7-day Odia
diet plan
Built on rice, pakhala, dalma, santula, besara and fish — the food actually cooked in Odisha, not a north Indian week with the names changed.
What a Odisha day comes to
Seven-day average, per day
1,626kcal / day A week of Odia home cooking on this chart runs 1,570–1,726 kcal a day with 60.2 g of protein and 34.2 g of fibre. Fish or egg appears on some days; the vegetarian days stand on their own.
स्रोत·Computed from ThaliFacts food data·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
outer ring = portion on the plateinner ring = energy it carries
- Grainroti, rice, poha, idli, dosa 3.5katori 633kcal 33%of plate
- Dal & legumedal, chana, rajma, besan, soya, sattu 2.4katori 433kcal 23%of plate
- Vegetable & fruitsabzi, saag, salad, fruit 2.7katori 316kcal 25%of plate
- Dairy, egg & meatcurd, paneer, milk, egg, fish, chicken 1.4katori 156kcal 13%of plate
- Fat, nut & sweetchutney, pickle, nuts, mithai, chai 0.7katori 87kcal 6%of plate
Grain takes 33% प्लेटच्या आणि 39% of the energy; vegetables take 25% प्लेटच्या आणि 19% of the energy. Dal and legume sit at 2.4 katori a day. Portions are the seven-day average, in katori of 150 g — the same katori the serving weights and the grocery list use.
स्रोत·Served weights and energy from the dishes in this chart·5 plate groups, composite dishes assigned whole·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
Coverage: This is the thinnest regional coverage on the site. The everyday pattern is right, but a majority of the distinctly regional dishes are estimates made for this site rather than measured values, and they are marked as such.
What a Odia week looks like
The Odia kitchen cooks with less oil and less spice than its neighbours — santula and dalma are both essentially vegetables and dal cooked with a tempering and nothing else. Pakhala, rice fermented overnight in water, is a summer staple with very little energy per plate but a large plate size.
Staples this plan runs on: Rice, pakhala, dalma, santula, besara and fish. Where: Odisha.
Estimated dishes used here: Besara, Dalma, Santula, Pakhala Bhata, Aloo Pitika. These are not in the ThaliFacts dataset; each was built by recipe analysis and each carries its basis on the method page. They are marked est everywhere they appear.
How a Odisha week is put on the chart
- The meal library for this region is restricted to Odisha's own dishes: rice, pakhala, dalma, santula, besara and fish. Nothing outside that list can appear.
- Regional weeks are portioned to one reference band, 1,550–2,300 kcal, because the question here is what the region eats — not what a goal requires.
- Each serving carries a stated weight; a meal is the sum of its servings, a day the sum of its five meals, the week the sum of its seven days.
- Dishes missing from the underlying dataset were estimated for this site by recipe analysis and are marked est wherever they appear, never quietly substituted.
- The plate chart re-reads the same servings by group, so the region's shape — rice-forward, coconut-forward, dal-forward — is visible before any number is read.
serving = per-100 g value x serving weight (g) / 100 day = SUM of 5 meals week = SUM of 7 days per day = week / 7 katori = served grams / 150 g plate % = group served grams / day served grams
The week at a glance
| Day | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 · Monday | 1,726 | 58.5 g | 250.9 g | 54.1 g | 44.6 g |
| Day 2 · Tuesday | 1,650 | 63.0 g | 278.2 g | 31.0 g | 30.3 g |
| Day 3 · Wednesday | 1,595 | 61.2 g | 220.6 g | 50.7 g | 24.1 g |
| Day 4 · Thursday | 1,601 | 58.9 g | 237.4 g | 46.3 g | 41.0 g |
| Day 5 · Friday | 1,620 | 57.9 g | 250.6 g | 42.6 g | 27.2 g |
| Day 6 · Saturday | 1,621 | 61.5 g | 274.3 g | 30.1 g | 29.0 g |
| Day 7 · Sunday | 1,570 | 60.5 g | 212.6 g | 51.9 g | 43.2 g |
| 7-day average | 1,626 | 60.2 g | 246.4 g | 43.8 g | 34.2 g |
Week total 11,383 kcal ÷ 7 = 1,626 kcal a day. Every figure above is the sum of the meals on that day, and every meal is the sum of its dishes at the serving sizes shown. Nothing has been rounded to make a total work.
