As LPG Prices Rise, This Bhubaneswar Café Is Cooking With Sunlight Instead

Every morning, the sun arrives with enough energy to power entire cities. Most of it goes unused. One café in Odisha decided to put some of that energy on the menu.

At Golden Brew Café in Bhubaneswar, sunlight is doing much more than brightening the day. It is helping cook biryani, pulao, and other hot meals while reducing the café’s dependence on costly LPG cylinders.

Turning a crisis into an opportunity

For restaurants across India, rising fuel costs have become a growing concern. Commercial LPG cylinder prices have climbed from around Rs 1,600 to over Rs 3,000 in just five months, putting immense pressure on small businesses. 

Many eateries are struggling to stay afloat, and some have even been forced to shut their doors.

But instead of waiting for the crisis to pass, Golden Brew Café decided to rethink the way it cooks.

Today, the café prepares everything from biryani and pulao to freshly cooked meals using a solar-powered cooking system that dramatically reduces its dependence on conventional fuel.

Cooking with the power of the sun

What makes this system unique is that it doesn’t stop working when the sun sets.

Developed by scientists Dr Sudhanshu Shekhar Sahu, Dr Manoj Nayak, and Santosh Swain, the technology combines a solar coil with an induction cooking system. 

During the day, solar panels generate electricity to power the kitchen. Any excess energy is stored and later used to run the induction setup.

The result? The café can continue cooking long after sunset and even on cloudy or rainy days, all without relying on LPG.

The innovation, for which a patent was filed in 2021 and approved in 2024, currently operates on a 3-kilowatt solar installation that meets the café’s cooking needs efficiently and reliably.

A small café, a big lesson

Beyond helping one business save on fuel costs, the technology points towards a larger possibility. India’s restaurant industry relies heavily on LPG, making it vulnerable to fluctuating fuel prices and rising emissions.

Solar-powered cooking offers a different path — one that cuts long-term operational costs while reducing environmental impact. Though it requires a one -time investment, the benefits can continue for years.

As plates of biryani leave the kitchen at Golden Brew Café, they’re carrying more than just a meal. They offer a glimpse of what happens when innovation meets a real-world problem.

With fuel prices continuing to climb, the café’s solar-powered kitchen shows that clean energy solutions don’t have to be futuristic or complicated. Sometimes, they can be as simple as harnessing the sunlight that falls freely overhead, and turning it into dinner.

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