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Beautiful Odisha Konark Temple

Odisha – The land of temples, nature and land of Lord Jagannath. This is also considered as one of the peace state of India. People visits Odisha to worship Lord Jagannath who is also known for his love towards its deities and people.

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Konark is one of the temple after Puri Jagannath temple. It is also known as Sun Temple. It was built by Raja Narasinghs Deva-I of the Ganga Dynasty during 13th Century. This is one of the unique piece of engineering.

Sun Temple ,other name of Konark Temple is one the best and famous tourist spot in Odisha and also considered as one of the most crowded tourist spots of India.

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Interesting Facts of Konark Temple :

Konarka name came with two words : KON ” Corner” + ARKA : “Sun”
It is situated in Puri
Konark Temple is dedicated to God Sun
It lies in the coastal part of Odisha
Built during Vedic Period
As per the archaeological, the entire temple was designed in the shape of a colossal chariot with seven horses and twentyfour wheels , carrying the sun god, Surya, across the heavens.

Architecture of the temple :

This design is said to be the original design of the temple :

European sailors used to call the temple as “The Black Pagoda” and they made it as one of their entry landmark while taking coastal voyage.

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There is very interesting story behind the fall of Konark temple which I will disclose in mine later article. Briefly I will tell that the temple is said to lost its beauty after the death of legend Dharmapada.

Hope you have loved reading mine article. I will continue this topic for Konark Temple with some more interesting facts and some historical stories behind it.

Its Construction : The temple is built with stone pieces

How to reach Konark Temple ?

Puri is the place from which you can visit Odisha Sun Temple Konark. This spot doesn't have its own airport nor its own transport or railway station.

Hence one can reach to this temple either directly from Bhubaneswar ( Odisha Capital ) or from Puri which is near to the temple.

By Air : closest domesting airport is at Bhubaneswar and from their it is 64 km away.

By Train : Puri is the nearest railway station which is about 31 km away from the temple. Hence one can take train to puri from the capital or Khurda Station ( Odisha )

By Road : State-run buses are running from all parts of the state and is well connected to all major cities of Odisha.

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Beautiful Odisha Konark Temple

Reviewed by Manoj Kumar Sethi on 1:10:00 PM Rating: 5

How To Prepare Odisha Chicken Curry ?

Manoj Kumar Sethi 12:14:00 PM

Odisha Famous Chicken Curry

Today I am going to share secret recipe about how to prepare chicken curry which Odia people prepare. This chicken curry is otherwise called as " Chicken Tarkari " which we call " Aainsa Tarkari "

Odisha chicken curry is very different from rest chicken curry in the way we don't use too much oil nor use any kind of coconut products or coconut oil to prepare. Chicken curry is different in the sense we Odia people use masala and other ingredients which I am going to explain down.

Ingredients Required :

In Odisha we prepare Chicken curry in two different style :

1) Chicken curry along with potato or 2) Simple Chicken Curry

Now the one I am going to share is the 1st one. Let me share the ingredients along with other things needed to prepare the curry. This is for two person, hence I have taken 500gm fresh chicken.

500 gm fresh chicken - Wash it properly so that unwanted things get removed
3-4 Potatoes - Cut each potato into 4 pieces
Green chilly - chop down the green chilly as per the above image
2-3 Onions and chop down into small square pieces
3 Medium size tomatoes and chop down into small-small pieces so that while preparing the curry, it will get mixed up easily, saving time.
2 pinch sugar
2 spoon full of chicken powder/meat powder
2 spoon full of turmeric powder
3 spoon full of salt
1-2 spoon full of red chilli powder
1 small ginger-garlic paste

Step 1 : Preparing or we call it Chicken first stage operation.

Here fresh washed chicken is well mixed with 2 spoon of mustard oil+ 2 spoon full of salt + 1-2 spoon full of turmeric powder.

It is then kept for 1/2 hour so that everything get well mixed.

