It's a sweet dish consisting of deep-fried paneer patties soaked in creamy, cardamom-infused milk, offering a delightful conclusion to any Odia meal.
The belief that the Earth was the centre of the universe and all celestial bodies revolved around it was widely accepted until the heliocentric model proposed by Copernicus, and later supported by Galileo and Kepler, proved that the Earth orbits the Sun.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, it was believed that a substance called phlogiston was released during combustion. This theory was debunked by Antoine Lavoisier, who demonstrated that combustion is a chemical reaction involving oxygen.
The belief that living organisms could arise from non-living matter, such as maggots from decaying meat, was debunked by experiments conducted by Louis Pasteur, who demonstrated that life comes from pre-existing life.
Before the germ theory of disease was established, it was believed that diseases were caused by ‘bad air’ or miasma. This theory was replaced by the work of scientists like Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch, who showed that microorganisms cause diseases.
The belief that the universe was static and unchanging was widely held until Edwin Hubble’s observations in the 1920s showed that the universe was expanding, leading to the development of the Big Bang theory.
Ancient medicine was based on the belief that health was governed by the balance of four bodily humours: blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile. This theory was replaced by modern medical science, which is based on cellular and molecular biology.