Odisha

Manda pitha

Name: Manda pitha
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Odia
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups rice flour; 1 1/4 cups water; a pinch salt; 1 1/2 tbsp ghee; 1 1/2 cups fresh grated coconut; 1/2 cup jaggery; 1/2 tsp cardamom; a pinch crushed black pepper

Steamed rice dumplings stuffed with coconut, jaggery and a pinch of pepper. Odisha's festival treat.

50 minTime

3 gProtein each

mildSpice

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Grandma's wayFresh coconut and Odisha jaggery.

The original

306kcal

3 gprotein

3 gfibre

50minutes

Manda pitha as Odia homes make it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Rice flour1½ cups

Water1¼ cups

Salta pinch

Ghee1½ tbsp

Fresh grated coconut1½ cups

Jaggery½ cup

Cardamom½ tsp

Black peppera pinch, crushed

Method

4 steps

1Boil water with salt and a spoon of ghee. Add rice flour, stir and cover. Rest 5 minutes and knead into a smooth dough.
2Cook coconut, jaggery, cardamom and pepper with a spoon of ghee until sticky.
3Shape small cups from the dough, fill and seal into half moons or round balls.
4Steam for 12 to 15 minutes.

Serve it like this

Serve warm on a plate, a few to a person.

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Manda pitha

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