Step 2: Second Stage Operation

Switch on your gas/stove and put the curry pan and heat it.
Pour 3-4 spoon full of mustard oil and let it for heating
Add 1/2 spoon ( or may be 2 pinch ) of sugar in the heating oil and stir it uniformly so that sugar get well mixed and you will see a reddish brown colour.
Add the chopped onions , green chillies and fry for some time. Add 1 spoon full of salt and fry till onion get golden brownish colour.
Add ginger-garlic paste and mixed it well with the fried onion. Fry for some 5 minutes till you get ginger-garlic fry smell
Once you see ginger-garlic has well mixed and fried with onion-chillies, add 2 spoon full of turmeric powder, 2 spoon full of red chilli powder, 2-3 spoon full of chicken masala( powder) if you don't have chicken powder, you can also use meat masala with same quantity.
Fry the above for 1-2 minute till everything get well mixed.
Now add chopped tomato pieces and mixed it well. Add 1 spoon of salt so that it gets quickly mixed. You have noticed I am adding little-little salt in every part. this helps in completing the curry in a uniform manner.

Once you get a complete paste ready with tomato, you can either add little water to increase the paste quantity.

Add chopped potatoes in the paste

Fry potato with the gravy till you see potato got soft and gravy has well mixed
Add the chicken ( which is left to mixed with oil, turmeric powder and salt )
As you can see in the above pic, chicken is then keep fried with the prepared gravy along with potato and it is continued till we see complete water has been drained out from chicken and you can see the masala, potato and chicken is seen mixed well.
Now you have two choice how you want to have this curry either you can prepare this without water and keep frying chicken with gravy till potato is cooked properly. Or second is mixed it with enough amount of water and prepare the one which I did.

Why Potato is added ?

Potato is added as per your taste as I told earlier and it is also added so that while cooking we can easily calculate if chicken is well cooked or not.

After adding enough water as per your requirement, cover the pan with a plate and let it for 10-15 minutes for cooking.

Once you find potato is fully cooked and it is soft, its sign that our chicken is ready. Add corriander leaves pieces. This gives extra aroma to your chicken curry.

Now your chicken is ready and you can serve to your family members, friends and enjoy the taste.

Don't forget to share your views down the comment.

How To Prepare Odisha Chicken Curry ?

Reviewed by Manoj Kumar Sethi on 12:14:00 PM Rating: 5

List Of Hotels In Odisha

Manoj Kumar Sethi 11:52:00 AM

Hello Everyone !

Welcome to Odisha. We have got a list of famous hotels in Odisha which you can use while visiting in Odisha.

Before booking, do check out the rates, check-in and check-out provided in the right include of my blog.

Hotels Name	Hotel ID	City
B10 International	1655413	Bhubaneshwar
Hotel Avion Inn	1339989	Bhubaneshwar
Hotel By The Way	1272702	Bhubaneshwar
Hotel Deepali International	1663633	Bhubaneshwar
Hotel Eden Roc	1312592	Bhubaneshwar
Hotel Grand Central	498119	Bhubaneswar
Hotel Hindusthan International, Bhubaneswar	319409	Bhubaneswar
Hotel Kalinga Ashok	1199707	Bhubaneshwar
Hotel La Franklin	499894	Bhubaneswar
Hotel Miland Palace	743186	Bhubaneshwar
Hotel Nirmal Inn	1304679	Bhubaneshwar
Hotel Pal Heights.	351929	Bhubaneswar
Hotel Priya	571857	Bhubaneshwar
Hotel Pushpak	570533	Bhubaneshwar
Hotel Rajdhani	1451849	Bhubaneshwar
Hotel Royal Heritage	1455474	Bhubaneshwar
Hotel Royale Midtown	360847	Bhubaneswar
Hotel Seetal	498127	Bhubaneswar
Hotel Sidharth	570764	Bhubaneshwar
Hotel Swosti Bhubaneswar	301408	Bhubaneswar
Hotel Swosti Premium Bhubaneswar	301409	Bhubaneswar
Hotel The Sutrupti	422783	Bhubaneswar
Hotel Urmee	906368	Bhubaneswar
Leeflex Serviced Apartment	1321564	Bhubaneshwar
Mango Hotel - Prangan	1591514	Urali
Mayfair Convention	286415	Bhubaneswar
Mayfair Lagoon	282463	Bhubaneswar
Midway Inn	1628364	Bhubaneshwar
OYO Premium Saheed Nagar	1519677	Bhubaneswar
OYO Premium Satya Nagar	1519675	Bhubaneswar
OYO Rooms Bhubaneswar Railway Station	1519678	Bhubaneswar
OYO Rooms Infocity Bhubaneswar	1663026	Bhubaneswar
OYO Rooms Kanan Vihar	1662802	Bhubaneswar
OYO Rooms Khandagiri	1662965	Bhubaneswar
OYO Rooms Nayapalli	1519676	Bhubaneswar
OYO Rooms Near Sum Hospital	1662958	Bhubaneswar
OYO Rooms Old Station Road	1663181	Bhubaneswar
OYO Rooms Rajmahal Square	1663071	Bhubaneswar
RS Corporate Guest House	1011953	Bhubaneshwar
Sandy's Tower	436958	Bhubaneshwar
STARiHOTELS Bhubaneswar	1794553	Bhubaneshwar
STARiHOTELS Old Station Road Bhubaneswar	1794551	Bhubaneshwar
Talabaniya Home	1783421	Bhubaneshwar
The Crown	393619	Bhubaneshwar
The Idol Paradise	1544894	Bhubaneshwar
The New Marrion	360204	Bhubaneshwar
The Presidency Classic	1127039	Bhubaneshwar
Trident Bhubaneswar	78799	Bhubaneswar
Venus Inn	577833	Bhubaneshwar
VITS Hotel Bhubaneswar	361012	Bhubaneswar
Ambica Residency	1312715	Cuttack
Grand Residency	1014332	Cuttack
Hotel Seetal	498137	Cuttack
Pramod Convention & Club Resort	715733	Cuttack
The Blue Lagoon Hotel Cuttack	1229874	Cuttack

