The age old delicacy but with a twist-guguni.

As said earlier dahi vada needs no introduction to Odias particularly. People love to have this dish anytime of a day with great enthusiasm due to its yummy taste. It’s served differently in different places. The odias are foodies, big time! We love everything extra and always follow “Live life King size”, then why leave food behind, right? So even our dish demand so. Hence our age old delicacy does not only include the same dahi vada and aloo dum it has even guguni.

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Guguni is a curry made of dried yellow peas boiled and prepared for a dip on top of dahi vada aloo dum. The quintessential taste of aloo dum and guguni makes the dish even more enticing.They are like two spicy curries battling to win your taste buds. 

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While guguni has a less spicy taste than aloo dum whose curry is sometimes bright red, guguni looks more like a topping on the off- white vadas just like the nuts or choco chips on ice-cream. Now guguni is an odia speciality mostly in Cuttack and Bhubaneshwar. What’s more we even get something like a sweet dish if we ask the dahi vada wala for the curd of the dahi vada. The curd is little watery with dried up chillies and phutana (futn) with pepper sprinkled on top. The food is served in a leaf made into the shape of a small bowl and a stick made of wood but nowadays with a spoon too. Hence when you visit Odisha don’t forget to ask your dahi vada wala about guguni and salty curd if he forgets or doesn’t give you.

For places to visit -
http://odiafoodia.blogspot.in/2018/01/7-places-to-visit-for-dahi-vada-in.html