Kakara Pitha

Name: Kakara Pitha
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 10-12 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup grated coconut; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 tsp cardamom powder; 1/2 tsp black pepper powder; 1 cup Ata or wheat flour; 1 cup sooji or semolina; 3.5 cups water; 1 Tbsp ghee; 1/4 cup sugar; 1 tsp fennel seeds; 1 cup oil to fry

Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

Kolkata

#CA2025
A classic and a traditional Pitha from Odisha for social occasions and Pujas. It’s a crispy Pitha and lip smacking taste

Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

Kolkata

#CA2025
A classic and a traditional Pitha from Odisha for social occasions and Pujas. It’s a crispy Pitha and lip smacking taste

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Ingredients

Prep time -10 mins, Cooking time -20 mins

10-12 servings

Pitha Filling
1 cupgrated coconut
1/2 cupsugar
1 tspcardamom powder
1/2 tspblack pepper powder
Pitha
1 cupAta or wheat flour
1 cupsooji or semolina
3.5 cupswater
1 Tbspghee
1/4 cupsugar
1 tspfennel seeds
1 cupoil to fry

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Steps

Prep time -10 mins, Cooking time -20 mins

1

Filling - in a pan add grated coconut and sugar and stir to dissolve sugar, add Cardamon powder and black pepper powder. Mix and set aside. Filling is ready
2

In a bowl add ata or wheat flour, sooji or semolina and mix
3

In a pan add water, ghee, sugar and fennel seeds, bring it to heat and dissolve sugar
4

Add ata & sooji mix gradually and stir at the same time. No lumps should be there.
5

Add to a greased plate and form a dough
6

Take the dough and form a ball, add the filling and close from all sides
7

In a pan heat oil and add the Pitha and fry golden, set aside to serve
8

Plate and serve

Tips

The plate needs to be greased

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Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

on November 19, 2025 18:30

Kolkata

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