Ingredients:
- 300gm Rice (ଚାଉଳ)
- 150gm black gram - without outer skin (ଚୋପା ଛଡା ବିରି)
- 1 cup finely scrubbed coconut (ନଡିଆ କୋରା)
- 10-15 small pieces of thin coconut slices (ନଡିଆ ଖଣ୍ଡ)
- 200gm sugar / jaggery (ଚିନି / ଗୁଡ)
- 50gm chopped ginger (ଅଦା)
- ½ bowl of cashew nut – broken into pieces ( କାଜୁ ଖଣ୍ଡ)
- 1 table spoon ghee or refined oil (ଘିଅ)
- ½ teaspoon salt (ଲୁଣ)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder (ସୋଢା)
Method:
- Soak the rice and black gram in water in separate bowls for about 4 hours.
- Wash them thoroughly.
- Put the black gram with water in the grinder and form a fine batter.
- Do the same with rice too but keep in mind that 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 2 hours for self-fermentation. Pre-heat the pressure cooker.
- Form a thin layer of oil on all the inner 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 poda pitha is ready.
- When the cooker comes to normal temperature take out the pitha carefully, and cut it into desired shapes and serve.
