Manda pitha

Name: How to cook Manda pitha - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4-5 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Bobly Rath

Manda pitha

#Cookclick Manda pitha is a traditional recipe of Odisha in which rice or semolina balls are stuffed with grated coconut or freshly prepared cottage cheese or both and then either steamed or dip fry in oil. We people prepared this on any auspicious occasion, festivals etc and offered it to the God also. This is so delicious in taste.

Ingredient

Food ration :

4-5 servings

Cooking time :

35-40 minutes

for

dough:

1 cup

semolina

2 cups

water

3/4 cup

sugar

1/2 tsp

salt

1 tsp

ghee

for

stuffing:

1 cup

grated coconut

1 cup

freshly prepared chhena

3/4 cup

grated Jaggery /sugar

3-4 tsp

splitted cashew nuts and raisins

1/2 tsp

Cardom powder

1/2 tsp

black pepper powder

for

frying :

as required

Oil for deep frying

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

First of all prepare the dough. Heat a Kadhai and put water in it along with salt, sugar and ghee.

* Step 2

When it starts boiling then add the semolina slowly into it by continuously stirring it in medium flame.

* Step 3

After sometime it becomes dry then switch off the flame and keep aside.

* Step 4

For stuffing :Heat a kadhai and put Jaggery in it and when it starts melting then add the grated coconut and freshly prepared cottage cheese in it and saute it for sometime.

* Step 5

Then add splitted cashewnuts, raisins in it and saute again for sometimes. Then add the cardamom powder, black pepper powder in it, mix it well and switch off the flame and the stuffing is now ready.