KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake)
KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake)

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KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

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! 😃.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook kakharu poda pitha (pumpkin cake) using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake):
  1. Make ready 1/2 kg ripe Pumpkin
  2. Prepare 1/2 Cup sugar
  3. Take 1/2 Cup jaggery
  4. Make ready 1/2 Cup grated coconut
  5. Make ready 1 Cup Tuta Basmati Rice (soaked in water for 1 hr)
  6. Get 1 Teaspoon baking powder
  7. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  8. Prepare 2-3 pieces chopped litchi
  9. Take 6-7 pieces Almonds
  10. Prepare 1/2 Bowl Sooji (semolina)
  11. Prepare 1/2 Cup Water
  12. Get 2 Tablespoons Deshi Ghee
  13. Prepare 2 Teaspoons milk made
  14. Prepare 1 Medium Size Banana leaf
  15. Prepare as required for garnishing few pieces of coconut slices,
  16. Get as required Almonds and litchi

In Oriya this cake is called "PODA PITHA". The famous lord Jagannath loves to eat Poda Pitha. With this article let me share the steps how to prepare Poda Pitha recipe. Kakara Pitha on WN Network delivers the latest Videos and Editable pages for News & Events, including Entertainment, Music, Sports, Science and more, Sign up and share your playlists.

Instructions to make KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake):
  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

Then flip and cook the other side by drizzling a little oil. Fry until both sides of the pumpkin flower is crisp. Vapa pitha making pan. (if you do not have the pan, take a saucepan with lid and some aluminium foil; and follow the alternate way For this pitha the rice flour have to be little coarsely grinned Back in our country there are lots of place where we can grind the rice. Oriya Kakharu Phula Bhaja or Pumpkin Flower Fritters Recipe is a popular Odissi fritter recipe with male pumpkin flowers, served as appetizer or snack. Sooji kakara pitha- coconut stuffed semolina cake- a traditional sweet from odisha.

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