Recipe: Delicious KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake)

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! 😃.

Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, kakharu poda pitha (pumpkin cake). 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. You can have KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake) using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake)

1. It's 1/2 kg of ripe Pumpkin.
2. Prepare 1/2 Cup of sugar.
3. Prepare 1/2 Cup of jaggery.
4. It's 1/2 Cup of grated coconut.
5. You need 1 Cup of Tuta Basmati Rice (soaked in water for 1 hr).
6. It's 1 Teaspoon of baking powder.
7. You need 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda.
8. Prepare 2-3 pieces of chopped litchi.
9. Prepare 6-7 pieces of Almonds.
10. It's 1/2 Bowl of Sooji (semolina).
11. You need 1/2 Cup of Water.
12. You need 2 Tablespoons of Deshi Ghee.
13. It's 2 Teaspoons of milk made.
14. You need 1 of Medium Size Banana leaf.
15. It's as required of for garnishing few pieces of coconut slices,.
16. You need as required of Almonds and litchi.

This cake/podopitha is available only in Odisha. Odisha Special Kakharu Poda Pitha (Pumpkin Cake). So here is a Raja Special Poda Pitha for all of you. It is an Odia special dish.

KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake) step by step

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. Suji Poda Pitha.odia Jalakhia PODA PITHA. Cut it into small pieces and serve it with any chutney preferably with coconut chutney. In Oriya this cake is called "PODA PITHA". The famous lord Jagannath loves to eat Poda Pitha.