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.