Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, kakharu poda pitha (pumpkin cake). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake) is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake) is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook kakharu poda pitha (pumpkin cake) using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake):

1. Get 1/2 kg ripe Pumpkin
2. Get 1/2 Cup sugar
3. Take 1/2 Cup jaggery
4. Prepare 1/2 Cup grated coconut
5. Take 1 Cup Tuta Basmati Rice (soaked in water for 1 hr)
6. Get 1 Teaspoon baking powder
7. Take 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
8. Get 2-3 pieces chopped litchi
9. Take 6-7 pieces Almonds
10. Get 1/2 Bowl Sooji (semolina)
11. Prepare 1/2 Cup Water
12. Make ready 2 Tablespoons Deshi Ghee
13. Take 2 Teaspoons milk made
14. Get 1 Medium Size Banana leaf
15. Get as required for garnishing few pieces of coconut slices,
16. Get as required Almonds and litchi

Instructions to make KAKHARU PODA PITHA (pumpkin cake):

1. First step is to wash pumpkin and then remove it's skin then cut it into medium pieces and then take a pressure cooker and cook it by adding little water to it and wait for 4 to 5 whistle. Turn off the gas.
2. Wait for 5 to 6 mins the gas will release by it's own from the pressure cooker. Now transfer that batter to a mixing bowl and cool it completely and add there Semolina and raw soaked rice(drain all water 💦) and grind it together all to get a fine and sooth paste.
3. Note: Don't add extra water 💦 to it.
4. Now add grated coconut, ghee, sugar, chopped litchi, milk made and mix it well. Cover the batter and rest it for 1 and 1/2 hr.
5. After 1and 1/2 hr bring that paste and add there baking powder and baking soda and stir it in one direction.
6. Now again switch on the gas flame a place a pressure cooker set there a banana leaf and apply some ghee on the leaf both top and bottom and pour the batter to it and cover the lid but remove it's load and cook it or bake it for 1 hr in a slow flame. After an hr check it with the help of a tooth pick. Cool it for 15 mins.
7. To remove the cake or Pitha 🥮 easily place a big sige mouth open vessel and pour 3 glasses of water and place that pressure cooker there for 4 to 5 mins and with the help of your ✋ hand remove take out the cake. It's ready now 😘😄❤️❤️ serve and enjoy….
8. Note: You can adjust the sweetness according to your taste

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