The Food Diary~~ -Rasabali

And the three day long Odia festival, Raja(pronounced raw-jaw) parba is here. It's that time of the year when we celebrate Womanhood, the rains and the renewal of life with great pomp and pleasure. Various soul- treating Odia cuisines(mostly pitha of many types) and sweets(meetha) are made, enjoyed and happily relished with families and friends. After all food is the universal language of love that connects every heart all over the world. No celebration or festival can be complete without some traditional delectable dishes. This year our lil' Vyom is gonna observe his first Raja parba. Anything first demands to be super special. To make it lifelong memorable, "meetha to banta hai boss". So there is this famous RASABALI in the frame. RASABALI is a popular sweet dish from Kendrapara, Odisha. One of the Chhappan Bhog of Jagannath Temple, Puri. It consists of deep fried flattened reddish brown patties of chhena that are soaked in thickened sweetened milk(rabri). The rab...