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Poda Pitha By Chef Pankaj Bhadouria

Pankaj Bhadouria
Poda Pitha is a traditional recipe from Odisha. Chef Pankaj Bhadouria shares the recipe of this rice-based delicacy.

Serves

3

Cooking Time

60 Min

Meal Type

sweet

Preparation Time

10-15 Min

Difficulty

MEDIUM

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INGREDIENTS

  • For Poda Pitha

    • 150 gm black gram without skin

    • 300 gm chaula rice

    • 1 tsp cardamom powder

    • 1 tsp black pepper powder

    • 1 tbsp chopped ginger

    • 10-15 fried cashews

    • grated coconut

    • jaggery

    • salt to taste

    • ghee

    • 5-6 sliced coconuts pieces

PREPARATION

  1. 1

    Soak the black gram & rice separately for 4 hours. Blend the black gram with water in a blender and transfer it to a bowl add this to a bowl with some water to form a smooth batter.

  2. 2

    Blend the rice separately with some water into a coarse mixture.

  3. 3

    Mix both the batters and ferment them overnight.

  4. 4

    Add 1 tsp cardamom powder, 1 tsp black pepper powder, 1 tsp chopped ginger, 10-15 fried cashew, ½ cup grated coconut, ½ cup jaggery, a pinch of salt, water and mix well.

  5. 5

    Grease a baking tin with ghee. Pour in the fermented batter.

  6. 6

    Top it with 5-6 sliced coconut pieces and fried cashew nuts.

  7. 7

    Bake the podu pitha at 165 degrees Celsius for 60 minutes in a preheated oven.

  8. 8

    Demold the podo pitha on a plate. Serve it once cooled.

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