Lia (food)

Lia (Odia: ଲିଆ) (fried paddy[1]) is a prepared food from rice mainly consumed in the region of Odisha, India.[2] The other varieties are Khai (Odia: ଖଇ) (fried paddy) and Ukhuda (Odia: ଉଖୁଡ଼ା)[3] (fried paddy sweetened by jaggery). It is a form of puffed rice (Rice puffs while roasting it with heated sand) which is added with jaggery syrup. "Kora khai", a derived food from "khai" is offered to Lingaraja in Lingaraja temple, Bhubaneswar.[4]

Lia, ଲିଆ
Khai offered to Jagannatha in Badadanda, Puri.
CourseUkhuda, Korakhai, Khai
Place of originIndia
Region or stateOdisha
Main ingredientsFried rice

References

  1. Das, Patnaik, Raicharan, Dhirendranath (1982). Festivals of Orissa. Orissa Sahitya Akademi. p. 80.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Panda, Shishir Kumar (1991). Medieval Orissa: a socio-economic study. Mittal Publications. p. 152. ISBN 9788170992615.
  3. Jena, B. B. (1980). Orissa, people, culture, and polity. Kalyani Publishers, Original from the University of Michigan.
  4. "Lord Lingaraja, Offerings". Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2012-03-24.


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