Black Gram Cake

Name: Black Gram Cake
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1.5 cup uncooked rice; 1 cup urad dal/ Black gram(unskinned); 1/2 cup grated coconut; 1/2 cup cottage cheese; 1 tbsp black pepper(roughly crushed); 1 cup sugar or jaggery; 4 cardamom(freshly crushed); 10 cashewnuts(broken); 10-12 raisins; 2 tbsp ghee; 1 tsp baking powder

Deepanjali Das @cook_12477078

An authentic & traditional Odia Cuisine prepared specifically during Raja(swing festival)

Deepanjali Das @cook_12477078

An authentic & traditional Odia Cuisine prepared specifically during Raja(swing festival)

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Ingredients

1.5 cupuncooked rice
1 cupurad dal/ Black gram(unskinned)
1/2 cupgrated coconut
1/2 cupcottage cheese
1 tbspblack pepper(roughly crushed)
1 cupsugar or jaggery
4cardamom(freshly crushed)
10cashewnuts(broken)
10-12raisins
2 tbspghee
1 tspbaking powder

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Steps

1

Soak rice & urad dal in separate bowl overnight
2

In the next morning clean them thoroughly & make a fine batter.
3

Mix both the batter & add grated coconut,cottage cheese, sugar or jaggery, cashew nuts, raisins, black pepper & baking powder.
4

Properly mix all the ingredients & keep it cover for 1 hour for fermentation.
5

Preheat the pressure cooker & put the ghee & form a thin layer coating all over the inner surface.(here you can use oven also).
6

Pour the fermented batter into the cooker & cover it with lid without the whistle.
7

Place the cooker in lower flame for about 40 to 50 mints.Then switch off the flame & wait the cooker to cool down.
8

After that carefully remove the Pitha & cut into your desire shape.
9

Enjoy the delicious Pitha.