The seven days in full
Day 1 · Monday
| When | What | kcal | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast |
हिरव्या चटणीसह बेसन चिल्ला
बेसन चिल्ला ×2 · हिरवी चटणी ×0.5
|
433 | 20.1 g | 44.2 g | 19.4 g | 14.7 g |
| Mid-morning | 113 | 3.4 g | 2.0 g | 10.1 g | 1.8 g | |
| Lunch |
Besara with dal and rice
Besaraest ×1 · Dalmaest ×1 · Boiled White Rice ×1.8
|
595 | 17.6 g | 99.8 g | 14.0 g | 12.9 g |
| Evening snack |
Banana
Banana ×1
|
105 | 1.3 g | 24.0 g | 0.3 g | 1.8 g |
| Dinner |
Dalma with a small plate of rice
Dalmaest ×1.2 · Boiled White Rice ×1.2 · Santulaest ×1
|
480 | 16.1 g | 80.9 g | 10.3 g | 13.4 g |
| Day total | 433 + 113 + 595 + 105 + 480 = | 1,726 | 58.5 g | 250.9 g | 54.1 g | 44.6 g |
Day 2 · Tuesday
| When | What | kcal | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast |
Chuda with curd and banana
Raw Poha (Flattened Rice) ×1 · Curd (Dahi) ×1 · Banana ×1
|
405 | 9.9 g | 74.7 g | 7.0 g | 3.3 g |
| Mid-morning |
एक केळे
Banana ×1
|
105 | 1.3 g | 24.0 g | 0.3 g | 1.8 g |
| Lunch |
Dalma with rice and santula
Dalmaest ×1.2 · Boiled White Rice ×1.8 · Santulaest ×1
|
581 | 18.2 g | 103.7 g | 10.4 g | 14.2 g |
| Evening snack |
Bowl of sprouts
मोड आलेल्या मुगाची कोशिंबीर ×1
|
92 | 7.0 g | 13.0 g | 1.2 g | 4.0 g |
| Dinner |
Machha besara with a small plate of rice
फिश करी ×1 · Boiled White Rice ×1.2 · Santulaest ×1
|
467 | 26.6 g | 62.8 g | 12.1 g | 7.0 g |
| Day total | 405 + 105 + 581 + 92 + 467 = | 1,650 | 63.0 g | 278.2 g | 31.0 g | 30.3 g |
Day 3 · Wednesday
| When | What | kcal | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast |
Poha with peanuts and chai
Poha ×1 · Peanuts ×0.4 · Masala Chai ×1
|
398 | 9.3 g | 50.5 g | 17.1 g | 2.9 g |
| Mid-morning |
एक वाटी दही
Curd (Dahi) ×1
|
90 | 4.7 g | 4.5 g | 6.0 g | 0.0 g |
| Lunch |
Machha besara with rice and santula
फिश करी ×1 · Boiled White Rice ×1.8 · Santulaest ×1
|
568 | 28.7 g | 85.6 g | 12.2 g | 7.8 g |
| Evening snack |
Roasted peanuts with black tea
Peanuts ×0.6 · Black Tea, no sugar ×1
|
88 | 3.9 g | 3.0 g | 6.0 g | 1.3 g |
| Dinner |
Santula with dal and a small plate of rice
Santulaest ×1 · Dalmaest ×1 · Boiled White Rice ×1.2
|
451 | 14.6 g | 77.0 g | 9.4 g | 12.1 g |
| Day total | 398 + 90 + 568 + 88 + 451 = | 1,595 | 61.2 g | 220.6 g | 50.7 g | 24.1 g |
Day 4 · Thursday
| When | What | kcal | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast |
हिरव्या चटणीसह बेसन चिल्ला
बेसन चिल्ला ×2 · हिरवी चटणी ×0.5
|
433 | 20.1 g | 44.2 g | 19.4 g | 14.7 g |
| Mid-morning |
Glass of chaas
ताक (छास) ×1
|
75 | 4.0 g | 3.8 g | 5.0 g | 0.0 g |
| Lunch |
Santula with dal and rice
Santulaest ×1 · Dalmaest ×1 · Boiled White Rice ×1.8
|
551 | 16.7 g | 99.8 g | 9.5 g | 12.9 g |
| Evening snack |
Chai on its own
