Odia cuisine possesses a rich repertoire of delicacies savoured over the centuries in households, temples and royal palaces. In order to appreciate Odia cuisine, one must have a fair idea about its history. Odias were brave maritime people who sailed to far away lands in the South and South East Asia for trade and commerce. This inevitably led to cross cultural flows which had effects on Oriya cooking. The treasure of Odia cuisine being varied and vast, it ...