In the above picture, roughly from left to right are:
- Dali (Dal/Lentils)
- Tarakari (Curry)
- Dahi (Curd) hanging from a Sika. You see it hanging from a contraption made out of jute rope called Sika. The Sika is usually hung from the ceiling and used to keep food and items away from insects, animals and kids.
- Basa Dahi (Creamy Thick Curd). The other type of curd is called Ghola Dahi (Skimmed Curd).
- Saga Bhaja (Fried green leafy vegetables).
- A typical traditional meal served on plantain leaf.
In the picture immediately above, roughly from left to right are:
- Pakhala (Rice in salted and herbed water)
- Enduri (Rice cakes wrapped in turmeric leaves and steamed)
- Manda Pitha (Steamed rice cakes with sweetened/salted fillings)
- Chakuli Pitha (Flat cakes made from a fermented batter of rice & lentils and fried on a pan. A type of Dosa.)
- Arisha Pitha (Rice flour mixed with spices & warm jaggery water to make dough, made into flat round cakes and deep fried in oil)
- Puri (Deep fried & puffed flour (typically wheat flour) breads)
- Karanji (Folded oval shaped maida puris stuffed with sweetened & spiced grated coconut, sealed with decorated folds and fried)
- Rasagola (Cheese balls immersed in light sugar syrup and boiled.)
- Gulab Jamun (Balls of corn flour, cream and spices deep fried and dipped in sugar syrup)
- Khasta Gaja (Sweetened fried maida flour)
- Dali Gaja (Similar to the Khasta Gaja, but crusted with sugar)
- Laddu
- Chena Poda (Sweetened and spiced cheese baked in oven.)
- Bada Osa Bhoga (A variety of Manda Pitha with tapered top made specially for a festival called Bada Osa)
I couldn't click on the pics and enlarge them as in the last one and these were pics that needed to be enlarged and viewed to drool over. I must visit Orissa (have been planning to) at least to taste all the delicious dishes!
ReplyDelete@zephyr Oops... Google Blogger has introduced a new image viewer that's acting up with large images. I just disabled it on my blog and am about to send an e-mail to them.
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime, you can enlarge my images the good old way by clicking, and drool over them. :)
Thanks!
nice images.keep doing
ReplyDeletetasted most of these Delicious item at Ananth Basudeva temple Bhubaneswar
ReplyDeletenice pictures
ReplyDelete@kranthi, @Seema Thanks!
ReplyDelete@Team G Square, yes traditional delicacies at the Ananth Basudeva temple is very popular. Including the "abhada" - the special preparation used for the prasad.
These are very beautiful and informative - any way you can post larger sizes? Cheers
ReplyDeleteI met an artist from Orissa who does very detailed sketching, here in Dakshin Chitra. His work was awesome ! He said he is from the village of Kelucharan Mohapatra. Now when I read this blog, it reminded me of him. Awesome work dude !
ReplyDelete@Shadows Galore: Thanks. Kelucharan Mohapatra, the Odissi dance guru, was from Raghurajpur village. Raghurajpur is indeed a village of artists. It's near Puri. BTW, what/where is Dakshin Chitra?
ReplyDeleteSorry for the late response Tanmay, Dakhsinachitra is a live musleum in Chennai depicting the heritage of South India and the art and culture from across India. A must visit if you come any where near Chennai.
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