know.😊😊

Recipe:

1. Clean the prawns properly. Marinate with chilli powder, Turmeric (Haldi), and salt.
2. After 10 minutes, heat oil in a kadhai. Stir fry the prawns properly.
3. Now take a pestle and mortar (ହେମଦସ୍ତା), add 2 green chillies, 1 onion roughly chopped, few cloves of garlic, fried Badi (ବଡ଼ି) and the cooked prawns. Grind everything coarsely.
4. Serve it with Pakhala or have it just like that 🤣🤣

About the Author:

Bandita Choudhury, an Odia food blogger born and brought up in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. She is a lawyer by profession, a foodie by choice. She loves her work and a dedicated foodie who shares lots of recipes on her Instagram feed. Follow her on Instagram @hunger_triggers

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Nowadays Food on Wheel has set a trend among foodies. Here we are with some designed Food Trucks on Patia-Infocity Road in Bhubaneswar. In this blog, we won't review the blog, but in this series, we would write some review blogs from some places.

If you have watched the Chef film starring Jon Favreau in the lead role, you must have seen the craze of Food Trucks with designed lights, celebrity chef, etc. This is not a new trend, but an upgraded version of Thela Gadi.

But, these trucks with active wheels could go anywhere and in this age of Social media, the owners of the food trucks could promote their business and could choose a variable place as per the theme and the requirements.

The attractive lights, newly design trucks attracting foodies more towards it. Now, food trucks are available which provide almost every food dish. From morning breakfast to dinner including evening snacks and lunch, we could get all food.

Here, one of our blogger friends Manas Muduli had shared some attractive photos of designed food trucks from Patia-Infocity Road, Bhubaneswar in Odisha.

Apart from the Food Trucks, there are some good places down the road, near Infocity gate to hangout. There you could sit and chill with friends, girlfriend/boyfriend, even with family.

About the Photographer:

Manas Kumar Muduli, an Odia Technical professional, and a foodie by his passion. He uses to travel to different destinations and loves to taste the good vibes also the foods. Follow him on Twitter @manas_muduli

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Khirachora Gopinatha Temple (Odia: କ୍ଷୀରଚୋରା ଗୋପୀନାଥ ମନ୍ଦିର) is a Hindu Temple made by Langula Narasingha Deva in Remuna of Balasore district in Odisha, India.

How to reach Khirachora Gopinatha Temple:

Prathamastami (Odia: ପ୍ରଥମାଷ୍ଟମୀ) is a day dedicated for the firstborn of each family of Odia household. Sounds cliché, but the lucky elder one gets to wear a new dress and fed all good varieties of sweets and Pitha (pancakes).

This auspicious day is celebrated to pray for well being of the eldest one where the younger ones get nothing other than Pitha Mitha (no dress😃).

No luck on finding turmeric leaves in and around here (Cochin, Kerala) in my neighborhood. So with that disappointment, I made Stuffed idli, Peas curry, Angoori Rasmalai, Rasagola, and Kheer.

About the Author:

Julie Samantray, an Odia food blogger from Odisha, staying in Cochin, Kerala. She loves to cook and share with everyone. As a foodie, she not only shares her food with family and friends, also shares lots of recipes on her Instagram feed. Follow her on Instagram @savory__delights

Nandinia Waterfall (Odia: ନନ୍ଦିନିଆ ଜଳପ୍ରପାତ) is located in Hindol of Dhenkanal district of Indian state Odisha. This waterfall is inside a jungle of Dhenkanal.

According to some legends, the king of Hindol Gadajat, Shree Nanda Mahadev went inside the jungle and met a saint inside a cave and the saint named that cave on the name of the king as Nandinia Cave (Odia: ନନ୍ଦିନିଆ ଗୁମ୍ଫା).

From that ditch, the waterfall started and the ditch is named Nandinia Kunda (Odia: ନନ୍ଦିନିଆ କୁଣ୍ଡ) and the waterfall Nandinia Waterfall. On every Chitalagi Amavashya, local people do worship to Lord Jagannath and chanting names.

About the Author:

Surajit Kumar Mishra, an Odia Technical professional, and a Biker, Blogger, and Vlogger by his passion. He uses to travel to different destinations from which some are famous and some are unexplored. Subscribe to him on YouTube. And follow him on Twitter @SurajitTweet

N.B.: All these photo rights are reserved for the original author and before using any of it, please take the permission of him. And the content is translated from a Facebook post by Odisha Tourism. And thanks to Chandra Mohan Baral Bhai for the suggestions about this place.

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Prathamastami (Odia: ପ୍ରଥମାଷ୍ଟମୀ) is an Odia festival celebrating the "first-born" child of a family. They are called the "Prathama" or "Poruan" meaning "the first".

So, in the frame, you can see ENDURI PITHA. Enduri pitha is prepared during Prathamastami. A batter of black gram and rice flour along with a stuffing of jaggery and coconut is wrapped in turmeric leaves and then steamed.

Also, yours truly has finally learnt how to make these pithas. These are made by me. Hence, the cracks. But that's ok.🙈

You can see the Enduri Pitha making process on this blog- Enduri Pitha Making

About the Author:

Bandita Choudhury, an Odia food blogger born and brought up in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. She is a lawyer by profession, a foodie by choice. She loves her work and a dedicated foodie who shares lots of recipes on her Instagram feed. Follow her on Instagram @hunger_triggers

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According to one of the historical legends, one merchant namely Dhaneswar who often traded with the Singhalies (Srilanka) had brought a deity namely 'Pashana Mangala' from Srilanka and had established the same at Dhamara on his way back home. The said deity, later on, came to be known as MAA DHAMARAI.

Floating on the water Maa Dhamarai came towards Chandinipala and is believed to have been caught in the fishing net of one Sanatana Dalai and Bulei Behera who had rescued her and started worshiping keeping her in their house.

• Content Source: bhadrak.nic.in
• Photo Source: Some from bhadrak.nic.in and others from different sources and the photographer's name is written on the photos.
• This is a basic blog just to know about this temple and the folk tales of Maa Dhamarai.

Other Place of Bhadrak:

• Rakta Tirtha Eram
• Entry point to Bhitarakanika
• Biranchi Narayan Temple, Palia
• Dakshineswar Kali Temple, Bhadrak