Cooks fake their caste

Odhisha cuisine is very simple yet delicious, prepared in little or no oil which not only enhances the taste, but makes them very healthy as well.

Here, you will find a mix of vegetarian and non- vegetarian dishes. Again people there loves eating sweets and may be this is the reason they themselves are so lovable.It is prepared with  chhena or fresh  cheese, sugar and nuts and baked for hours till the cake cooked.

                        Vegetable curry

 Odiacooks, particularly from the Puri region, were much sought after due to their ability to cook food in accordance with Hindu scriptures. During the 19th century, many Odia cooks were employed in Bengal and they took many Odia dishes with them.This period saw a heavy demand for Brahmin cooks, leading many Odia cooks to fake their castes. 

Temples in the region make offerings to the presiding deities. The prasadham of the Jagannath Temple is well known and is specifically called Maha prasadham meaning greatest of all prasadas. It consists of 56 recipes, so it is called chhapan bhoga. It is based on the legend that Krishna missed his eight meals for seven days while trying to save a village from a storm holding up the Govardhan hill as a shelter.

Khatta is an  part of Odisa cuisine and it is mostly eaten as a side dish. Mostly preferred for lunch  meal with its nice sweet and sour flavor. Any meal is incomplete without this. There are many variations to this dish like tomato  It goes best with dalma and steam rice. Khatta is prepared along with jaggery and other condiments to make it lip smacking. And it is a one more dish very famous in odisa and it color shows a taste of this dish.

                    

Ghanta in Odia means mixed. This dish is prepared by mixing a variety of vegetables and is mostly enjoyed during festivals. It’s very high in nutrition and has got a typical taste which can be enjoyed with either rice or chapatti along with lentils soup.

Dahi puri  taste is so authentic that you will not mind the strange combinations of Dahi Vadas with curries. This unique dish can be had for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. People are mostly eat dahi puri instead of eating rices.

Golgappe is also called as panni puri not only the odisa people love this most of the Indian people's are love to eat pani puri is the favorite snacks for teenagers.

This sweet dish has small cottage cheese balls dipped in thickened and sweetened milk seasoned with cardamom and saffron for that awesome flavor.

Another famous dish is rasagula we can get rasagulla everywhere but from Odhisha it's very special this special brown ones is sure to make us forget everything.

-M.Anandhi