Chitau Pitha

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup white unscented rice
• 1 cup grated coconut or dessicated coconut
• 2 tablespoon ghee (clarified butter)/ butter or any cooking oil
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• A pinch of baking soda.

PREPARATION

• Wash and soak the rice in a deep vessle for approximately 7-8 hours
• wash the rice again and put in blender
• Add the coconut to the bleder and add 1/2 cup of water
• Make a fine paste, add water to make a pancake like consistency
• Add salt 1/4 teaspoon or according to taste
• Add a pinch of baking soda to the batter and mix well
• Cover the batter and keep it for 2 hours

STEPS

• Place a pan, preferably kadai on stove
• Heat it with medium flame
• Grease the surface with ghee or refined oil or ghee with a spoon or brush
• Pour a ladle full of batter in it and cover it with a small lid just to cover our pitha/ pancake and not the full pan.
• Sprinkle water to the edge of the cover so that water can seep into our pitha
• Cook for 2 minutes
• Remove the lid and gently remove the pitha with a smooth spatula(chances of breaking it are high so be careful)
• Likewise, repeat the same for other loads
• Serve the pithas hot and fresh with cooking cream, milk and sugar combined or individually as you like.