Satyanarayan Mohapatra

Egg is an essential ingredient in most baking items as it provides structure, moisture and leavening. But at times, eggs are replaced due to various reasons. It may be due to egg allergy,…

Many of us have graduated from being a home baker to a professional baker. Pre-migration period makes us dependent on the flour which we are comfortable with. It goes without saying that…

One of the major processes in bread making is yeast activation, which is always a challenge for all bakers. If the yeast is not activated properly, it is not alive (live) and the bread…

On your baking adventure, you have to understand the fundamental concepts to get consistent and reliable results. One may not be a professional baker, but these basics will help you create…

In this new series of articles on baking, I hope I will be able to clear some doubts of aspiring home bakers. I have observed during my audits that the new genres of baker require quite a…

“And I had but one penny in the world, thou shouldst have it to buy gingerbread” – wrote William Shakespeare in ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’. Gingerbread is a sweet food product flavoured with…

Gluten is primarily made up of two types of proteins – ‘gliadin’, which gives makes the bread rise during baking, and ‘glutenin’, which is responsible for dough’s elasticity and glue-like…

Habisha Dalma, Ghee Rice and Kandhia Chakata are the main attractions during Kartik, which is the most auspicious month on the Hindu calendar. During this month, most Odias prefer to eat…

While Maha Navami puja is underway at ‘shakti pithas’ on Sunday, thousands are thronging mandaps, where rituals of Maha Astami are being conducted, in the city. The significance of these…

Navratri is here, and one look around us is enough to tell how eagerly one waits to welcome this festival. Navratri is a nine-day festival dedicated to the worship of Goddess Durga. The…