Odiyal

Odiyal (Tamil: ஒடியல்) is a hard snack made from palmyra palm tubers (Palmyra sprouts). Generally, it is split in two and dried until it gets hard. Odiyal can be prepared in another form, called pulukodiyal [ta]. Pulukodiyal is prepared by boiling and then drying. It is used to produce Pulukodiyal flour.^[1]

Odiyal

Pulukodiyal, boiled palmyra tuber
Course	Snack
Place of origin	India, Sri Lanka
Region or state	Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka
Main ingredients	Palmyra tuber
Variations	Pulukodiyal, odiyal chip

Odiyal is a main ingredient for some food products such as odiyal flour, odiyal chips, odiyal pittu, odiyal kool, Palm posha, etc.^[2][3] It is a popular snack in the Jaffna peninsula.^[4]

Research

A study says that odiyal has carbohydrate, fibre, calcium, magnesium, iron, fat and protein in various levels. It has likely toxicity and it can be reduced by heating to 80 °C (176 °F) for 15 to 20 minutes.^[5][6]