Chenna manda pitha(ଛେନା ମଣ୍ଡା ପିଠା)...

"ଛେନା ମଣ୍ଡା ପିଠା" is a sweet dish made of rice flour stuffed with curd cheese and sugar/jaggery,black pepper.It is a steamed pitha which is prepared in all parts of odisha during festival...

INGREDIENTS:

• Crushed rice(chaula chuna)-2 cup.
• Curd cheese(dahi chenna)-1 cup.
• Sugar/jaggery-1/3 cup.
• Black pepper-1/2 tsp.
• Crushed small cardamom-5-6.
• Salt to taste.

PREPARATION:

Chenna manda pitha

Stuffing:

Mix finely crushed curd cheese & sugar/jaggery in a hetaed frying pan.add cardamom powder & black pepper powder & mix thoroughly,switch off the flame.

Pitha:

• Heat water,add salt,prepare dough by adding crushed rice powder to boiled water,stir it continuously until u got smooth dough,switch off the flame,keep the dough in room temperature,knead it to make it soft.
• Divide this dough into 8-10 balls & flatten it by using your palms to give it a round shape & place the stuffing in it.Close the flattened ball after putting the stuffing & carefully give them again a round shape.Steam the stuffed ball 5-10 min in a steamer.
• "Chenna manda pitha" is ready to serve.

              *u may also prepare another variety of manda pitha by using semolina(sooji) instead of crushed rice powder.This is known as sooji manda.