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PODA PITHA

 Podapitha is a very old Odiya cuisine cake which is also the most preferred sweet of Shree Jagannath as Prasaad. Poda pitha means  burnt cake. As the name suggests, this pitha is baked and the lower portion of cake is burnt. Ingredientsp 2 cup rice 1 cup white black gram 1 tbsp baking powder/baking soda( optional) 1 cup finely grated coconut 2tbs cup chopped coconut 2tbs chopped sweet potatoes 2tbs chopped dates 2tbs Cashew nut and raisins 3 cup jaggery 1 tsp chopped ginger 1tsp roughly powdered pepper 1 table spoon ghee 1 tsp salt  Preparations: Clean the rice and black gram in water and soak it overnight. Wash them thoroughly and grind the batter coarse and thick but not as fine as the of dosa paste. Add coconut,sweet potato,cashew,raisins, grated coconut, chopped ginger, salt, pepper jaggery and baking powder.  Mix all the ingredients well . Keep the batters for 4 hours for self-fermentation. Pr-heat the pressure cooker. Fo