Haldi Patra Pitha/Enduri Pitha(made with turmeric leaves)

Name: Haldi Patra Pitha/Enduri Pitha(made with turmeric leaves)
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup basmati rice; 1 cup black gram/urad dal; 1 cup scrubbed coconut; 1 cup jaggery; 3-4 small cardamoms; 5 peppercorns; As needed Green turmeric leaves

Deepanjali Das @cook_12477078

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Pitha is a type of cake popular in eastern India,especially in the states of Odisha,Assam & West Bengal.Pithas are typically made with rice flour.
In Odisha it is traditionally prepared in prathamastami,a festival observed praying for the well being of the eldest child of the family.

Deepanjali Das @cook_12477078

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Ingredients

1 cupbasmati rice
1 cupblack gram/urad dal
1 cupscrubbed coconut
1 cupjaggery
3-4small cardamoms
5peppercorns
As neededGreen turmeric leaves

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Steps

1

Soak rice & black gram for about 4 hours.Use only the skinless black gram for the purpose.
2

Wash them properly & grind into thick batter.Grind leaving a little coarseness in the rice.Whip well.
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Leave the batter for.fermentation for about 8 hours or overnight.
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Now to prepare the stuffing place a kadai on medium flame.Add the grated coconut, jaggery.Stir.well & cook till it becomes a little dry.Add powdered cardamom & black pepper.Mix well & keep aside.
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Now to prepare haldi Pitha take one turmeric leaf.Put a little batter on the leaf.
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Then put the required quantity of stuffing on the batter.Cover the stuffing with some batter & fold the turmeric leaf length wise in such a way that the stuffing gets sandwiched in between two layers of batter.
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Now steam them in a traditional way.It is similar to the way we steam Idli.
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Steam for about 10 mints, you can check the perfection of the Pitha by inserting a fork.The fork must be comes out clean.
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Serve the Pitha with any curry of your choice like bandha kobi ghanta/ cabbage mix veg & with Payes.