KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake)

Name: KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake)
Total time: 4200 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 kg ripe Pumpkin; 1/2 Cup sugar; 1/2 Cup jaggery; 1/2 Cup grated coconut; 1 Cup Tuta Basmati Rice (soaked in water for 1 hr); 1 Teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 2-3 pieces chopped litchi; 6-7 pieces Almonds; 1/2 Bowl Sooji (semolina); 1/2 Cup Water; 2 Tablespoons Deshi Ghee; 2 Teaspoons milk made; 1 Medium Size Banana leaf; as required for garnishing few pieces of coconut slices,; as required Almonds and litchi

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Gazhiabad

It is an authentic Odia dish Specially made during Raja Festival ( we celebrate Women hood) or welcome Monsoon 🌧️☔. It's outer surface is a little hard but it's inner surface is very soft.
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Ingredients

1 hr 10 mins

6 servings

1/2 kgripe Pumpkin
1/2 Cupsugar
1/2 Cupjaggery
1/2 Cupgrated coconut
1 CupTuta Basmati Rice (soaked in water for 1 hr)
1 Teaspoonbaking powder
1/2 teaspoonbaking soda
2-3 pieceschopped litchi
6-7 piecesAlmonds
1/2 BowlSooji (semolina)
1/2 CupWater
2 TablespoonsDeshi Ghee
2 Teaspoonsmilk made
1Medium Size Banana leaf
as requiredfor garnishing few pieces of coconut slices,
as requiredAlmonds and litchi

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Steps

1 hr 10 mins

1

First step is to wash pumpkin and then remove it's skin then cut it into medium pieces and then take a pressure cooker and cook it by adding little water to it and wait for 4 to 5 whistle. Turn off the gas.
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Wait for 5 to 6 mins the gas will release by it's own from the pressure cooker. Now transfer that batter to a mixing bowl and cool it completely and add there Semolina and raw soaked rice(drain all water 💦) and grind it together all to get a fine and sooth paste.
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Note: Don't add extra water 💦 to it.
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Now add grated coconut, ghee, sugar, chopped litchi, milk made and mix it well. Cover the batter and rest it for 1 and 1/2 hr.
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After 1and 1/2 hr bring that paste and add there baking powder and baking soda and stir it in one direction.
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Now again switch on the gas flame a place a pressure cooker set there a banana leaf and apply some ghee on the leaf both top and bottom and pour the batter to it and cover the lid but remove it's load and cook it or bake it for 1 hr in a slow flame. After an hr check it with the help of a tooth pick. Cool it for 15 mins.
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To remove the cake or Pitha 🥮 easily place a big sige mouth open vessel and pour 3 glasses of water and place that pressure cooker there for 4 to 5 mins and with the help of your ✋ hand remove take out the cake. It's ready now 😘😄❤️❤️ serve and enjoy....
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Note: You can adjust the sweetness according to your taste