Chandrakanti Pitha

Name: Chandrakanti Pitha
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 250 g moong dal (split green gram); 1/2 cup sugar; 1 1/2 cup water; 3-4 green cardamoms crushed; To taste salt; 1/2 cup freshly grated coconut; 1 tsp pure ghee; As needed oil for deep frying

Pratima Mohanty @cook_13984189

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Chandrakanti Pitha is an authentic, traditional and most popular deep-fried sweet cake recipe of Odisha. The main ingredient of this recipe is green gram (moong dal). The soaked green grams are blended into a paste and then dropped in hot oil in the form of small cakes having been combined with sugar and grated coconut.

Pratima Mohanty @cook_13984189

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Ingredients

15 minutes

5 servings

250 gmoong dal (split green gram)
1/2 cupsugar
1 1/2 cupwater
3-4green cardamoms crushed
To tastesalt
1/2 cupfreshly grated coconut
1 tsppure ghee
As neededoil for deep frying

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Steps

15 minutes

1

Soak the moong dal in water for 3-4 hours. Then drain and blend to a smooth paste.
2

In a pan bring water and sugar to a boil over medium-high heat. Turn the heat to low and stir continuously until sugar dissolves completely. Add salt and cardamoms, then coconut and ghee. Mix well.
3

Next add the ground moong dal paste and keep stirring till the mixture becomes thick.
4

Transfer the mixture to a greased flat dish or plate. Flatten it evenly as a layer and keep aside to cool for 15 minutes.
5

Then cut the settled mixture into desired shapes with the help of a wet knife and keep aside.
6

Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the cut shapes (pieces) on a low flame till they are golden brown.
7

Thus Chandrakanti Pitha is ready for being served hot.