Food is
always food for everybody but if we think in wide meaning it is a part of
culture. There is no definition of word food. But we can think that food is a
chain (according to Science). According
to me (Mr. Jyotirmaya Prasad Behera) According to culture, the word “FOOD”
means a group of people is used for consumption of their habitable whether it
is cooked or not whether it is raw or ripe fruits does not matter. The matter
is how a group of people consume the food for their habitable. The way of
making food, collection of food, what they do for food all those have a process
and the said process are different from society to society and one
Geographically area to another Geographical area which shows the culture (behavior, lifestyle,
thinking) of the said society.
Everyone
try to live and for life we need food and for food we have to do certain kind
of work to get the food and good ideas comes to mind to live after consumption
of food. Without food the creature world may die on starvation.
Orissa
is well known for its a exotic cultures, Arts,
natural
landscapes and also food item. Orissa is located on the eastern cost of
Indian and Bay of Bengal and the soul of India. It may be appropriated
if Orissa / Odisha called as 'the Goa of Eastern India'. Everybody is known that Odisha is equally rich when the
issue of foodstuff or cooking raised to Odisha.
Macha
Ghanta is the famous odisha food. This item prepare in every house in every
month. The normally days the veg dishes are prepared like as Rice, dal,
curries, khatta, saga, pithas and non-veg dishes are Egg, chicken and mutton.
The Culture of Orissa
is influenced by the Mogul emperor and British colonial during its history. the
middle and east side of Odisha is still continued in his tradition and culture.
specially the people of outside of Orissa enjoy the food of Orissa but Orissa’s
people cannot compromise with the food of outside of Orissa.
What you eat and how
you prepare it which gives a lot ideas about the person you are. Food sheds
light on the people's way of life, their cultural values and their perspectives
on life. Food and culture are interwoven. The processes involved in preparing,
serving and sharing certain foods and drinks might appear simple, but they
often carry important social and cultural significance. Recipes and dietary
practices can be used to transmit knowledge from one generation to another.
Food looks like a small but it's importance is a lot and the preparation of
foods, items and way of eating are different from one geographical area to
another.
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Indian food is world
famous for two reasons one is Indian foods are cooked with high temperature for
which we can easily digest and another is that we use spice items. For spice
items India is famous and in world only India export spice item materials to
other countries. Foods are very testy Due to spice item . Odisha is a
provenance of East india and the people of odisha are used spice
item on their daily basis.
The food item is very
from place to place but some place food of Odisha is world famous like
Rasogola, Alu Dam & Dahi bara and many more. But Some of item has
been seen in TV channel " Travel" Which is worldwide coverage.
The food in the
region around Puri-Cuttack is greatly influenced by the Jagannath Temple which
we normally called “MAHAPRASAD”. There 56 type of dishes are prepared for Lord
Jagannath and in all the dished used only deshi vegetables. On the other hand, kalonji and mustard paste
are used mostly in the region bordering Bengal and curries tend to be sweeter.
In the region closer to Andhra Pradesh, curry tree leaves and tamarind are used
more. The Brahmapur region has influences of South Indian cuisine and the
Telugu people living there have invented new Odia dishes.
Aloo dum, a
potato-based dish, is prepared with blending of several spices and herbs. Aloo
dum along with dahibara is served during several exhibitions held in the open
grounds and at local festivals such as the Bali Yatra and food festival. Aloo
dum and dahibara is very famous in local as well as in all India.
ALOO
DUM AND DAHIBARA
Barabati stadium and
barabati fort (ancient monument) are located at Cuttack for which particularly
this place is well known to everybody in world. The aloo dum and dahibara of
cuttack district is very famous. During international cricket match the cricket
player as well as audience comes to this place and enjoy this item by consuming
aloo dum and dahibara. Every person likes to eat aloo dum and dahibara dish. aloo
dum and dahibara is also available in part of odisha but in this place having
such charm and fun to eat.
DAHI
PAKHALA
On the part of the
East and central Odisha, the famous Dahi Pakhala (Cured and water rice). This type
of food is prepared during summer day. This item is famous in this region
because of hot during the day time. Specially this dish is prepared for lunch
not for dinner. The benefit of this dish is that it keep the stomach cool
during summer day. Dahi Pakhala is a package because one can not be satisfied
Dahi Pakhala without fish fry.
MACHA GHANTA (MIXED FISH FRY)
The people of Odisha is
collected the foods from natural source like river, Lacks and Sea. The cost of
non-veg is more comfortable then the price of Vegetable. Maximum peoples are
Hindu and they have a tradition to eat non-veg particular days. Mainly Macha
Ghanta is made on Sunday or Friday. In many occasion, the people of Odisha is
made Macha Ghanta like marriage ceremony, death ceremony and many more occasion.
Therefore need more
calories for energy for which rice, dal, some veg curry and fish is for
nonveg food. The farmers like to cultivate vegetables in their garden and
orissa has fill of natural source for catching fish. like lake and river and
pond also. Now days to fulfill the wants of peoples, many educated
peoples are farming the fish as profession and earning good incomes.
but for human being food is not only
fuel but also the identity of culture.
-Jyotirmaya
Prasad Behara
Orissa is the coastal
area of India and main junction to catch the fish and export the outside of States.
Chandibali, paradeep and baluga are famous for catching and farming the
fish.
The other dish have
also made in odisha but those are derived from other place like Rasmalai which
is derived from Bengal, Gupchup which is derived from western India and the
south Odisha’s dishes are derived from Andre Pradesh.
From the food one can
simply understand that the food have important place in culture of Odisha. Odisha
also famous for food which relates the past history of Odisha. The spice item were also export to the outside of India
during ancient time. Most important thing is that the people donot compromise
them for eating. During ancient time food was prepared in a mud pot but now
days it is converted to material pot.
Many foreigners like
food culture of Odisha. In Bhubaneswar, Orissa / Odisha has conducted the food
festival in every year and many persons were / are participated and coming from
other states also. There is an unique culture in odisha
