Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday shared a touching moment with a tribal family in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday, as he enjoyed a traditional dish called Khiri* (rice pudding) during the ‘Gruha Pravesh’ (housewarming) ceremony for beneficiaries of the PM Awas Yojana in Shabara Sahi, a village in the Gadakana area of Odisha’s capital. The event coincided with the celebration of his 74th birthday. The Khiri, prepared by Sadhabi Naik, daughter-in-law of Antaryami Naik, was served in an earthen pot, following the traditional Odia custom of preparing this sweet delicacy during housewarming ceremonies.
Both Prime Minister Modi and Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi relished the homemade dish. Sadhabi Naik and her family were overwhelmed with joy at hosting the Prime Minister and witnessing his appreciation for the Khiri they had lovingly prepared. “Our family is overjoyed after PM Modi tasted the Khiri made by me.
We requested him to try it as a birthday treat, and he gladly accepted. He even praised the dish, saying it was delicious,” shared an elated Sadhabi. She added, “He was so kind, playing with my children and taking photographs with us.
He asked if we were happy with our new pucca house under the PM Awas Yojana, and we expressed our gratitude.” Later in the day, PM Modi fondly recalled this personal encounter during his speech at Janata Maidan, where he inaugurated the Odisha government’s much-hyped Subhadra Yojana. “Before coming here, I visited a tr.