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KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake)

How to Making Recipes KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake) using 16 ingredients and 8 steps

KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake) - So here is a Raja Special Poda Pitha for all of you. It is an Odia special dish. Hope you will love this And of course Happy Raja to you all! 😃. Pumpkin Poda pitha / Cake Recipe ! How to make pumpkin Cake Poda pitha !!

KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake)

This cake/podopitha is available only in Odisha.

Poda pitha is a special pitha which is made during Raja festival in Odisha.

You can cook KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake) using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients cook KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake)

  1. It's 1/2 kg ripe Pumpkin.
  2. It's 1/2 Cup sugar.
  3. You need 1/2 Cup jaggery.
  4. Prepare 1/2 Cup grated coconut.
  5. You need 1 Cup Tuta Basmati Rice (soaked in water for 1 hr).
  6. It's 1 Teaspoon baking powder.
  7. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon baking soda.
  8. It's 2-3 pieces chopped litchi.
  9. It's 6-7 pieces Almonds.
  10. Prepare 1/2 Bowl Sooji (semolina).
  11. You need 1/2 Cup Water.
  12. Prepare 2 Tablespoons Deshi Ghee.
  13. You need 2 Teaspoons milk made.
  14. You need 1 Medium Size Banana leaf.
  15. Prepare as required for garnishing few pieces of coconut slices,.
  16. It's as required Almonds and litchi.

KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake) step by step

  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..
  2. 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..
  3. Note: Don't add extra water 💦 to it..
  4. 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..
  5. After 1and 1/2 hr bring that paste and add there baking powder and baking soda and stir it in one direction..
  6. 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..
  7. 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.....
  8. Note: You can adjust the sweetness according to your taste.

KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake) - It is said to be the most favorite pancake of Lord Jagannath of Puri. The traditional way of making Poda Pitha in a make-shift Chullah in which charcoal and dried cow-dung cake is used as fuel, is now a thing of the past. Suji Poda Pitha.odia Jalakhia This cake/podopitha is available only in Odisha. In this article, we will learn how to make Sooji Kakara Pitha- Coconut Stuffed Semolina Cake- A Traditional Sweet From Odisha Introducing the Recipe of Sooji Kakara- a coconut stuffed semolina cake. Kadhai Poda Pitha / Jhatpat Poda Pitha - An Easy Way Of Making This Unique Odia Delicacy. Odia cuisine exudes simplicity and delectability both at the same time and there couldn't have been a better proof than "Kakharu Phula Bara" or the Pumpkin Flower Fritters. Thank you and good luck