Local Drinks in Odia: 5 Travel Phrases with Audio

ତୋରାଣି
torāṇi
Torani (the water from pakhala rice)
Usage
The lightly fermented water left from steeping rice. It is one of the main Odia drinks and "the poor man's lassi", drunk against the heat. It comes with pakhala
ଟଙ୍କ ତୋରାଣି
ṭaṅka torāṇi
Tanka torani (the temple's spiced torani)
Usage
Rice from the Jagannath temple offering mixed with curd, green chilli, lemon, ginger, bhrusunga leaves and cumin. It is also handed out along the Rath Yatra chariot route. ⚠ Non-Hindus may not enter the temple, so you cannot buy it at Ananda Bazar inside; what you get is what is distributed outside on festival days
ବେଲ ପଣା
bela paṇā
Bela pana (cold bael-fruit drink)
Usage
A drink made from the pulp of the bael fruit. It is tied to the festival day of Pana Sankranti in Odisha — a calendar drink, so outside that season you will not see it in shops
ଚା
chā
Cha (tea)
Usage
Tea. What a stall pours is boiled with milk and sugar by default, so say so if you want it unsweetened. It is also written ଚା’ with a trailing apostrophe, but everyday writing is ଚା
ଲସି
lasi
Lassi (yoghurt drink)
Usage
Curd blended with water, spices or fruit. There are both the salted version with cumin and the sweet one with sugar or fruit; in hot weather it is drunk iced after lunch. ⚠ Ice plus raw dairy — judge the stall first

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