The food of Odisha
7 dishes tied to Odisha, India: born there, or made its own.
JhalmuriVeganঝালমুড়ি
🇮🇳 India and 1 morePuffed rice tossed with spices, vegetables and mustard oil, served as a street snack
Street food, Snacks
MahaprasadVegetarianମହାପ୍ରସାଦ
🇮🇳 IndiaSanctified vegetarian food served at the Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
RasgullaVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreSoft chhena balls simmered in light sugar syrup
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
UpmaVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreA soft, savoury porridge made from roasted semolina or rice flour
Main dish, Breakfast, Dinner
Saag
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreLeafy greens cooked with spices, eaten with bread or rice across the Indian subcontinent
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
MalpuaVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreSweet deep-fried pancakes from the Indian subcontinent, often dipped in syrup
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
Pakhalaପଖାଳ
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreRice soaked in water, sometimes fermented, served chilled with sides in Odisha
Main dish, Lunch
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Rasgulla: User:Utcursch , based on images, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Upma: Intodustin, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mahaprasad: Government of Odisha, CC BY 4.0, source
- Jhalmuri: Johirpro, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Malpua: Senjuti Dey, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Saag: Miansari66, Public domain, source
- Pakhala: Subhransu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source