Scenes from our drive thru rural Odisha are so entertaining. The vegetables stall neatly organised and its proud owner. The produce tell tale the season. It was just after Sankrant and this pile of Tender chana greens was so tempting I would have bought them spontaneously lest we were on the road. I did buy bor on one such non descript place. Here was a pile with semi ripe and ripe ones in the bag. The ripe gooey ones not for nothing are called शेंबडी बोरं 😆😆 in Marathi. Those Odissi dancers with whom we wanted pictures.
The tiny shop frying puris tempted us. After a quick inspection we decided to eat inside where there were less than 3 tables. Hot puris and aloo sabji, aloo chop, Rasagulla for me and idli sambar for Sai. All for a princely sum of ₹50 add to that chai!
Yes South Indian food is very common in Odisha telling us that food and cultural influences are fluid and cannot be boxed. This overflow from Andhra as Odisha shares borders.
Caught the train passing by the level crossing.
Canoes beckoning to explore Mangala Jodi. Colorful Moore hens everywhere and Kaash phool swaying luxuriously in the breeze.
So much of Odisha to fill in my tiny heart…
I still remember how we spotted that shop for our breakfast . And you asking for the second serving of Rasagola. :)
ReplyDeleteThis was fun! Rasagulla was lovely goes without saying ☺️
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