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Got a sweet tooth? Never forget to try the delicious sweets of Odisha, whenever you visit.<br><br>Oriya desserts are made from a variety of ingredients, with milk, Chhenna (a form of cottage cheese), coconut, rice, and wheat flour being the most common. People of Orissa are sweet tooth and sweet dishes form an indispensable part of their meal.
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1.Chhena Jhili • This popular sweet dish of Odisha originated from Nimapada, Puri. This is another version of Gulab Jamun, but a simpler one. The essential ingredients needed for its preparation are chhena, sugar, wheat flour, cardamom powder, and pure ghee.
2. Arisa Pitha • Arisa pitha is a crispy sweet delight which is basically made of rice flour, kneaded in sugar or jaggery syrup and topped with sesame seed. Since this Pitha is deep-fried, it is mostly dry and hardened, so you can preserve Arisa Pitha for about 2-3 weeks.
3. ChhenaPoda • ChhenaPoda is made of cottage cheese, sugar, cashew, cardamoms and raisins. All the items are mixed well and then wrapped in the leaves of the Sal tree and baked in a charcoal oven for two to three hours. After a few hours the outer crust is caramelized and turns into brown color.
4. Malpua • Malpua here is made using mashed bananas, flour, cardamom, milk, sugar and fennel. The small fritters are deep-fried and then drenched in the sugar syrup.
5. Rasabali • Rasabali can be simply thought of as deep-fried patties of Chhena soaked in Rabri. Chhena is farmer cheese and Rabri is the sweet, thickened milk. The main ingredients include paneer, semolina, and cardamom powder, powdered sugar, milk, saffron strands, sugar, and oil.