Vanishing Traditional Foods of Odisha

             Mathapuli

1.

A sweet dish made from urad dal and suji, fried and soaked in sugar syrup. This item is now unavailable in sweet shops.

Pakhala Pituli

2.

Is a fried pancake made by mixing rice flour and vegetables along with drumstick leaves in fermented rice water. This was a dish prepared in many rural Odia homes but is now unheard of.

  Chhunchipatra Pitha

3.

A sweet dish made by wrapping rice batter with coconut jaggery stuffing and steaming it. This item got its flavor from a particular forest leaf with a lemony aroma.

Khatta Chakata

4.

This is a preparation rarely heard of today. It is a paste like dish made from a mixture of ripe mashed bananas, tamarind paste, jaggery, black salt and roasted cumin.