Poda Pitha a delicious odia sweet dish

Poda Pitha or Baked cake in Pressure Cookeer.

Ingredients Required:

• 300 gm Arua Chaula(Rice)
• 150 gm biri dali(Black gram) 
• 1/2 cup of finely grated coconut (fresh nadia kora)
• 20 pieces of(Nadia Khanda) thin coconut slices.
• 250 gm sugar as per your taste (chini)
• 25gm chopped ginger into small pieces
• 1 cup of Khanda Kaju pieces
• 1 table spoon desi ghee or refined oil 
• 1/2 teaspoon salt as per your taste
• 1/2 teaspoon baking sodha powder

Poda Pitha

Preparation Method:

1. Soak the Arua Chaula and biri dali in water and put the rice and dal in separate bowls for 4 to 5 hours hours.
2. Wash them properly,and put the black gram(Biri dalli) with water in the mixer to form a fine batter.
3. Do the same with Arua chawla 
4. Mixed both the rice batters and black gram batters and add little bit baking powder for shoftness, coconut slices, grated coconut, chopped ginger, salt, sugar & cashew nuts.
5. Mix all the ingredients with a proper way and keep it aside for 2 to 3 hour.
6. In Medium flame heat the pressure cooker and put a thin layer of vegetable oil or Ghee on  the inner surface of the cooker.
7. Now poured the mixed batter into the cooker and close the lid , don't give the whistle
8. Place the pressure cooker in simmer flame for half an hour.
9. Off the falme and put the cooker comes to the normal temperature and take out the delicious bakery pitha carefully, and cut it into different shapes and serve.     

Poda Pitha (Baked cake)

Ingredients:

• 300 gm Rice (chaula)
• 150 gm black gram (without outer skin) (chopa-chhada biri)
• 1 cup of grated coconut (nadia kora)
• 10-15 small pieces of thin coconut slices (nadia khandi)
• 200 gm sugar (chini)
• 50gm chopped ginger (kata ada)
• 1 cup of cashew nut (broken into pieces) ( khandi kaju)
• 1 table spoon ghee or refined oil (ghia / refain tela)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (luna)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

Preparation:

1. Soak the rice and black gram in water in separate bowls for 4 hours.
2. Wash them thoroughly, put the black gram with water in the grinder to form a fine batter.
3. Do the same with rice too but keep in mind that the batter should be coarse and not as fine as the batter of black gram.
4. Mix both the batters and add baking powder, coconut slices, grated coconut, chopped ginger, salt, sugar & cashew nuts.
5. Mix all the ingredients properly and keep it covered for 2 hours for self-fermentation.
6. Pre-heat the pressure cooker and form a thin layer of oil on all the inner surface of the cooker.
7. Now pour the mixed batter into the cooker and close the lid (without mounting the whistle-weight).
8. Place the pressure cooker in simmer flame for one hour.
9. When the cooker comes to normal temperature take out the pitha carefully, and cut it into desired shapes and serve.