Method
Soak black gram dal and rice for about six hours. Wash the dal and rice
cleanly and grind it.
The
paste should be fine and thick. Add salt and mix well. Keep paste aside
for 2/3 hours.
Grate the coconut.
Cut
ginger into very small cub sizes.
Then
mix coconut, jaggery/sugar, ginger and black pepper powder and mix well.
Pre
heat the oven for 10 minutes and grease it with ghee.
Pour
the paste into the tray and keep it in the oven.
Keep
the oven very hot for 30 minutes. Then keep it moderately hot for 30
minutes .
It
should be checked with a needle and when its colour is golden brown the
Poda Pitha is ready to eat.
Then
remove the whole Poda Pitha (baked cake) from the oven and allow it to
cool down.
Cut
it into small pieces and serve it with any chutney preferably with
coconut chutney. |
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