Urad Dal cake/podo pitha

Name: Urad Dal cake/podo pitha
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 100 gms urad dal; 100 gms rice; 1 cup Fresh homemade chhena; 1 cup jeggary; 50 gms cashews; 50 gms raisins; 1 tsp black pepper powder; 1 tsp cardamom powder; 1 tbsp Crushed ginger; 1 cup Grated coconut; 1/2 cup chopped coconut; as per taste Salt as per taste; as required Ghee/vegetable oil for fry

Anita Das Nayak @cook_19697601

Bangalore

It's commonly known as podo pitha in Odisha.It's a traditional dish that we prepare for Pooja sometimes and on an occasional day too. This is the first time I have prepared.

Anita Das Nayak @cook_19697601

Bangalore

It's commonly known as podo pitha in Odisha.It's a traditional dish that we prepare for Pooja sometimes and on an occasional day too. This is the first time I have prepared.

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Ingredients

3 servings

100 gmsurad dal
100 gmsrice
1 cupFresh homemade chhena
1 cupjeggary
50 gmscashews
50 gmsraisins
1 tspblack pepper powder
1 tspcardamom powder
1 tbspCrushed ginger
1 cupGrated coconut
1/2 cupchopped coconut
as per tasteSalt as per taste
as requiredGhee/vegetable oil for fry

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Steps

1

First soak urad dal and rice for about 3hours then grind to a fine paste and leave it for 5 to 6 hours minimum. Now add grated & chopped coconut, fried cashews and raisins, jaggery, salt, black pepper & cardamom powder, crushed ginger, homemade fresh chhena and mix together for 1min or 2 Min.
2

Now add large quantities of oil or ghee in a cooker.you can put a butter paper other wise banana leaf and grease oil in banana leaf.and preheat for 2 Mins and put the batter perfectly and garnish with cashews,raisins and chopped coconut on top of the batter and cover the lead and remove the whistle. The batter should be very thick as like idli batter.
3

Cook on low flame for at least 30 min then remove and check properly. If it won't cook properly then cover again and cook more 5 or 10min.then once it done remove the lead and let it cool and remove it with the help of a knife.