Today another edition of Blogging Marathon by Srivalli is beginning. I am doing it under the theme Bihari Specials. When I searched for the recipes I became interested because of the variety of dishes. So for a week you will be seeing only Bihari dishes at my space. I will try to make it interesting. Today I tried out Pitha, which resembles kolukkattai of Tamil Nadu. There are a lot of differences between the two but the stuffing and shaping is where the resemblance lies.
I started following a recipe which asked for boiling the pithas for 20 minutes. Fortunately, I didn’t drop all the 8 pithas into boiling water. After dropping 4 pithas, I reserved the remaining 4 for the evening. Those which boiled for 20 minutes came out so hard that you can break your teeth if tried. I was so disappointed with the result. But didn’t want give up. So again I searched for the same recipe by some other chef. I found out that pitha needs to be in boiling water for only 10 minutes. So I tried it out with the remaining pithas. It came out so nice and the filling was soft. So I saved half of the preparation for a wonderful result. I tried it out with sweet chutney and it was delicious. I served it for hubby and he liked it too.
Ingredients: For The Dough: Flour-1cup Salt-to taste For The Filling: Channa Dhal-1cup Garlic-5cloves Ginger-a small piece Salt-to taste Red Chilly Powder-1tsp Turmeric Powder-1/4tsp Garam Masala Powder-1tsp Hing-a pinch For The Tadka: Oil-1tbs Mustard-1tsp Hing-a pinch Curry Leaves-a sprig
Procedure: 1. Soak channa dhal overnight. 2. Mix flour and salt and add water to make a firm dough. 3. Grind channa dhal with the other ingredients into a smooth paste without adding water. 4. Divide the mixture into 8 equal parts. 5. Divide the dough into 8 equal parts. 6. Roll out the dough into a circle large enough to hold the filling. 7. Place the filling in the centre and bring thalf of the circle over the filling and press to seal the edges. 8. Use a fork to make impressions along the sides. 9. Heat water in a large pot. 10. When it starts boiling drop the prepared pitthas into it one by one. 11. Add pitthas according to the size of your pot. Do not over crowd it. 12. Let it boil for 10minutes. 13. Remove from water and place on a plate. 14. Cut the pitthas into pieces of 1″ width. 15. Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard, hing and curry leaves. 16. Add in the cut pitthas and saute for 2minutes or until firm and golden. 17. Serve it hot along with sweet chutney.
Prepare a firm dough
Divide it into 8 equal pieces
Divide the ground filling into 8
Roll out the dough into a circle and place the filling in the centre
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Very Interesting Recipe Gayathri! Never heard of it. I have eaten a lot of thekua as prasad from Chaet Puja celebrated by Biharis but never really thought of trying them. I am just amazed by how enthusiastic you are about trying out new recipes, not to mention your eggless bakes! Kudos to you!
I’ve never even heard of this…maybe I’ll try it for Christmas…it will definitely be unique for us and I always try to make something different I haven’t made before during the holidays.
wow!!!very new to me. Looks very nice .looks like the ones in karnataka(kadubu)-a savoury kadubu
cool, step by step capture is nice
Very Interesting Recipe Gayathri! Never heard of it. I have eaten a lot of thekua as prasad from Chaet Puja celebrated by Biharis but never really thought of trying them. I am just amazed by how enthusiastic you are about trying out new recipes, not to mention your eggless bakes! Kudos to you!
wow very nice dear…very new to me!
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Totally new for me, pittha looks absolutely fabulous and totally inviting..
Wow paarkum pothe sundi elukkuthunga Gayathri….
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I’ve never even heard of this…maybe I’ll try it for Christmas…it will definitely be unique for us and I always try to make something different I haven’t made before during the holidays.
Wow these definitely look like a hit with my family. Thanks bookmarked.
Wow… my fav recipe.. looks absolutely inviting.. Gr8 job dear !!
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Hey….I too have chosen Bihari cusine for BM. Pitha is on my list for the week….yours look amazing.
superb dear…………this z absolutely new to me
Gayathri, that looks so yum!..I am so looking fwd to your dishes..:))
Cool, these look awesome!
Very nice recipe and i want to try this soon.
Never heard of it. Looks absolutely yummy! will try sometime
Sounds new to me ,looks delicious and healthy…
looks yum Gayathri… Gonna look forward to the Bihari week for BM week 1 this month !
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Trying to figure out how the flour wrap would taste after boiling. Looks very yummy though.