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Pakhala Bhata

Pakhala bhata (watery rice) is one of the daily food recipe in Odisha of Oriya People home. Because of the high temperature in the costal areas of Orissa.Pakhala , contains with Boiled rice in Cold Water ,with curd,chilly,,salt and a piece of onion.This recipe is very very popular in Cuttack,Puri,
Berhampur and Bhubaneswar.
Pakhala mutton kassa











To have the Pakhala , we need some sort of add on spicy recipes as their side dish like the drumstick fry,bitter gourd fry,pappad,small potato dum,baingan ka bharta
Pakhala bhata jansa


 etc........... but If we have guest then we serve varieties of side dish.  
After eating the Pakhala bhat, the Remaining water (called the Torani) is
sipped with great relaxation.

 The cooked rice with starch is soaked in water overnight for fermentation. This fermented rice is eaten the next day for lunch with little side dish.
 Overnight for fermentation type of preparing Pakhala is called ‘Basi Pakhala’.This the traditional way of preparing pakhala bhata.

Torani pakhala




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