In fact, I had it for the first time the last weekend and have been having it for 3 consecutive days now. The other Odia dish that I’m in love with is Ghanto Tarkari. Ghanto Tarkari and Dalma – my favorite Odia Food Each item brings its own flavour which refreshes the palate. It consists of a Dahi Vada, some Alu curry topped with sweet tamarind chutney. This is a unique Odia street food quite popular among the locals. The first dish that I had tried recently was Dahi Bara Alu Dum. That was my first time trying an Odia dessert and I was floored!įast forward to now, I’ve had so many Odia dishes in the past few months that my love for Odia cuisines grows stronger with every bite. This soft, fluffy and golden brown cake looking sweet was Chenna Poda ( pronounced as Chenna Podo). While I thought it was a cake, it wasn’t. One of the guys had returned from a vacation and had bought in sweets for us. Some of them have become best of friends. Like I mentioned earlier, after moving to Hyderabad, I met a lot of Odia folks. Having understood about Odia cuisine, you might be wondering how did my romantic relationship with Odia food start? My Tryst with Odia Cuisine Though I’m no expert in any cuisine, these are my thoughts regarding Odia food. They make use of coconut in their dishes and even mustard. It can be seen as a point where both the Southern and Northern flavours meet. Being a vegetarian, I was surprised to see a plethora of vegetarian Odia dishes that had me swooning over them.įurther, the interesting geographical location of Odisha makes the food more balanced. You’ll rarely see oil floating on an Odia dish or a dish that is extremely spicy. It isn’t spicy like a Kolhapuri or a Rayalaseema food, neither it is rich like the Punjabi Food. Compared to the other cuisines that I’ve tried, Odia Food is very subtle when it comes to spices. Understanding the Odia language or the script might not be that simple. In this post, I’ll talk about my tryst with Odia Cuisine and why you should try Odia food too. Thanks to these people who not only taught me the nuts and bolts of the language but also made me try Odia food. That’s what the GK books taught us! For a person like me who has travelled across the country, it was astonishing that I didn’t meet a single Odia person until I landed in Hyderabad 7 years ago. In fact, for almost a quarter of my life, Odisha always meant either Konark Sun Temple or Chilka Lake.
“ Motte Odia aase ni” (I don’t understand Odia) was the first phrase I learnt in Odia.
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