Poda Pitha (Baked cake)

Poda Pitha (Baked cake)

Ingredients:

• 300 gm Rice
  (chaula)
• 150 gm black
  gram (without outer skin) (chopa-chhada biri)
• 1 cup of grated
  coconut (nadia kora)
• 10-15 small pieces of thin
  coconut slices (nadia
  khandi)
• 200 gm sugar (chini)
• 50gm chopped ginger
  (kata ada)
• 1 cup of
  cashew nut (broken into pieces) ( khandi kaju)
• 1 table spoon
  ghee or refined oil (ghia / refain tela)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
  (luna)
• 1 teaspoon
  baking powder

Preparation:

1. Soak the rice and black gram in water in separate bowls for 4 hours.
2. Wash them thoroughly, put the black gram with water in the grinder to form
   a fine batter.
3. 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.
4. Mix both the batters and add baking powder, coconut slices, grated
   coconut, chopped ginger, salt, sugar & cashew nuts.
5. Mix all the ingredients properly and keep it covered for 2 hours for
   self-fermentation.
6. Pre-heat the pressure cooker and form a thin layer of oil on all the inner
   surface of the cooker.
7. Now pour the mixed batter into the cooker and close the lid (without
   mounting the whistle-weight).
8. Place the pressure cooker in simmer flame for one hour.
9. When the cooker comes to normal temperature take out the pitha carefully,
   and cut it into desired shapes and serve.