"CHUDA MANDA"
Being an odia i love every kind of pitha to eat and to make too
in Odisha there are many festivals celebrated all over year....
there is a saying in odisha
"bara barsa re tera puja"
means in a year of 12 months we celebrate 13 pujas =D =D
because many pujas we love to celebrate
and ujas means there will be must made pithas...
pithas are loved by almost each and every odia...
normally we make manda pithas in two different method
one is steamed one which is made of rice flour though the stuffing is almost same..
and the another one is fried one .....
here i have given a little twist to our regular manda pithas...
chuda/chweda/poha/beaten rice itself a binding agent...
here i share an easy recipe which can be done by everyone...
in general fried manda's dough is made of semolina/sooji or wheat flour
which is cooked to formed into a solid dough
next we mash them with the help of little water
but here you dont need to take that much pain ....
the ingredients required ====
1/2 kg beaten rice
1 tblspoon sugar
1/2 tbl spoon fennel seeds
1 tbl spoon wheat flour or refined flour
1 tbl spoon jaggery
2 tbl soon of amul powder
1/2 cup grated coconut
1/4 th teaspoon green cardamon powder
oil for frying
salt to taste....

this is the dough which i have made
method to proceed in the making of this pitha====
first soak poha in water for 10 mns
then squeeze it.... what i did here....i just strained them in a big strainer and kept as it is in strainer for half an hour.....
and keep it in a bowl
add amul powder..
fennel seeds,sugar
salt to taste
wheat flour in it...
mash them properly.......
For stuffing---
next you fry grated coconut with jaggery and cardamon powder in low medium flame till it becomes little brown ......
next you make small balls out of this dough and put stuffing like this...

then deep fry them in oil.......