The habisha dalma plays the vital role in most of the Monday lunch platters of most odia households during Kartik month. This dalma varies totally different from rest others. Here onion, garlic, mustard oil, turmeric powder and potato are avoided in the ingredients list of the habisha dalma. Mostly the moong dal is picked up for preparing the dalma, but without roasting the moong dal. In this way (without roasting part of dal) the authenticity of the Habisha dalma is kept. Still anyone can use the roasted moong dal here if desired.