Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, kakharu poda pitha (pumpkin cake). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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! ๐. I specially prepare for the Lord JAGANNATH.
KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake) is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake) is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have kakharu poda pitha (pumpkin cake) using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake):
- Take 1/2 kg ripe Pumpkin
- Make ready 1/2 Cup sugar
- Make ready 1/2 Cup jaggery
- Prepare 1/2 Cup grated coconut
- Make ready 1 Cup Tuta Basmati Rice (soaked in water for 1 hr)
- Make ready 1 Teaspoon baking powder
- Take 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- Get 2-3 pieces chopped litchi
- Get 6-7 pieces Almonds
- Prepare 1/2 Bowl Sooji (semolina)
- Prepare 1/2 Cup Water
- Take 2 Tablespoons Deshi Ghee
- Take 2 Teaspoons milk made
- Prepare 1 Medium Size Banana leaf
- Get as required for garnishing few pieces of coconut slices,
- Prepare as required Almonds and litchi
They're fine and they look wonderful. Poda pitha is a special pitha which is made during Raja festival in Odisha. Raja parba is a three days festival in which women are given a break from household work and play indoor games. Suji Poda Pitha.odia Jalakhia Odisha Special Kakharu Poda Pitha (Pumpkin Cake).
Steps to make KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake):
- 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.
- 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 ๐ฆ) and grind it together all to get a fine and sooth paste.
- Note: Don't add extra water ๐ฆ to it.
- 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.
- After 1and 1/2 hr bring that paste and add there baking powder and baking soda and stir it in one direction.
- 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.
- To remove the cake or Pitha ๐ฅฎ 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 โ hand remove take out the cake. It's ready now ๐๐โค๏ธโค๏ธ serve and enjoy….
- Note: You can adjust the sweetness according to your taste
Raja parba is a three days festival in which women are given a break from household work and play indoor games. Suji Poda Pitha.odia Jalakhia Odisha Special 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.
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