Bhubaneswar: It’s the day to celebrate dahibara aloodum, the quintessential street food of Odisha and staple food of Katakis, a name synonymous with the people of Cuttack.
Dahibara Aloodum Dibasa is being observed every year on March 1 since 2019 when a bunch of young foodies from the state floated this idea to make it a popular snack, which is believed to have been first made and sold in Bidanasi (old Cuttack) near Barabati Fort, world over.
A year later, the mouth watering street food, which is a spicy combination of soft spongy dahibara covered with aloodum and ghuguni garnished with small bits of chopped onion, coriander leaves, cucumber, chutney and sev, won the first award at the 11th National Street Food Festival in New Delhi.
Here is how people, who swear by the tangy flavour of dahibara aloodum, reacted on social media platforms:
Dahibara Aloodum is an emotion. #DahibaraAloodumDibasa pic.twitter.com/5vkmJg5Qti
— Biswajeet Swain (@BiswajeetHuman) March 1, 2023
Bhubaneshwar dahibara actually tastes better than the Cuttack one (personal opinion)
PS : I don’t take tomato sauce in dahibara. https://t.co/MiLWKnRRW9 pic.twitter.com/ktOHjrpJNq
— Silent observer. (@OdiaHindu) March 1, 2023
Morning starts with this – Cuttack Bidanasi Dahibara Aludam. The Soul food of every Cuttackia.❤️🤤#DahibaraAloodumDibasa #Dahibara #Cuttack #CuttackDahibara #OdiaFood pic.twitter.com/DFeb2edl5Y
— Biswajit Sahoo (@Biswajit8260) March 1, 2023
It has been 3 years since Cuttack and Team SCC celebrated March 1 as Dahibara Diwas, but since last year we have been requesting our Dahibara to get GI Tag status. Today on Dahibara Diwas we request you once again to give GI Tag status to Dahibara.@CMO_Odisha @iammdmoquim pic.twitter.com/rVKKX2ykIw
— Debasis Samantaray (@Debasis_devs) March 1, 2023
Oooohohoho 🥳🥳 The plate of happiness, the Love of every cuttakia, the soul food of cuttack…”Dahibara aludum” ❤️ it is not just a name of food its an emotion…. Emotion of every cuttackia !!! ❤️❤️😍
Happy Dahibara aludum Dibas 🥳🤩#DahibaraAludumDibas#cuttack#love pic.twitter.com/ZUWR3LewRu— Somalin Satapathy (@somalin_s) March 1, 2023
Admit it or not but Dahibara aludam, dahi Pani and Sev at that end, makes a complete meal. 😋❤️ pic.twitter.com/oEPy5DsyFA
— Ananya A. (@ananyay148) February 20, 2023