List Of Hotels In Odisha

Reviewed by Manoj Kumar Sethi on 11:52:00 AM Rating: 5

Indian Famous Thali

Manoj Kumar Sethi 2:45:00 AM

India is a country known for its variety.It is the only country where you find lots of difference not only culture, languages, living, thinking but also in food habitat.

This is the reason why India sometimes know as county of food. Each and every state has its own popular food which whole world is fan.

When you visit India and got a plan to visit famous tourist spots don't forget to taste Indian food.

Below are some of the famous thali : Plate full of food, curry, sweets which you also can call combo offer :)

Check the below list of Thali :

Famous Sweets Of Odisha

How To Prepare Odisha Chicken Curry ?

Indian Famous Thali

Reviewed by Manoj Kumar Sethi on 2:45:00 AM Rating: 5

Bela Pana : Most Favorite Juice of Odisha

Manoj Kumar Sethi 11:45:00 AM

Bela Pana is one of the most favorite juice in Odisha and it act as an antidote for sun stroke.

During the hot summer, Odisha people celebrate "Pana Sankranti"

Here in Odisa we call juice as "Pana" and Bela ( Fruit from bel tree ) Panna ( Juice) hence it is called as Bela Pana. As per Odisha culture it is offered as Prasad or Naibedya to Lord Jagganath as prasad or summer juice.

This is one of the healthy and natural juice.Therefore it is also know as hunger killer juice.Especially during Pana Sankranti, Odia families prepare this delicious and healthy juice at home and serve to their family members.

Lets know see how to prepare Odisha most favorite healthy and popular Bela Pana juice.

Ingredients and preparation for Bela Pana :

Ripe Bela fruits
1/2 teaspoon Black pepper
1 cup Grated coconut
1/2 cup Banana peeled and mashed
1/2 cup Beshan Bundi ( sweets)
Handful of cashew nut and raisin Sugar as per your taste
Water 1 litre
Some ice cubes

Preparation Method:

Soak the bela fruit in 1litre water for two hours. After two hour with a spoon remove the pulp from bela. Mash the pealed banana and sugar together. Mix it in the prepared bela juice. Add crashed black pepper in the bela juice. Add grated coconut and ice cube in it..

Your Bela Pana juice is ready and its time to serve your family member. Remember before serving don't forget to garnish the juice with sweet beshan bundi and cashew, raisin.

How was this article must share your view down comment. Keep reading this special food blog.

Bela Pana : Most Favorite Juice of Odisha

Reviewed by Manoj Kumar Sethi on 11:45:00 AM Rating: 5

Famous Sweets Of Odisha

Health Drinks 11:22:00 PM

Odisha is a state which is not only famous for its rich heritage, culture, nature, temples but also it is famous for its delicious dishes and sweets.

You have seen many dishes from my state Odisha today I am going to introduce you a list of famous sweets.

Below are some very famous sweets Odisha is well known in the whole world. I have brought you this list of sweets :

Chhenaa Poda : This is one of the best desert in India. It is originated from Nayagarh town of Odisha. It is prepared of well kneaded homemade cottage cheese or called as chhenna, sugar, cashew nuts and raisins.
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