Raja Poda Pitha

Odia Food 

Today am discuss about  Raja poda pitha .Pitha is a type  of cake or bread common in Bangladesh and India.Specially the states of Assam, Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, and the north eastern region. It is a traditional Oriya dish, it is also prepared with rice, black gram, coconut and some spices. It was included in the food of Lord Jagannath Temple of Puri as prasad .Also it is prepare odia festival Raja.

Poda Pitha 

Ingredients:

• Chaula - ( Rice ) - 300 gm
• Biri dali - ( Black gram )- 150 gm
• Nadia kora - ( scrubbed coconut ) - 1 cup
• Kata nadia - ( small pieces of thin coconut pieces ) - 14 ,15 
• Chini - (sugar ) / Guda - ( jaggery )  - 200 gm
• Kata Adda -  (cut ginger ) - 50 gm
• Kaju manji - ( cashew nut ) – 1 cup
• Ghee/ Cocking oil - 1 tsp
• Luna - ( Salt ) - as per test
• Sodha - ( baking powder ) - 1 tsp
• Gujurati gunda - ( Cardamom powder )- 1 tsp
• kishamish - ( Raisins ) - 1 cup

Method:

• Soak the rice and black gram in water in separate bowls for about 4 hours. 
• Peal the black gram and wash the rice clearly.
• Put the black gram with water in the grinder and make a fine pest.
• If you wants to grind both separately .
• Mix both the batters and add coconut slices, grated coconut, cut ginger, salt, sugar, cashew nuts, raisins ,baking powder and cardamom powder.
• Mix all the ingredients well and keep it covered for about 2 hours for self-fermentation. 
• Hit oil or ghee in a pan ( Karaie ) or cooker.
• Add a thin layer of oil on all the inner surface of the cooker or pan.
• Now pour the mixed pest into the cooker or pan and cover it one our in a low temperature 
• Now your hot poda pitha is ready. 
• When the cooker or pan comes to normal temperature take out the pitha carefully.
• Then cut it into desired shapes and serve. 

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