Mixture Namkeens from Odisha

Mixture Namkeen is a popular savoury Indian snack composed of a diverse blend of deep-fried ingredients like chickpea flour noodles (Sev), fried lentils, peanuts, and puffed rice, all seasoned with aromatic spices. This crunchy and crispy snack is best enjoyed with tea and is often customized with regional ingredients and flavours across India.

I have been having these Mixture namkeens from all over India. In this post I am sharing some popular Mixtures from Odisha and the shops where you can buy them.

Buguda Mixture originates from Buguda, a town in the Ganjam district of Odisha, India. It is a spicy, Savory snack mix made from fried lentils, peanuts, rice flakes, and gram flour noodles (sev), spiced with turmeric, chili, and curry leaves.

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Jyoti Mixture originates from Cuttack, Odisha, from the 197 established Jyoti Namkeen brand. This traditional Odia snack is known for its spicy, crunchy, and flavourful blend of ingredients like gram dal flour, sev, gathiya, roasted rice flakes, peanuts, and nimki.

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Mukharuchi Mixture originates from Bhubaneswar, Odisha, where the well-known brand Mukharuchi prepares and sells its famous snack mixes. This popular salty and spicy snack is made from fried gram flour noodles (sev), boondi, peanuts, rice flakes, and curry leaves, all seasoned with a blend of traditional Indian spices like red chili powder, turmeric, and cumin. It often contains other fried components like gram dal and cashews for added crunch and flavour.

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Odisha Pakhal mixture is special mixture that can be enjoyed with traditional Odia speciality Fermented rice of Pakhal. This mixture has borias well as fried papad in it too.

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Cuttack Rago mixture is a combination of local components like gram flour, wheat flour, peanuts, lentils, green peas, and rice flakes, all seasoned with authentic Odia spices.

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Cuttack Mixture is a traditional Odia snack that comes from the city of Cuttack. Also known as “Baramaja” or “Baro Maja” (meaning “more than 12 mixes”), this flavourful and crunchy savoury snack is made from a blend of local ingredients and spices, including sev, peanuts, poha, and various other crunchy items.

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Is there any favourite namkeen mixture of yours or farsan as they say in Gujarat that is not from a modern chain like Haldiram or Bikanerwala? Please share in the comments below

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Good to see our taste is now at LG group

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Ohh… another great idea…
I’m amazed by your collections of different items…:ok_hand::ok_hand::ok_hand:
Interesting to read…
Yummy photos :face_savoring_food:
I’m also a fan of mixtures…
Highly appreciate…
:handshake:

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@TravellerG. Thank u so much for your kindness

Nice variety is mixtures @curatorofmemory
I stay away from these since they are not friendly with my ageing stomach :smiley:

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@TusharSuradkar :smiley: . Pune has famous Chitale Bandhu and Laxmi Narayan

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Delicious post @curatorofmemory very much appreciate about the desvription of the traditional savoury. Your post made me think it’s not just a mixture, but different varieties of tasteful mistures. Thanks for this wonderful post.

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@Gurukrishnapriya . Thanks for your kind words of appreciation

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There are so many kinds of Namkeen, like everyone attending the year-end report meeting (peanuts, corn, lentils, chickpeas, noodles, etc) :rofl:.

Thanks for making me hungry at the wrong time :joy:

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Thank u @fachrie230

Wow! nice look of namkeen. Looking like madrasi mixture. I will definitely have this :+1:

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@AbhijeetUniyal . Thank u so much for your kind words

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Wow I never knew there were so many varieties of Odia namkeens. During my 3 year stay in Odisha, I was a regular visitor to the nearby Namkeen store, the best part was that we could tell the shopkeeper which ingredients to add to the namkeen and he would customize it for us. Great post @curatorofmemory

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@Ssiddharth2000. Thank you. Customisation is something i am hearing for first time. Great idea