Masala Chai ×1
|
62 | 2.0 g | 8.7 g | 2.1 g | 0.0 g |
| Dinner |
Dalma with a small plate of rice
Dalmaest ×1.2 · Boiled White Rice ×1.2 · Santulaest ×1
|
480 | 16.1 g | 80.9 g | 10.3 g | 13.4 g |
| Day total | 433 + 75 + 551 + 62 + 480 = | 1,601 | 58.9 g | 237.4 g | 46.3 g | 41.0 g |
Day 5 · Friday
| When | What | kcal | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast |
Pakhala with aloo pitika
Pakhala Bhataest ×1.5 · Aloo Pitikaest ×1
|
340 | 9.0 g | 62.0 g | 6.1 g | 3.7 g |
| Mid-morning | 113 | 3.4 g | 2.0 g | 10.1 g | 1.8 g | |
| Lunch |
Besara with dal and rice
Besaraest ×1 · Dalmaest ×1 · Boiled White Rice ×1.8
|
595 | 17.6 g | 99.8 g | 14.0 g | 12.9 g |
| Evening snack |
Banana
Banana ×1
|
105 | 1.3 g | 24.0 g | 0.3 g | 1.8 g |
| Dinner |
Machha besara with a small plate of rice
फिश करी ×1 · Boiled White Rice ×1.2 · Santulaest ×1
|
467 | 26.6 g | 62.8 g | 12.1 g | 7.0 g |
| Day total | 340 + 113 + 595 + 105 + 467 = | 1,620 | 57.9 g | 250.6 g | 42.6 g | 27.2 g |
Day 6 · Saturday
| When | What | kcal | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast |
Chuda with curd and banana
Raw Poha (Flattened Rice) ×1 · Curd (Dahi) ×1 · Banana ×1
|
405 | 9.9 g | 74.7 g | 7.0 g | 3.3 g |
| Mid-morning |
एक केळे
Banana ×1
|
105 | 1.3 g | 24.0 g | 0.3 g | 1.8 g |
| Lunch |
Machha besara with rice and santula
फिश करी ×1 · Boiled White Rice ×1.8 · Santulaest ×1
|
568 | 28.7 g | 85.6 g | 12.2 g | 7.8 g |
| Evening snack |
Bowl of sprouts
मोड आलेल्या मुगाची कोशिंबीर ×1
|
92 | 7.0 g | 13.0 g | 1.2 g | 4.0 g |
| Dinner |
Santula with dal and a small plate of rice
Santulaest ×1 · Dalmaest ×1 · Boiled White Rice ×1.2
|
451 | 14.6 g | 77.0 g | 9.4 g | 12.1 g |
| Day total | 405 + 105 + 568 + 92 + 451 = | 1,621 | 61.5 g | 274.3 g | 30.1 g | 29.0 g |
Day 7 · Sunday
| When | What | kcal | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast |
हिरव्या चटणीसह बेसन चिल्ला
बेसन चिल्ला ×2 · हिरवी चटणी ×0.5
|
433 | 20.1 g | 44.2 g | 19.4 g | 14.7 g |
| Mid-morning |
एक वाटी दही
Curd (Dahi) ×1
|
90 | 4.7 g | 4.5 g | 6.0 g | 0.0 g |
| Lunch |
Dalma with rice and santula
Dalmaest ×1.2 · Boiled White Rice ×1.8 · Santulaest ×1
|
581 | 18.2 g | 103.7 g | 10.4 g | 14.2 g |
| Evening snack |
Roasted peanuts with black tea
Peanuts ×0.6 · Black Tea, no sugar ×1
|
88 | 3.9 g | 3.0 g | 6.0 g | 1.3 g |
| Dinner |
Roti, moong dal and lauki
Roti (Chapati) ×2 · Moong Dal ×1 · Lauki Sabzi ×1
|
378 | 13.6 g | 57.2 g | 10.1 g | 13.0 g |
| Day total | 433 + 90 + 581 + 88 + 378 = | 1,570 | 60.5 g | 212.6 g | 51.9 g | 43.2 g |
Adjusting it
