{"id":3479,"date":"2010-04-23T11:28:26","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T15:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/?p=3479"},"modified":"2010-04-23T11:29:39","modified_gmt":"2010-04-23T15:29:39","slug":"dalma-odia-restaurant-in-bangalore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/archives\/3479","title":{"rendered":"Dalma Odia restaurant in Bangalore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following is an excerpt from <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bangaloremirror.com\/article\/31\/2010042220100422205553628af297cd6\/Like-food-back-home-in-Orissa.html\">an article in Bangalore Mirror<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8230; But few in Bangalore know of Orissa&rsquo;s cuisine. The food at Dalma is  very reflective of the state and its tradition of using local  ingredients to cook with. The eatery brings to Bangalore a unique  culinary experience with simple, tasty home food.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genesis: <br \/>\n<\/strong>The  restaurant is a famous chain in Bhubaneswar, and is co-owned by  Debasish Patnaik and Sanjay Chowdary. Dalma actually is the name of a  lentil dish (synonymous with dal). There&rsquo;s a large enough Oriya  population in Bangalore to cater to as well.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Signature  dish:<\/strong> Pakhal. <br \/>\n<strong>Cost:<\/strong> Rs. 200 &#8211; 300 for two.  <br \/>\n<strong>Dalma<\/strong>, <em>#37, 100 Feet Road, 6th Block,  Koramangala, Bangalore. Phone: 41660921<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8230; <\/em><strong>Lead role:<\/strong> Jubin says the pakhal thali is a must to get  a real feel of the cuisine. A huge bowl, nay, cauldron, of rice mixed  with curd and water that was allowed to rest for a while, greeted me. In  some cases, fermentation is allowed to take place. Served with a tomato  khatta (like a chutney), potato bharata, bhendi bhaja (ladies finger or  okra), and badi chura (fried and dried mixture of onions and garlic),  this is the perfect summer dish to beat the heat and stay cool. A note  of caution &mdash; one person, in my opinion, would not be able to finish all  that rice in the bowl &mdash; a challenge for all you foodies out there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following is an excerpt from an article in Bangalore Mirror: &#8230; But few in Bangalore know of Orissa&rsquo;s cuisine. The food at Dalma is very reflective of the state and its tradition of using local ingredients to cook with. The eatery brings to Bangalore a unique culinary experience with simple, tasty home food. Genesis: The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[276],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oriya-cuisine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}