Kakera Pitha is an Odia sweet dish that’s also served in temples as prasad. It is a completely homemade recipe, not available in hotels.
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Suji
- 1 Cup Milk
- 1 Cup Water
- Salt to Taste
- 3 Tbsp Jaggery
- 1 Tsp Fennel Seeds
- 1 Tsp Ghee
- For the Stuffing
- 1/2 Cup Grated Coconut
- 4 Tbsp Jagghery
- 1 Tsp Ghee
- Ghee (for frying)
Preparation
Prep: 15 minutes
Cooking: 45 minutes
- Heat a kadai and add grated coconut to it. Saute for a minute.
- Then add jaggery powder to it and cook till dry. Remove from the fire and let it cool down.
- Now in another deep kadai, add milk and water. Then add salt, jaggery, ghee and fennel to it. Let it boil.
- Then add suji or rava to it slowly. Mix and prepare a dough without lumps. Remove from fire and let it cool down.
- When it cools down to almost normal temperature, start kneading it and make a soft dough. Once done, make some balls out of it.
- Take one ball and smoothed it. Make a dent in between like aloo paratha and stuff the above stuffing (1tbsp will be enough).
- Then seal like aloo paratha ball. Flatten-it but carefully do it or else the stuffing will come out. Similarly, prepare all the Kakera Pitha.
- Heat ghee or oil in a kadai and deep fry the pithas till golden on both sides.