Name: Poda pitha recipe by sanju priya at BetterButter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Rice Flour 2 cups; Water 2 cups; Milk 2 cups; Jaggery powder 1 cup; Bay leaf 2; Nutmeg powder a pinch; Salt a pinch; Cardamom powder 1/2 teaspoon; Black pepper powder 1 teaspoon; Grated coconut 1 /2 cup; Sliced coconut 1 /2 cup; Cashew and raisins 1/2 cup; Ghee 1 tablespoon

ABOUT Poda pitha RECIPE

Poda pitha is an authentic odia cuisine prepared specifically during the swing festival. Though traditionally it used to be baked whole night in a "chulha" we can also bake this delicacy in an oven . Poda pitha literally translated to burnt cake as the top of the cake has a little burnt texture.

Ingredients Serving: 4

Rice Flour 2 cups
Water 2 cups
Milk 2 cups
Jaggery powder 1 cup
Bay leaf 2
Nutmeg powder a pinch
Salt a pinch
Cardamom powder 1/2 teaspoon
Black pepper powder 1 teaspoon
Grated coconut 1 /2 cup
Sliced coconut 1 /2 cup
Cashew and raisins 1/2 cup
Ghee 1 tablespoon

Instructions

In a deep bottom non stick pan take water and milk. Add jaggery powder to it and let it melt.
Take ghee in a pan and fry the sliced coconut, cashew and raisins one by one and keep aside.
When the jaggery melts completely add cardamom powder, black pepper powder, nutmeg powder, bay leaves and, grated coconut to it and let it come to boil.
Now add the rice flour in three to four small batches mixing it carefully so that no lumps are there.
Then add the fried coconut, cashew and raisins.
Now keep stirring the mixture till it thickens into a dough form.
In the mean time preheat the oven to 1 70 degree and grease a baking pan.
When the dough is still little warm grease your palm with little water and gently knead the dough for a couple of minutes.
Now put the dough in the baking pan and bake at 170 degree for 60 minutes.
Check the doneness of the cake using a tooth pick.
When done let it completely cool down. Then slice and serve

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