Odiyal
Odiyal is a hard snack made from palmyra palm tubers. Generally, it is split in two and dried until it gets hard. Odiyal can be prepared in another form, called . Pulukodiyal is prepared by boiling and then drying. It is used to produce Pulukodiyal flour.
Odiyal is a main ingredient for some food products such as odiyal flour, odiyal chips, odiyal pittu, odiyal kool, Palm posha, etc. It is a popular snack in the Jaffna peninsula.