Chhena Manda Pitha – The Typical Odia Pitha Recipe blog by Sunanda Janah #Odisha #Food #Recipe

Chhena Manda Pitha (fried manda pitha -fried Modak ) :-
~ Ingredients
~ For dough

• 2cups suji
• 1/2cup sugar
• 1/liter Refined oil
• 5 cups of water.

~ For stuffing

• Grated coconut – cup
• Mava , dry fruits ( additional)
• 1 cup sugar/or jaggery
• 1tsp black paper powder
• 2 tsp cardamom powder.

Also Read Suji Manda ; Typical Odia Pitha
~ Method –

• Heat 5 cups of water
• Add 1/2cup of sugar in a pan & Stir well.
• Add suji into and continuously stir on the low flam and cook for 2 to 3mn the mixture to boil and cook well.
• Now transfer the mixture from pan to a flat plate.and allow to cool then make a smooth dough by adding one to of refined oil.

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For stuffing

• Roast paper ,cardamom and powder them.
• Take a pan put all stuffing ingredients together ,
• lower the flame stir for few minutes till the sugar or jaggery get melt and mixed well then cook for few more minutes to make it little dry .
• Allow it to cool. Make small balls of the dough.
• Flatten each ball and put the stuffing on it and again form a ball so that the stuffing remain at the center.
• Heat the oil in the pan and fry the balls till it becomes golden brown.
• CHHANA MANDA PITHA ( FRIED MODAK ) is ready.