Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, kakharu poda pitha (pumpkin cake). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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So here is a Raja Special Poda Pitha for all of you. It is an Odia special dish. There are versatile of poda pitha in odia cuisine but pumpkin poda pitha is one of the best poda pitha (baked rice cake) among them. Many country they have their own way of pumpkin recipes.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have kakharu poda pitha (pumpkin cake) using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake):
- Take 1/2 kg ripe Pumpkin
- Take 1/2 Cup sugar
- Get 1/2 Cup jaggery
- Make ready 1/2 Cup grated coconut
- Get 1 Cup Tuta Basmati Rice (soaked in water for 1 hr)
- Take 1 Teaspoon baking powder
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- Get 2-3 pieces chopped litchi
- Take 6-7 pieces Almonds
- Make ready 1/2 Bowl Sooji (semolina)
- Take 1/2 Cup Water
- Prepare 2 Tablespoons Deshi Ghee
- Make ready 2 Teaspoons milk made
- Get 1 Medium Size Banana leaf
- Get as required for garnishing few pieces of coconut slices,
- Prepare as required Almonds and litchi
One of the authentic dish of Odisha.. . To…» Great Recipe Poda pitha is slow cooked pitha. This is a Traditional Odia Poda Pitha. It is made by slowly baking.
Steps to make KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake):
- First step is to wash pumpkin and then remove it's skin then cut it into medium pieces and then take a pressure cooker and cook it by adding little water to it and wait for 4 to 5 whistle. Turn off the gas.
- Wait for 5 to 6 mins the gas will release by it's own from the pressure cooker. Now transfer that batter to a mixing bowl and cool it completely and add there Semolina and raw soaked rice(drain all water 💦) and grind it together all to get a fine and sooth paste.
- Note: Don't add extra water 💦 to it.
- Now add grated coconut, ghee, sugar, chopped litchi, milk made and mix it well. Cover the batter and rest it for 1 and 1/2 hr.
- After 1and 1/2 hr bring that paste and add there baking powder and baking soda and stir it in one direction.
- Now again switch on the gas flame a place a pressure cooker set there a banana leaf and apply some ghee on the leaf both top and bottom and pour the batter to it and cover the lid but remove it's load and cook it or bake it for 1 hr in a slow flame. After an hr check it with the help of a tooth pick. Cool it for 15 mins.
- To remove the cake or Pitha 🥮 easily place a big sige mouth open vessel and pour 3 glasses of water and place that pressure cooker there for 4 to 5 mins and with the help of your ✋ hand remove take out the cake. It's ready now 😘😄❤️❤️ serve and enjoy….
- Note: You can adjust the sweetness according to your taste
- Ready to serve and ENJOY!
This is a Traditional Odia Poda Pitha. It is made by slowly baking. Odia authentic Chaula poda pitha with pressure cooker.its delicious. Do try this recipe and share your experiences with me. Poda pitha is almost exclusive to the the Raja festival, which marks the onset of the rainy season, and is celebrated over three days in Orissa.
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