Ingredients

• 500 g - black gram dal (urad dal).
• 500 g - rice.
• 1 - coconut (whole).
• 500 g - guda (jaggery) / sugar.
• 2 inches (15 g) - ginger.
• 1 tsp - black pepper powder.
• 2 tsp - ghee.
• 2 tsp - salt.

How to Make Poda Pitha

• Soak black gram dal and rice for about six hours. Wash the dal and rice, and grind it. The paste should be fine and thick.
• Add salt and mix well. Keep paste aside for 2 to 3 hours.
• Grate the coconut.
• Cut ginger into very small pieces.
• Then mix coconut, jaggery/sugar, ginger and black pepper powder and mix well.
• Pre-heat oven for 10 mins and grease it with ghee.
• Pour the paste into the tray and keep it in the oven.
• Cook on high for 30 mins.
• Reduce to medium for 30 mins.
• A needle inserted should come out clean. When its colour is golden brown, the poda pitha is ready to eat.
• Remove from the oven and allow it to cool.
• Cut into small pieces and serve with chutney, preferably with coconut chutney.