PODA PITHA (Baked Rice Cake)

Name: PODA PITHA (Baked Rice Cake)
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups rice flour; 1 cup black gram skinless; 200 g sugar; To taste salt; 1/2 cup grated coconut; 1/3 cup coconut slices (small); 4-5 green cardamoms crushed; 1 tsp fennel seeds; 50 g cashewnuts (broken)+raisins; 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1 tbsp ghee

Pratima Mohanty @cook_13984189

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PODA PITHA (Baked Rice Cake) is made of a combined mixture of fermented rice and black gram, sugar/jaggery, grated coconut, cardamom, fennel seeds etc. This Pitha(cake) is generally made during RAJA FESTIVAL of Odisha. It is also served in the Jagannath Temple, Puri being one of the Offerings of Lord Jagannath.

Pratima Mohanty @cook_13984189

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Ingredients

20 minutes

4 servings

2 cupsrice flour
1 cupblack gram skinless
200 gsugar
To tastesalt
1/2 cupgrated coconut
1/3 cupcoconut slices (small)
4-5green cardamoms crushed
1 tspfennel seeds
50 gcashewnuts (broken)+raisins
1/2 tspbaking powder
1 tbspghee

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Steps

20 minutes

1

Soak black gram in water for about 5-6 hours. Wash it thoroughly and grind to a fine batter. Transfer the batter to a big bowl.
2

Add the rice flour and salt to it. Mix well. Keep it covered and set aside for about 5-6 hours for self fermentation.
3

Next add all the ingredients like sugar, grated coconut, coconut slices, cardamom, fennel seeds, cashewnuts, raisins and baking powder. Mix all the ingredients well.
4

Heat a non-stick frying pan. Add ghee and spread it on the entire surface.
5

Now pour the mixed batter into the pan. Spread it evenly and cover it with a lid. Cook on a low flame for about 10 minutes.
6

Open the lid and flip it gently. Add ghee a little, cover and let it cook for another 10 minutes. Then remove from the heat.
7

Now the Poda Pitha is ready. Take it out from the pan, cut into desired shapes and serve.