Name: PODA PITHA recipe by Anjali sahu at BetterButter
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 300gm Rice; 150gm black gram - without outer skin; 1 cup finely scrubbed coconut; 10-15 small pieces of thin coconut slices; 200gm sugar / jaggery; 50gm chopped ginger; ½ bowl of cashew nut – broken into pieces; 1 table spoon ghee or refined oil; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon baking powder

ABOUT PODA PITHA RECIPE

Poda is basically a rice cake that tingles your taste bud. It’s crust are slightly burnt, while the inside is soft and white. It is must prepared dish during the festive of Rajo .

Ingredients Serving: 2

300gm Rice
150gm black gram - without outer skin
1 cup finely scrubbed coconut
10-15 small pieces of thin coconut slices
200gm sugar / jaggery
50gm chopped ginger
½ bowl of cashew nut – broken into pieces
1 table spoon ghee or refined oil
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder

Instructions

Soak the rice and black gram in water in separate bowls for about 4 hours. Wash them thoroughly.
Put the black gram with water in the grinder and form a fine batter. Do the same with rice too but keep in mind that the batter should be coarse and not as fine as the batter of black gram.
Mix both the batters and add coconut slices, grated coconut, chopped ginger, salt, sugar, cashew nuts and baking powder.
Mix all the ingredients well and keep it covered for about 2 hours for self-fermentation. Pre-heat the pressure cooker.
Form a thin layer of oil on all the inner surface of the cooker. Now pour the mixed batter into the cooker and close the lid (without mounting the whistle-weight).
Place the pressure cooker in simmer flame for about one hour. Now your hot poda pitha is ready.
When the cooker comes to normal temperature take out the pitha carefully, and cut it into desired shapes and serve.

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