Suji Manda Pitha

Name: Suji Manda Pitha
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 5 - 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 Coconut; 2 Cardamom; 3/4 cup Jaggery; 1 cup Milk; 1 cup Suji; 1 tsp Ghee; 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder; 1/2 cup Sugar

Sudipa Gope @Sudipagope

Sudipa Gope @Sudipagope

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Ingredients

1 hour

5 - 6 servings

1/2Coconut
2Cardamom
3/4 cupJaggery
1 cupMilk
1cuo Suji
1 tspGhee
1/2 tspCardamom powder
1/2 cupSugar

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Steps

1 hour

1

Grate / scrape coconut, in pan, add little water + jaggery, let jaggery melt, then add coconut + Milk + cardamom, mix well and cook till coconut gets cooked, moisture evaporates and mixture turns thick.
Coconut Filling is done, discard cardamom and allow to cool.
2

In a pan add milk, add sugar + cardamom powder + ghee and stir well. Now put to flame and wait for a boil. Add semolina and keep stirring under low to medium flame.
Keep stirring till semolina is cooked and turns thick. Make sure to prevent forming of lumps.
3

Don’t thick much as after cooling it will turn more thick and turn solid, keep on the softer side and immediately transfer to a plate / thali. Allow to cool for some time.
4

Grease palms with ghee and knead it gently while it is warm by adding little more Ghee.
Grease palms and Now start pinching medium size balls from the Suji mixture and give shape of a bowl. Then gently flatten bowl with help of both palms and keep aside. Place the coconut filling in the middle and seal with the help of edges.
5

Put steamer ready, steam the pithas for 7-8 minutes. Manda Pitha is done.
6

Garnish with Raisins and ready to serve.