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Lia

리아

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Liā (Odia: ଲିଆ) (fried paddy) is a prepared food from rice mainly consumed in the region of Odisha, India. The other varieties are Khåi (Odia: ଖଇ) (fried paddy) and Ukhuṛā (Odia: ଉଖୁଡ଼ା) (fried paddy sweetened by jaggery). It is a form of puffed rice (rice puffs while roasting it with heated sand) which is added with jaggery syrup. "Kora Khai", a foodstuff derived from "khai" is offered to Lingaraj in Lingaraja temple, Bhubaneswar.

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