Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, kakharu poda pitha (pumpkin cake). One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake) is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. 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! 😃. This cake/podopitha is available only in Odisha.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have 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. Get ripe Pumpkin
2. Make ready sugar
3. Make ready jaggery
4. Make ready grated coconut
5. Take Tuta Basmati Rice (soaked in water for 1 hr)
6. Take baking powder
7. Make ready baking soda
8. Get chopped litchi
9. Get Almonds
10. Prepare Sooji (semolina)
11. Make ready Water
12. Take Deshi Ghee
13. Make ready milk made
14. Get Medium Size Banana leaf
15. Make ready for garnishing few pieces of coconut slices,
16. Get Almonds and litchi

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. "Poda" means burnt n "Pitha" means cake. This is a traditional recipe from the state of Orissa n is usually made at home during festivities or occasions.

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

Hope you will love this And of course Happy Raja to. "Poda" means burnt n "Pitha" means cake. This is a traditional recipe from the state of Orissa n is usually made at home during festivities or occasions. The basic ingredients used are rice n urad dal. This recipe is a delicacy n a slice of it in the lunch box or as. Odia kakharu phula pitha / pumpkin flower fritters. #for This recipe out here is a very authentic and traditional popular Odisa fritter recipe.

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