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PODA PITHA






 Podapitha is a very old Odiya cuisine cake
which is also the most preferred sweet of
Shree Jagannath as Prasaad.
Poda pitha means  burnt cake.
As the name suggests, this pitha is baked
and the lower portion of cake is burnt.

Ingredientsp
2 cup rice
1 cup white black gram
1 tbsp baking powder/baking soda( optional)
1 cup finely grated coconut
2tbs cup chopped coconut
2tbs chopped sweet potatoes
2tbs chopped dates
2tbs Cashew nut and raisins
3 cup jaggery
1 tsp chopped ginger
1tsp roughly powdered pepper
1 table spoon ghee
1 tsp salt








 Preparations:

Clean the rice and black gram in water and
soak it overnight.
Wash them thoroughly and grind the batter coarse
and thick but not as fine as the of dosa paste.
Add coconut,sweet potato,cashew,raisins,
grated coconut, chopped ginger, salt, pepper
jaggery and baking powder.







 Mix all the ingredients well .
Keep the batters for 4 hours for self-fermentation.
Pr-heat the pressure cooker.
Form a thin layer of oil in the surface of the cooker.
Pour the mixed batter into the cooker and
close the lid without whistle-weight.
Place the pressure cooker in simmer flame for about one hour.
After 1 hour switch the flame off.
When the cooker comes to normal temperature
take out the pitha carefully, and cut it into desired shapes and serve.





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