At 1,626 kcal a day this week sits well below a typical adult maintenance intake — a mild deficit for many adults, and genuinely light for anyone active. To move it in either direction, the lever in Odisha is the same as everywhere else and it is not the cuisine: it is the grain. One katori of rice instead of two, or two rotis instead of three, moves a day by two to three hundred calories on its own and leaves everything you actually taste untouched.
To push protein up without changing the character of the food, add a second katori of the dal or legume that is already on the plate. That is cheaper than any other option and it is already in your kitchen.
The same chart, another kitchen
Twelve other regional weeks, each portioned from its own staples.
The questions that come after the chart
What does a normal Odia day of food add up to?
On this plan, 1,626 kcal and 60.2 g of protein a day on average, across five eating occasions. Individual days run from 1,570 to 1,726 kcal. A festival day or a restaurant meal sits well above this.
Is this a real Odia plan or a north Indian plan renamed?
It is built from Odisha's own dishes: rice, pakhala, dalma, santula, besara and fish. Where a signature dish is not in the underlying nutrition dataset it has been estimated specifically for this site and marked, rather than swapped for a north Indian dish with a regional name attached.
Where does Odia food usually go wrong nutritionally?
The Odia kitchen cooks with less oil and less spice than its neighbours — santula and dalma are both essentially vegetables and dal cooked with a tempering and nothing else. Pakhala, rice fermented overnight in water, is a summer staple with very little energy per plate but a large plate size.
Can I use this to lose weight?
At 1,626 kcal a day this week sits well below a typical adult maintenance intake — a mild deficit for many adults, and genuinely light for anyone active — it was written to show what the region eats, not to create a deficit. If you want a deficit built on similar food, the goal-based plans are the place to start. The honest answer is that the regional pattern matters far less than the serving count: two katoris of rice instead of one moves the number more than the cuisine does.
कॅलरी व मॅक्रो ThaliFacts डेटासेटवरून मोजले आहेत, जो आधारित आहे Indian Food Composition Tables 2017 (ICMR–NIN), त्यासोबत या साइटसाठी अंदाज काढलेले आणि चिन्हांकित केलेले प्रादेशिक पदार्थ est ते जिथे जिथे येतात तिथे. प्रत्येक बिल्डला ऊर्जा 4P + 4C + 9F शी जुळवून पाहिली जाते. प्रत्येक स्रोत, तो शेवटचा कधी तपासला त्या तारखेसह, इथे दिला आहे — स्रोत पृष्ठ. फक्त सर्वसाधारण माहिती — वैद्यकीय किंवा आहारविषयक सल्ला नाही. या सरासरी मूल्यांवर आधारित उदाहरणादाखल योजना आहेत; त्या प्रिस्क्रिप्शन नाहीत आणि त्यांत ॲलर्जी, आजार किंवा औषधे विचारात घेता येत नाहीत.
स्रोत·Computed from ThaliFacts food data·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
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