Wednesday, December 13, 2023

021. Odisha Rasagola

Odisha Rasagola a mouthwatering culinary delight made of cottage cheese. During the festival of “Niladri Bije", Lord Jagannath offers rasagola to his disgruntled consort Goddess Laxmi on his return from a nine-day-long Rath Yatra.

Odisha rasagola have their unique identity which is very soft to feel, juicy and non-chewy in consistency, and can be swallowed without teeth pressure. The chenna water of curdled milk is not all drained out which makes chenna soft and gives aroma.  The dough is mixed with semolina in 4:1 ratio for bonding and sugar syrup is much stronger here.

Generally, the Odisha rasagola is white in colour with round shape (non‐ spherical) but off white rasagolas in various shades are also prepared. Colour development of Odisha rasagola is very specific, where without addition of external colour, various intensity coloured rasagolas are prepared using the principle of caramalisation of sugar with specific methods of preparation.

GI Tag Registration Date         : 29 July 2019

GI Tag Number                         : 612

Certificate Number                  : 345

Geographical Area                  : Odisha

Special Cover Release Date   : 01 March 2018

Cancellation                             : Puri 752 001

Type                                          :  Special Cover

Cover Identification Number  :  OD/12/2018

This cover is Palanquin Carried Cover with autograph of the Palanquin Mail Carrier during Niladri Bije. Issued in limited quantity of 1000 Nos with Numbering

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Enlarged View of Cancellation

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