PITHA: CHAKULI PITHA

PITHA: CHAKULI PITHA: Chakuli Pitha is a flat Odia rice-based fried cake traditionally made in the state of Odisha. Many people of odisha taking chakuli pitha a...

PITHA: CHAKULI PITHA

PITHA: CHAKULI PITHA: Chakuli Pitha is a flat Odia rice-based fried cake traditionally made in the state of Odisha. Many people of odisha taking chakuli pitha a...

PITHA: PODO PITHA

PITHA: PODO PITHA:  Ingredients:     200gm Rice     100gm black gram - without outer skin     1 cup finely scrubbed coconut     10-15 small pieces of thi...

PODO PITHA

 Ingredients:

    200gm Rice
    100gm black gram - without outer skin
    1 cup finely scrubbed coconut
    10-15 small pieces of thin coconut slices
    150gm sugar 
    40gm chopped ginger
    ½ bowl of cashew nut – broken into pieces
    1 table spoon ghee or refined oil
    ½ teaspoon salt
    1 teaspoon baking powder

Method:

   Soak the rice and black gram in water in separate bowls for about 4-5  hours.
    Wash them.
    Put the black gram with water in the grinder and form a fine batter.
    Do the same with rice too but the batter should be coarse and not as fine as the batter of black gram.
    Mix both the batters and add coconut slices, grated coconut, chopped ginger, salt, sugar, cashew nuts and baking powder.
    Mix all the ingredients well and keep it covered for about 1:30 TO 2 hours for self-fermentation.
     then heat the pressure cooker.
    Form a thin layer of oil on all the inside surface of the cooker.
    Now pour the mixed batter into the cooker and close the lid (without mounting the whistle-weight).
    Place the pressure cooker in simmer flame for about one hour.
    Now your hot podo pitha is ready.
    When the cooker comes to normal temperature take out the pitha carefully, and cut it into desired shapes and serve.

Ingredients

    Arua Chaula( Rice) -400gm
    Nadia(Coconut) – 1 whole
    Luna( Salt)- as per taste
    Refine Tela (Refined Oil) – as required

Preparation : 

    Soak the rice in water for 1 hr. grate the coconut.
    Make a fine paste of coconut and rice. Add salt and leave it for 1 hr.
    Add water to make a thin batter out of it.
    Heat oil in a tawa, pour some batter into it, and cover it.
    After sometime remove from flame (the upper portion should be cooked, don’t turn it). Serve hot with chatni or any spicy curry.

CHAKULI PITHA

Chakuli Pitha is a flat Odia rice-based fried cake traditionally made in the state of Odisha. Many people of odisha taking chakuli pitha as a morning breakfast with curry, sambar or chatni  and some others take as a dinner.

     It is prepared using rice flour, black gram, refined edible oil (preferably ghee or mustard oil), and salt.

     Biri (black gram dal skinless) -100 gm
     chaula (rice) -200gm
    Refined oil -10 tablespoon
    Salt – as per taste 
        Preparation : Step wise
    Soak the skinless black gram dal and rice in water for two hours.
    Make a fine paste of the black gram dal and rice.
    Add salt and required water to make a semi liquid batter. Whip well.
    Keep it covered for 20 mins.
    Heat tawa (you will take non stick  also ) on a medium flame.
    Spread a little oil on the tawa.
    Take the batter in a tablespoon and spread it on the tawa like a dosa.
    Turn the pitha upside down after 70 sec.
    When looks cooked remove it from tawa. Serve hot with chatni , sambar and sugar.