Name: Enduri pitha recipe by Abhipsa Sahoo at BetterButter
Prep time: 900 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 915 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: urad dal 2 cups; rice 3 cups; grated coconut 1 cup; chhena or freshly made paneer at home 1 cup; sugar 1 cup; turmeric leaves 8-10; salt; cardamom powder 1/2 tsp

ABOUT Enduri pitha RECIPE

this is a typical odiya dish made only on the occasion of prathamastami..it is made of using newly harvested rice and cooked in turmeric leaf and is steamed ..the flavour and the medicinal properties of turmeric leaf heal many bacteria in your body..it's unique flavour and taste puts it class apart

Ingredients Serving: 8

urad dal 2 cups
rice 3 cups
grated coconut 1 cup
chhena or freshly made paneer at home 1 cup
sugar 1 cup
turmeric leaves 8-10
salt
cardamom powder 1/2 tsp

Instructions

soak the urad dal and rice for at least 4 hours
wash and grind into a coarse paste like idli batter..check consistency..
add salt and keep it covered overnight for fermentation
in the morning wash the turmeric leaves well and cut each leaf into 3 pieces as they r very long
for the stuffings take a pan..add the chhena,coconut and sugar and dry roast them till sugar becomes caramelised ..add cardamom powder and the filling is ready
take a turmeric leaf..place some fermented batter in the centre and some filling over that and close the leaf...
likewise do all the pitha and steam it in a steamer for 15 mins...
remove the leaf and enjoy the delicious pitha with chana curry or we say it ghughuni...

Similar Recipes