25 November 2016

Drying Fish in Sacred Puri

Puri is a coastal city in the state of Odisha fka Orissa in Eastern India. It is situated on the Bay of Bengal and also known as Jagannath Puri after the 12th-century Jagannath Temple located in the city. Away from pilgrims and tourists, tucked into the eastern corner of Puri, an interesting traditional fishing village thrives with a mixed Christian and Hindu community who both use the 3km-long beach as an open-air toilet and rubbish dump. Every morning, a small but lively dry-fish market springs to life here where fisherwomen and locals compare the quality of the dried fish, haggle for best prices, and exchange the latest village news over a glass of milk tea.

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Fresh fish rapidly deteriorates unless some way can be found to preserve it. The oldest traditional way of preserving fish is to let the sun and wind dry it. Open-air drying has been practiced since ancient times to preserve food. Dried fish has a storage life of several years. The method is cheap and effective in suitable climates; the work can be done by the fishermen and their family, and the resulting product is easily transported to the market. Dried fish is a very rich source of proteins, containing 80 - 85 % protein. In Puri, dried fish fetches c. INR 60.- per kg (c. US$ 1.-) and dried squid up to INR 200.- per kg.

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