Name: Manda Pitha (Sweet Rice Dumplings) recipe by Aish Das-Padihari at BetterButter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 1 cup Rice flour; 1/2 cup water; 1/2 cup Milk; 1 tsp Salt; 1 tbsp cardamom powder; 1/2 cup grated Coconut; 4 tbsp chhena or homemade paneer; 3/4 cup sugar or gur

ABOUT Manda Pitha (Sweet Rice Dumplings) RECIPE

Manda Pitha which is also known as modak in Maharastra, is a sweet dish from Odisha. I never liked it while growing up, but over the time, learned to appreciate the texture and taste of it so much that, I made my mother-in-law taught me the recipe step by step when she was visiting me here in the USA, a few years back. Manda Pitha, is made out of rice flour and then steamed

Instructions

Boil water and milk together with cardamom powder and salt.
Add rice flour to it - part by part, while continuously stirring it to avoid lumps.
Keep stirring it in low heat until all water is absorbed and it forms into a ball.
Turn off the gas and cover the dough.
In the mean time prepare the sweet filling by heating up 2 tbsp ghee.
Add the coconut and chhena and sugar and mix it well.
Cook this over low heat for 7/8 minutes.
Now prepare the dough by applying little oil on your palms and kneading the dough into a soft workable texture.
Make sure that the dough is not very hot.
Now take a tennis ball sized dough, make a dent in the center and put 1 tbsp of filling in it and close the opening. Smooth it all over to make it look like a ball. Make sure that there are no gaps.
You will get around 8 to 10 balls.
Now we should steam them. Heat water in a steamer and steam the manda or dough balls for 10 mins.

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