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 you all! 😃.

KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake) If you liked the Recipe then. 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.

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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 get started with this 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 can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake):

{Prepare 1/2 kg of ripe Pumpkin.
{Make ready 1/2 Cup of sugar.
{Take 1/2 Cup of jaggery.
{Get 1/2 Cup of grated coconut.
{Take 1 Cup of Tuta Basmati Rice (soaked in water for 1 hr).
{Make ready 1 Teaspoon of baking powder.
{Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda.
{Prepare 2-3 pieces of chopped litchi.
{Take 6-7 pieces of Almonds.
{Prepare 1/2 Bowl of Sooji (semolina).
{Make ready 1/2 Cup of Water.
{Make ready 2 Tablespoons of Deshi Ghee.
{Prepare 2 Teaspoons of milk made.
{Get 1 of Medium Size Banana leaf.
{Get as required of for garnishing few pieces of coconut slices,.
{Prepare as required of Almonds and litchi.

KHIRA PODA PITHA is a Milk Cake Without Oven recipe which is a RAJA Special Poda Pitha. It is an authentic Odia dish Specially made during Raja Festival ( we celebrate Women hood) or welcome Monsoon. One of the authentic dish of Odisha.. . To…» This cake is called PODA PITHA. lord Jagannath loves to eat PODA PITHA.

Instructions 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 💦) and grind it together all to get a fine and sooth paste..
Note: Don't add extra water 💦 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 🥮 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.....
Note: You can adjust the sweetness according to your taste.

When the top portion will look little dark brown switch off the ovan. Cut it into small pieces and serve it with any chutney preferably with coconut chutney. Poda Pitha is a delicious Indian recipe served as a Snacks. Find the complete instructions on Bawarchi. When its colour is golden brown, the poda pitha is ready to eat.

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