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Cook's Pan is about sharing the joy of cooking. There're no hard and fast rules, it’s all about using the available stuffs to design your masterpiece dish.

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Looking for meatless Monday lunch or dinner ideas ? Nothing beats than the humble lauki (lau) in a pungent mustard gravy. Here goes the everyday Odia recipe:

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Why avoid Spring bounties now that Spring has arrived? Here's a delicious, sumptuous egg salad that's full of goodness and springtime freshness. It has a vivid color and a perfectly mixed citrus flavor with a touch of sweetness from the berries.

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This Chocolate cake with Orange flavor, I baked for my son's birthday. The process of baking gave me immense happiness.

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The holy month of Kartika has come to end with the grand celebration of Kartika Purnima. As it’s a long weekend in the US, I got to cook some elaborate meal n traditional one. Few days back Richa(@thehungrytaurean ) tagged me for the Dalma meal.

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Saturday mornings are always pleasant, and when you have the little batter of Moong dal and Spinach left you can only think of popular combo from Andhra, Pesarattu Upma. It’s divine and filling to let your half of day go without worry.
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The season of blankets n jackets have started so also the season of Parathas. For me winter weekend means either seasoned parathas or stuffed ones 😋😋. In my Saturday platter today, Shakarkandi Paratha (seasoned sweet potatoes 🍠 flat bread), Sabut moo… https://t.co/2a3FbkuUIA

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When your college buddy makes a short visit to your home, it was all planned suddenly!! We loved your visit Dibya (@choudhurydib) a lot, little Yedhant made us feel so wonderful!! Loved the short visit and wish we could catch up more often.
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With the beginning of holy Kartika Masa (month of Kartik), we have decided to go Vegetarian. So here goes a simple yet comfort loaded meal.

My #saturdayplatter is simple and loaded with all my winter favorite, one Methi paratha, ghee smeared roti, Lauki… https://t.co/fj9nXxOUj3

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Durga Puja always has a special place in our hearts. The smell, the rhythm is altogether felt in heart. The celebrations back home are terribly missed. But living in the present, all I could recreate the feeling to the little one was talking about the Pu… https://t.co/k28zovSZKz

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Puran Poli is one of our family favorite and made at least once a year, to be specific on Ganesh Chaturthi and this year I was all busy and couldn’t make. So I decided to make it during Navratri which the boys enjoyed a lot. I’m not a hard task master wh… https://t.co/2AK2IY3Ywl

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Pumpkin patches are around in October !! They truly say “Fall isn’t easy “, so many things are going n we are still wondering what fun to Grab. And after giving so much thought to plan the weekend, we ended up making a small trip to Mt. Baker and our Sun… https://t.co/CVU3ICqjdO

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Before the sweet corn vanishes from the market, I made some yummy one pot Corn coriander rice flavored with coconut n fennel and served with the creamy Boondi Raita.

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October has begun with loads of festivals on the way !! But a normal overcast made me all lazy n I cooked a light chicken curry or Chicken Jhola for the weekend. No hassle n simple way made me have my me time.

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When we went for apple picking last weekend, they were selling some local walnuts which we grabbed too. The little one was amazed uncovering it and munching on them. Seeing him amazed made my day !! Sometimes it feels wonderful seeing excitement in a kid… https://t.co/HGN16o2Nfu

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Weekdays breakfast are always a hassle. But a slight meal prep helps making it healthy and sometimes cuts on the processed ones. So I prefer making variety of batter and doughs to experiment with my morning routine and one such is this "multi grain Adai"… https://t.co/SexkLgoih2

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The little one was so much into apple 🍎 from last week, as he is going to make apple sauce. The whole obsession of his led us to go for picking apples. And the result was these gorgeous Fuji Apples and Asian pears from #stutzmanranch in Cashmere, Was… https://t.co/kTxE5twPaZ

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When there is a little overcast, saying the fall has all set its foot n summer is gone. And my little man has all begun his new journey to experience the outer world. A lonely mommy, sits at home thinking how time flies. Then these Geranium blooms from m… https://t.co/SyYr53Dr2P

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A simple veggie affair on a lazy Saturday. We had a small petting zoo event in the neighborhood park. The plan was very simple, laze till the noon have a sumptuous lunch, walk till the park and have fun until the little one dozed off to sleep.

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As the Indian festival season begun, so also the ritual of making sweets at home.

Here is the recipe for Besan Ladoo, I made this Rakhi.

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Finally on the third day of the long weekend, we made a short trip to #deceptionpass #northbeach. Before the summer ended, which is almost evident in #pacificnorthwest, we had a great fun, especially the little one with his beach toys, got the messier he… https://t.co/TQZ6JeqoXE