Gainttha Pitha – Typical Odia Festival time food – One of recipe of 56 bhoga – Chhapan Bhoga recipe of Lord Jagannath – Prepared by Adyasha Padhi

Ingredients for Gainttha Pitha :-

• Roasted Rice flour-200gm
• Salt- one pinch
• Freshly Grated Coconut – 2 nos
• Sugar- to taste Cardamom, Cumin and Dry ginger -1 tsp(powdered together)

How to prepare Gainttha Pitha in Odia style – Odia Gainttha Pitha Recipe :

• Mix roasted rice flour and salt,add enough boiling water to this and make a smooth and soft dough using a spoon to blend everything well.
• When it is warm enough to touch knead well and make tiny balls and keep aside.
• Separate thick and thin milk from grated coconut and keep aside thick milk.
• Boil thin milk in a pan(you can also add little fresh milk to enhance the taste).
• Add the shaped balls to the boiling milk one by one and let it simmer.
• Add sugar to taste and mix well.
• Lower the heat and cook till gravy thickens; about 10-15 minutes.
• Add thick coconut milk and ground spices and turn off the heat when the gravy is thick.
• Serve hot.

Note: Instead of grated coconut I used coconut milk powder to make coconut milk (Mix 6 or 7 tbsp coconut milk powder in 500 ml water and boil).